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Voter turnout initiatives
Increase voter turnout through get-out-the-vote campaigns and initiatives to make voting more convenient such as allowing early in-person voting, vote-by-mail, or expanding polling locations and hours
Walkability Checklist
This tool (from U. S. Department of Transportation) provides a checklist for assessing the walkability of your community. It can be found in the Community Development guide under...
Walking school buses
Arrange active transportation with a fixed route, designated stops, and pick up times when children can walk to school with adult chaperones
Water availability & promotion interventions
Make water readily available in various settings via regular placement of drinking fountains, water coolers, bottled water in vending machines, etc.
Weatherization assistance program
Provide assistance to families with low incomes to make their homes more energy efficient and to permanently reduce their energy bills
Website and Newsletter Templates
This tool includes language to help you publicize the County Health Rankings on your websites and in your newsletters.
What Counts
What Counts (from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and the Urban Institute) outlines opportunities and challenges for the strategic use of data to reduce poverty, improve health, expand access to quality education, and build stronger communities. It can be found in the Community Development...
What Do You Want? Choosing a Local Policy Goal
This tool (from M+R) provides a set of criteria to help groups select a policy or systems change goal for their community. You can use this tool to facilitate meaningful discussion and decision-making that is grounded in a specific set of criteria.
What Drives Health
This tool (from RWJF) discusses how social factors like education, income, work, and housing can affect health directly and indirectly. It can be found in Focus on What's Important under ...
What is Policy?
This 2-page introductory fact sheet from Change Lab Solutions can help you introduce partners to the concept of policy change.