Tools & Resources

Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Minnesota Call for Proposals

This example Call For Proposals (from Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Minnesota) provides significant funding for healthy communities efforts, and is tied closely to County Health Rankings data and frameworks.  It can be found in Philanthropy and Investors under...

Working Together for Better Health 

Working Together for Better Health  (NeighborWorks America) highlights training and resources available to support leaders linking health and community development. It can be found in the Community Development guide under...

LISC Institute for Comprehensive Community Development 

LISC Institute for Comprehensive Community Development  (from LISC) spotlights blogs, resources and stories about how community development and health are working together.  It can be found in the Community Development guide under...

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...

NeighborWorks America  

NeighborWorks America highlights training and resources available to support government leaders in tackling some of the nation's biggest housing and community development challenges. It can be found in the Government guide under...

Franklin Regional Council of Governments 

This website (from the Franklin Regional Council of Governments), is an example of a small rural county using cooperative purchasing to service their region. The Franklin Regional Council of Governments (FRCOG) is a regional service organization serving the twenty-six towns of Franklin County, the most rural county in Massachusetts. The FRCOG is the former county government, which was...

National Conference of State Legislatures

This website (from the National Conference of State Legislatures) provides resources for Health Impact Assessments. NCSL is a bipartisan champion providing resources and tools to improve the quality and effectiveness of state legislatures. This resource can be found in the Government Guide under...

Advocacy Progress Planner

This is a free online tool (from the Aspen Institute) that provides a template for planning your advocacy/policy evaluation approach. 

Handbook for Participatory Community Assessments

This tool (from the Alameda County, CA Health Department) walks through the process the department undertook with two neighborhood groups to conduct participatory community assessments.

Assessing and Addressing Community Health Needs

This tool developed by the Catholic Health Association is a comprehensive guide to community health assessments that incorporates requirements from both the PPACA and the Internal Revenue Services.

This resource can be found in Assess Needs & Resources under ...