Tools & Resources
Meta Messaging
This article (from Berkely Media Studies Group) discusses the importance of framing to create strong meta-messages that can reinforce the important values that drive health issues.
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...
Bikability Checklist
This tool (from U. S. Department of Transportation) provides a checklist for assessing the bikability of your community. It can be found in the Community Development guide under...
National Center for Safe Routes to School
This tool (from The National Center for Safe Routes to School) is a resource to identify strategies and funding to increase access to healthy foods in your community, including linkages to funding strategies. It can be found in the Community Development guide under...
Healthy Food Financing Initiative
This tool (from U.S. Department of Health & Human Services) is a financing strategy to support healthy food access. It can be found in the Community Development guide under...
Healthy Food Access Portal
This tool (from Policy Link) is a resource to identify strategies and funding to increase access to healthy foods in your community, including linkages to funding strategies. It can be found in the Community Development guide under...
Healthy Home Rating System
This tool (from U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development) is a qualitative rating tool that measures health and safety hazards in homes and neighborhoods that pose a risk to residents. The results of the rating system can be used as a call to action to improve hazards. It can be found in the ...
Community Development Financial Institutes
This tool (from U.S. Department of the Treasury) describes CDFI's which are specialized financial institutions that work in low-income neighborhoods where traditional financial institutions are less likely to make investments. They provide a unique range of financial products and services in economically distressed target markets, such as mortgage financing for low-income and first-...
Build Healthy Places Network
Build Healthy Places Network (from the Public Health Institute) is an online network of resources, measurement tools, and success stories to support and deepen collaboration across the sectors of community development, finance, population health and public health. This resource can be found in the ...
Combining Forces to Improve Health and Well-being
This is an article (from Health Affairs) describing partnerships between the Federal Reserve System and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to link community development and health. This resource can be found in the ...