Tools & Resources
Final Regulations for Community Health Needs Assessments
This PDF (from Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service) contains final Internal Revenue Service regulations that provide guidance regarding the requirements for charitable hospital organizations added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010. The regulations will affect charitable hospital organizations. It can be found in the...
Community Meeting Sign In and Contact Database
This tool (from CHR&R) is a downloadable Excel spreadsheet with printable sign-in sheets and a starter contact database to help you collect and maintain contact information. It can be found in Act on What’s Important under...
Putting Community in Collective Impact
This article (from Collective Impact Forum) describes five key characteristics of civic culture or community rhythms that help explain why some communities move faster and others slower when it comes to change. It can be found in Work Together under...
Collective Impact Readiness Assessments
This tool (from Wholonomy Consulting LLC) is part of the Building Capacity for Collective Impact Toolkit Series and includes questions to help organizations consider whether they are ready to engage in a Collective Impact initiative, the types of technical assistance that could be...
Affinity Diagram
This tool (from SMART Learning Systems) is a way to organize brainstormed lists into like categories. It is useful when you want to involve an entire group in organizing and consolidating many ideas.
Intervention Planning Matrix
This tool (from the Healthy Wisconsin Leadership Institute) is a worksheet designed to help you consider strategies that could be utilized to address the identified health issue at the individual, organization/institution, and community levels.
Evidence in Action: A Guide to Selecting Effective Prevention Strategies
This tool (from the Health Policy Institute of Ohio and the Ohio Department of Health) outlines a step-by-step process to efficiently determine which strategies are likely to improve the health of your state or local community.
Nine Questions: A Strategy Planning Tool for Advocacy Campaigns
This tool (from the Advocacy Institute) offers guidance for moving from broad goals to specific tactics and steps.
Dig Deeper
This tool (from CHR&R) is a section from Using the Rankings Data that directs you to other data sources that can help you find more data for your state and dig deeper on differences in health factors by geography or by population sub-groups. It is part of the Use the Data tool.
Principles to Consider for the Implementation of a Community Health Needs Assessment Process
This resource, written by Sara Rosenbaum, J.D. at The George Washington University’s School of Public Health and Health Services, identifies guiding principles to inform the implementation of the Affordable Care Act’s community health needs assessment provisions applicable to not-for-profit hospitals that seek federal tax-exempt status. It can be found in ...