Tools & Resources

Identifying Community Assets and Resources

This tool (from Community Tool Box) provides some specific techniques not only to help you identify community assets but ideas for how to use them as well. It can be found in Assess Needs & Resources under Identify community assets and resources.

Community Assets Brainstorm Exercise

This tool (from Healthy People 2020) is a two-page exercise that gives guidance for a brainstorming exercise to identify your community’s strengths. The Healthy People 2020 website and its contents have now been archived; this resource is included in the archived content. 

Community Health Needs Assessment: chna.org

This tool (from Community Commons and other partners) is a free web-based platform designed to assist hospitals and organizations seeking to better understand the needs and assets of their communities and to collaborate to make measurable improvements in community health and well-being. It can be found in Assess Needs & Resources...

Possible Community Health Indicators

This tool (from Community Tool Box) describes what community needs and resources are and why, when and how to identify them. It includes a variety of indicators (e.g., children in poverty, unemployment rate), what they are an indicator of (e.g., social environment, prosperity), and potential sources of data (e.g., Census, state employment office).  

Developing a Plan for Identifying Local Needs & Resources

This tool (from Community Tool Box) describes what community needs and resources are and why, when, and how to identify them.

It can be found in Assess Needs & Resources under 
- Find Existing Data. 
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Mobilizing Action Through Partnership and Planning (MAPP) Assessment Overview

Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships is a community-driven strategic planning tool developed by the National Association of County & City Health Officials (NACCHO) for improving community health. This tool provides guidance for communities in each of the six MAPP phases: Organize for Success; Visioning; The Assessments; Strategic Issues; Goals/Strategies; and Action...

Partnership for Workplace Mental Health

This website (from American Psychiatric Association) provides resources and examples of workplace mental health programs. It can be found in Business under Act on What’s Important. 

Healthier Worksite Initiatives

This website (from CDC) provides research reports and toolkits on a variety of worksite initiatives including healthy eating, nutrition, lacatation support, preventive services, and healthy choices. It can be found in Business under Act on What's Important.

Investing in Health: Proven Health Promotion Practices in the Workplace

This document (from Partnership for Prevention) provides employers with guidance that can improve employee health by controlling tobacco use, promoting cancer screening and early detection, and encouraging physical activity and healthy eating. It can be found in Business under Act on What’s Important...

Value Based Purchasing Guide

This website (from National Business Coalition on Health) provides access to a guide that can assist your company in learning more about and designing your employee health benefits in a way that increases value through employees' wellness activities, chronic disease management, and incentives for providers to provide higher quality care.