Tools & Resources
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 ...
Community Commons
This website allows users to create custom maps using data from multiple data sources. The site's blog is designed for communities to learn from and share with each other.
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...