Tools & Resources
What is Policy?
This 2-page introductory fact sheet from Change Lab Solutions can help you introduce partners to the concept of policy change.
Coalition Core Competencies Checklist
This tool (from Missouri Foundation for Health's Social Innovation for Missouri Project) helps your team identify where your strengths are in the improvement process and where additional skills, knowledge, and/or resources may be needed.
What Do You Want? Choosing a Local Policy Goal
This tool (from M+R) provides a set of criteria to help groups select a policy or systems change goal for their community. You can use this tool to facilitate meaningful discussion and decision-making that is grounded in a specific set of criteria.
HealthEquityGuide.org
HealthEquityGuide.org (from Human Impact Partners) shows how health departments across the nation have taken a lead role in addressing equity. The site provides guidance, case studies, and resources to help local public health move equity work forward.
Understanding Resident Perspectives: A Guide for One-on-One Conversations
This tool, from M+R, provides a guide for one-on-one conversations with community members. One-on-one conversations with residents are a powerful way to begin to build trust and lay the foundation for longer-term engagement. You can find this tool in the following locations: ...
Peer Counties Methodology
County Health Rankings & Roadmaps and CDC's Community Health Status Indicators (CHSI) have teamed up to offer an enhanced peer county comparison feature. Find and compare counties similar to yours based on key demographic, social, and economic indicators.
Additionally, this is the methodology for the County Health Rankings...
Peer Counties Tool
County Health Rankings & Roadmaps and CDC's Community Health Status Indicators (CHSI) have teamed up to offer an enhanced peer county comparison feature. Find and compare counties similar to yours based on key demographic, social, and economic indicators.
Additionally, this Excel file provides information on the groups of...
Hackastory Tools
This website offers a comprehensive and evolving directory of tools and resources to help you build your digital stories.
Storytelling for Good: Selecting Your Platforms
The Selecting Your Platforms lesson from Storytelling for Good will guide you to the right platforms for both your stories and your audiences. Storytelling for Good connects you to a suite of tools and a growing community that can help you leverage the power of narrative to increase reach, resources, and impact for your organization. It can be found in...
Canva
Canva provides templates and graphic elements you can easily drag and drop to quickly design a social media graphic or infographic. Login required. It can be found in Communicate under Deliver your message....