Tools & Resources

RWJF Commission to Build a Healthier America

This website (from RWJF) includes many reports and recommendations to improve health outside of health care from the RWJF Commission to Build a Healthier America.

It can be found in:
- the Community Development guide under...

Beyond Health Care

This tool (from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation) provides 10 recommendations from the RWJF Commission to Build a Healthier America. The PDF of their report can be downloaded from this site. 

It can be found in:...

Evaluation Plan Template

This tool (from CHR&R) helps you create a plan to evaluate your program. 

Find it in Evaluate Actions under:...

Tips for Communicating with Policymakers

This tool (from Burness) provides concrete tips for contacting and communicating with policymakers. 

Community Health Scorecard Overview

This tool (from Heartland Health) outlines the benchmarks Heartland Health (St. Joseph, MO) uses to measure progress. You can consider these benchmarks as examples.

Submitting an Op-Ed

This tool (from Burness) provides tips on submitting an opinion-editorial (op-ed) for publication in newspapers or online.

Writing an Op-Ed

This tool (from Burness) provides tips on writing an opinion-editorial (op-ed) for publication in newspapers or online.

How to Write a Letter to the Editor That Gets Published and Read

This tool (from Burness) provides tips on writing letters to the editor.

Templates for Sharing the Rankings on Your Websites and in Your Newsletters

This tool (from Burness) provides sample language for sharing information about the County Health Rankings on your website or in your newsletters

Social Media Communications Strategies

This is a tool (from CDC) for planning and evaluating social media efforts.

It can be found in:
- Act on What's Important under Build public & political will and...