Strategies

Match disadvantaged or at-risk youth with volunteer mentors in school or community settings

Provide funding for local community development activities such as affordable housing, anti-poverty programs, and infrastructure development

Engage professional or lay health workers to provide education, referral and follow-up, case management, home visiting, etc. for those who experience barriers in accessing health care; also called promotoras(es) de salud or community health representatives

Purchase the land a home is on to lease to homeowners with low and middle incomes and require homeowners to sell the home back to the trust or to another resident with low income upon moving

Require developers to reserve a proportion of housing units for residents with low incomes via mandatory requirements or incentives, such as density bonuses

Acquire, hold, manage, and develop properties such as vacant lots, abandoned buildings, or foreclosures, and transition them to productive uses, often affordable housing developments

Delay school start times for middle and high schools to better align with adolescent sleep-wake cycles; often until after 8:30 or 9:00 a.m.

Provide funding via tax credits at the state and local level to support development and rehabilitation costs of low income rental housing

Deliver health care services and support to individuals with mental health concerns via mobile devices using text messaging or mobile applications (apps)

Make pricing for hospital procedures and other health care services publicly available, often via websites, online databases, report cards, or similar tools