Tools & Resources
Action Strategies Toolkit
This tool (from Leadership for Healthy Communities) is a guide for local and state leaders working to implement policies to create healthy communities and prevent childhood obesity. It can be found in the Government guide under...
National Governors Association (NGA) Center for Best Practices
This tool (from National Governors Association) provides research and policy analysis of best practices through five divisions—economics, human services, and workforce; education; environment, energy, and transportation; health; and homeland security and public safety. It can be found in the ...
Health Policy Group
This tool (from Council of State Governments) provides talking points, policy briefs, and toolkits addressing health issues that affect the community including immunizations, chronic disease prevention, adolescent and school health, reducing health risks, and HIV/STD prevention. It can be found in the ...
Smart Growth Online
This site (from National Center for Appropriate Technology) is home to the Smart Growth Network which works to encourage development that serves the economy, community and the environment by raising awareness and providing tools for how growth can contribute to improved quality of life. This site includes reference materials and funding opportunities for local communities. This tool ...
NACCHO Toolbox
This tool (from NACCHO) has a variety of toolkits available to help support action in a wide variety of areas from chronic disease to influenza to the built environment to injury prevention to a wide variety of public health infrastructure topics. It can be found in the...
Health Impact Assessment Clearinghouse and Learning Information Center
This website (from UCLA School of Public Health) collects and disseminates information on health impact assessment (HIA) in the U.S.
It can be found in:
- the Community Development guide under...
Health Impact Project
This website (from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Pew Charitable Trusts) provides tools and resources designed to promote the use of health impact assessments (HIAs) as a decision-making tool for policymakers.
It can be found in:...
Community Benefit in Context: Origins & Evolution
This tool (from The Hilltop Institute) describes the history of community benefits and the requirements for not-for-profit hospitals under the Affordable Care Act.
It can be found in Assess Needs & Resources under Specific Assessment Requirements.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
This website features information about the many programs funded by RWJF, the largest philanthropy devoted to health in the U.S.
Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q)
This program (from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation) is an effort to lift the overall quality of healthcare in targeted communities, reduce racial and ethnic disparities, and provide models for national reform. AF4Q asks the people who get care, give care, and pay for care to work together toward common, fundamental objectives to lead to better care. It can be found in the...