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Community Conversation Workbook
This tool (from Harwood Institute), designed for United Way and easily adapted by any community, includes recruiting strategies, facilitation guidance, questions, templates, and more.
Community Development
The community development sector includes professionals from multiple fields that share a common focus: improving low- and moderate-income communities. They come from real estate, city planning, law, social work, public policy, public health, affordable housing, and finance fields.Community Development Block Grants (CDBGs)
Provide funding for local community development activities such as affordable housing, anti-poverty programs, and infrastructure development
Community Development Financial Institutes
This tool (from U.S. Department of the Treasury) describes CDFI's which are specialized financial institutions that work in low-income neighborhoods where traditional financial institutions are less likely to make investments. They provide a unique range of financial products and services in economically distressed target markets, such as mortgage financing for low-income and first-...
Community Development Financial Institutions
Support financial institutions providing services to underserved and disadvantaged communities
Community Engages in San Bernardino County, CA, Assessment
In San Bernardino County, CA, the Community Vital Signs initiative is a community-driven effort that uses data to set priorities for action to improve the health and wellness of the county. To understand the county’s needs and resources, the Community Vital Signs initiative pulled together 34 indicators on a range of issues including health, education, the economy, and the environment. To set...
Community fitness programs
Offer exercise classes (e.g., aerobic dance, yoga, Tai Chi, cycling, etc.) and fitness program support in community, senior, fitness, and community wellness centers
Community gardens
Establish and support land that is gardened or cultivated by community members via community land trusts, gardening education, zoning regulation changes, or service provision (e.g., water or waste disposal)
Community Health Assessment and Improvement Planning
This website from NACCHO has a number of useful tools for collecting, analyzing, synthesizing, and presenting information.
Community Health Improvement Navigator
The CDC Community Health Improvement Navigator (CHI Navigator) is a website for people who lead or participate in CHI work within hospitals and health systems, public health agencies, and other community organizations. It offers community stakeholders expert-vetted tools and resources for: Depicting visually the who, what, where, and how of improving community health...