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Tackling Truancy in Spokane County, WA

Priority Spokane, Spokane Public Schools (SPS), and their partners joined together to form a Community Attendance Support Team (CAST) for each of the six SPS middle schools. CASTs focus on students in grades 7 and 8 who have four unexcused absences, and use a supportive intervention approach to try to resolve the student’s attendance problem. The CAST meeting includes the student and their...
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Take Action Cycle

Communities can work together to improve health by following the steps around the Take Action Cycle.

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“Take Action Cycle” Webinar Series Helps You Improve Local Health

You’ve seen your county’s Rankings data, but what’s next? How can you use the Rankings to make your county a healthier place to live, learn, work, and play?
This webinar series, based on the “Take Action Cycle” guide that provides individuals and organizations with tools and resources to improve local health, walks participants through each step of the community health improvement process.

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Taking a local health and equity approach to climate change

Join us to explore the connections between climate change and our health. We'll examine how policies like redlining have increased inequities related to climate change and how public health practitioners and communities can take action to mitigate the effects of climate change.

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Taking Action! Milwaukee’s Efforts to Reduce Teen Birth Rates

The County Health Rankings model includes teen birth rates because they are so strongly tied to lower levels of educational attainment and cyclical poverty—two factors we know negatively impact health.

The city of Milwaukee once had the second highest percentage of teen births in the nation, however innovative work by the United Way of Greater Milwaukee seeks to change...

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Taking Action: Working with Local Policy Makers to Build a Culture of Health

The County Health Rankings & Roadmaps strive to inspire communities to take action on the many factors that impact health. Recently, we hosted a webinar examining how to work with local policy makers.

Chris Rodgers, Douglas County Nebraska County Commissioner joined us last week to discuss his successful efforts and provide insights on engaging policymakers. Commissioner...