Press Release The Public Health Institute (PHI) has launched Tracing Health, its new COVID-19 contact tracing initiative, with work already started with its partners in Clark County, Washington and Washington County, Oregon to help...
OPHI’s RFTS (Right from the Start) and Multnomah County Health Department’s REACH (Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health) programs have developed a Nutrition Activity Plan. This plan is meant to be implemented by child...
This tool offers a comprehensive set of strategies and program plans to address gang violence in urban communities. This tool can be used for stakeholders at various levels including, community organizations, local residents and...
Minority contracting is a set of tools to be accessed by various stakeholders in order to benefit local business and development in low income and minority neighborhoods. Designed to address disparities felt by minorities...
Resident-Owned Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) include Community Development Credit Unions (CDCUs) and Community and Individual Investment Corporations (CIICs) and aid in community development by generating and maintaining wealth within the community. Community residents,...
The IZ tool demonstrates how communities can use zoning to promote mixed-income communities. It allows for communities to counter the declining public sector investment in affordable housing, and thus enable low-income and moderate-income families...
The Community Mapping tool allows communities of all sizes, cultural backgrounds, and socioeconomic status to promote equitable development. Community maps can be hand drawn or computer generated, and provide the ability to share and...
The CRA is an online tool that low-income communities can use to secure loans for home construction, purchase, and improvement; for establishing neighborhood businesses; and for supporting community institutions. Some considerations for this tool...
This guidebook from AARP is designed to foster housing-health partnerships that can help meet the health and wellness needs of residents living in affordable senior housing properties. It provides education on payment and delivery...
The Corporation for Supportive Housing’s toolkit provides organizations with access to tools, informational materials and sample documents that can help them address key challenges in the planning, development and on-going operation of supportive housing...
