Table 4. Examples of Federal Agency Initiatives Supporting Community Health, United States, June 2014–December 2015.
| Lead Organization | Description | URL |
|---|---|---|
| Corporation for National and Community Service | With the simple but vital goal of finding what works, and making it work for more people, the Social Innovation Fund and its grantees create a learning network of organizations working to implement innovative and effective evidence-based solutions to local and national challenges in 3 priority areas: economic opportunity, healthy futures, and youth development. | http://www.nationalservice.gov/programs/social-innovation-fund |
| US Department of Agriculture | Promise Zones are high-poverty communities where the federal government partners with local leaders to increase economic activity, improve educational opportunities, leverage private investment, reduce violent crime, enhance public health, and address other priorities identified by the community. (Partnership between HUD and USDA.) | https://www.hudexchange.info/programs/promise-zones/ |
| US Department of Health and Human Services | HHS has numerous initiatives supported by agencies across the department: Accountable Health Communities, Community Health Improvement Navigator, Healthy People 2020, Public Health 3.0, National Prevention Strategy, Partnerships to Improve Community Health, State Innovation Models. | http://www.hhs.gov |
| US Department of Housing and Urban Development | HUD has numerous healthy housing and healthy communities initiatives: Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes Program and the Healthy Communities Transformation Initiative, with its Healthy Communities Assessment Tool and Healthy Community Index. Also a partner with EPA and DOT on Partnership for Sustainable Communities. | |
| US Department of Transportation | Transportation and Health Tool facilitates examination of the impact of the transportation environment on health and identification of strategies to improve public health through transportation planning and policy. Also a partner with EPA and HUD on Partnership for Sustainable Communities. | https://www.transportation.gov/transportation-health-tool |
| US Environmental Protection Agency | The Human Well-being Index includes a health dimension to support decisions that contribute to the sustainability of built and natural environments (26). Also a partner with HUD and DOT on Partnership for Sustainable Communities. | https://www.sustainablecommunities.gov/ |
| Federal Reserve | The Federal Reserve supports collective approaches that involve building quality housing, educational systems, job programs, transportation, and community wellness organizations. The Healthy Communities Initiative was designed to enrich the debate on how cross-sector and place-based approaches to revitalize low-income communities might both revitalize neighborhoods and improve health. | Dallas and San Francisco Federal Reserve banks are especially active: |
Abbreviations: DOT, US Department of Transportation; EPA, US Environmental Protection Agency; HHS, US Department of Health and Human Services; HUD, US Department of Housing and Urban Development; USDA, US Department of Agriculture.