The Community Tool Box
June 20, 2011 | Program Result Report
The free web-based Community Tool Box is designed to promote community health and development by connecting people, ideas and resources. It is available in English and Spanish.
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Design Workshop Recommends Elements to Promote Quality of Life in Revitalization of East Baltimore
May 15, 2008 | Program Result Report
East Baltimore Development Inc. held a workshop to generate recommendations regarding healthy design elements that could be incorporated in the master planning and development activities for the revitalization of their community.
A Tree Grows in Philadelphia
March 1, 2004 | Program Result Report
In an effort to create stronger social linkages in a poor urban community, the Urban Tree Connection engaged residents of the Haddington area of Philadelphia to clean up and beautify three neighborhood blocks and turn one into an urban park.
Free To Grow: Head Start Partnerships to Promote Substance-Free Communities
January 24, 2012 | Program Result Report
Free to Grow: Head Start Partnerships to Promote Substance-Free Communities tested an innovative approach to two closely related public health problems - substance abuse and child abuse.
Strengthening Comprehensive Community Initiatives Helps Families
May 1, 1998 | Program Result Report
The Roundtable on Comprehensive Community Initiatives for Children and Families is an on-going forum of private funders, public officials, program directors, and evaluators.
How to Revitalize Poor Neighborhoods
April 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
The Roundtable on Initiatives for Children, Families and Communities continued to conduct in-depth research and analyses in selected areas that represent underlying or ongoing challenges to comprehensive community initiatives.
Promoting Community Health Workers to Reduce Health Disparities in Minnesota
December 20, 2012 | Program Result Report
Staff at the College of Allied Health and Nursing of Minnesota State University at Mankato created a curriculum and certification process for community health workers and advanced their role in the state's health care system.
Under the Influence
December 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
The American Medical Association organized the national conference, "Alcohol Policy XI Common Goals, Common Challenges: Creating Alcohol-Safe Communities Through Alcohol Policies."
New York City's Head Start Tries to Create Safe, Drug-Free Environments
February 26, 2007 | Program Result Report
From June 1998 through June 2004, Free to Grow attempted to replicate the program's substance abuse strategies in Head Start programs in three high-risk neighborhoods in New York City.
Community Alliance Combats Substance Abuse in Vallejo, Calif.
May 1, 2005 | Program Result Report
The Fighting Back project in Vallejo, Calif., worked from 1990 to 2002 to prevent, intervene and treat alcohol and other drug abuse, focusing on local partnerships and strategic alliances to coordinate activities.