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Building Healthy Communities

Building Healthy Communities. Erin Hagan PolicyLink Center for Health Equity and Place. NASCSP 2012 Mid-Winter Training Conference March 2, 2012. PolicyLink. PolicyLink is a national research and action institute advancing economic and social equity by Lifting Up What Works®

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Building Healthy Communities

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  1. Building Healthy Communities Erin Hagan PolicyLink Center for Health Equity and Place NASCSP 2012 Mid-Winter Training Conference March 2, 2012

  2. PolicyLink • PolicyLink is a national research and action institute advancing economic and social equity by • Lifting Up What Works® • PolicyLink Center for Health Equity & Place • is informed and driven by the recognition that a neighborhood’s environment – including economic, social, and physical characteristics • –all affect our health.

  3. Building Healthy Communities Communities of Opportunity Disinvested Communities Good Health Status • Fast Food Restaurants • Liquor Stores • Unsafe/Limited Parks • Poor Performing Schools • High unemployment • Increased Pollution and Toxic Waste Sites • Limited Public Transportation • Inadequate Child Care & After School Programs • Parks • Grocery Stores • Financial Institutions • Employment Opportunities • Safe & Affordable Housing • Better Performing Schools • Good Public Transportation • Poor Health Status • Contributes to health disparities: • Obesity • Diabetes • Asthma • Infant mortality

  4. Designed for Disease

  5. The Grocery Gap • Accessing healthy food is a challenge for many Americans—particularly those living in low-income neighborhoods, communities of color, and rural areas. • Better access corresponds with healthier eating and lower risk for obesity and other diet-related chronic diseases. • New and improved healthy food retail in underserved communities creates jobs and helps to revitalize low-income communities.

  6. USDA Food Environment Atlas #Low income & > 1 mi to store, 2006 0 - 5,000 5,001 - 10,000 10,001 - 25,000 25,001 - 257,616

  7. Community Strategies to Increase Access to Healthy Food • Grocery store development/attraction • Farmers’ markets • Corner stores • Urban agriculture • School food reform • Regional food systems • Mobile markets • Food-based business/ microenterprise development • Community-supported agriculture

  8. A Case in Improving Food Access Source: Baltimore Office of Sustainability

  9. Healthy Food Financing Initiative A national campaign initiated by PolicyLink, The Food Trust, and The Reinvestment Fund Goal: To improve access to healthy food in low-income, underserved rural, suburban, & urban communities

  10. Healthy Food Financing • Pennsylvania’s Fresh Food Financing Initiative • 93 new or renovated stores • 5,023 jobs created or retained • Improved food access for 400,000 residents • Commercial revitalization • $194 Million in total projects leveraged from $30 Million state seed money • 4 - 7% increase in nearby home values • National Healthy Food Financing Initiative • USDA • HHS • Treasury

  11. $77 Million in Allocated Funds 2011, $45 million from Agencies: • $35 million Treasury • $10 million HHS • $10 million USDA 2012, $32 million from the Budget: • $22 million Treasury • $10 million HHS • Other opportunities USDA

  12. Resources

  13. Thank You Erin Hagan ehagan@policylink.org 510-663-4341

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