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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® - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Building Healthy Communities
Erin HaganPolicyLink 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®
PolicyLink Center for Health Equity & Placeis informed and driven by the recognition that a
neighborhood’s environment – including economic, social, and physical characteristics
–all affect our health.
Building Healthy Communities
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• Parks• Grocery Stores• Financial
Institutions• Employment
Opportunities• Safe & Affordable
Housing• Better Performing
Schools• Good Public
Transportation
• 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
Communities of Opportunity
Disinvested CommunitiesGood Health
Status
Poor Health Status
Contributes to health disparities:• Obesity• Diabetes• Asthma• Infant mortality
Designed for Disease
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.
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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
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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
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A Case in Improving Food Access
Source: Baltimore Office of Sustainability
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
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
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$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
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