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Topics: Low-income
Shared by Destiny Clark
on Apr 18, 2024 0
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The unwinding of the Medicaid continuous coverage requirement represents the largest nationwide coverage transition since the Affordable Care Act, with significant health equity implications. As states restart eligibility redeterminations, millions of Medicaid enrollees will be at risk of losing their coverage with some portion exiting because they are no longer eligible, some losing coverage due to administrative challenges despite continued eligibility, and some transitioning to another source of coverage. Given the intense focus on coverage transitions during the unwinding, some states...
Topics: Affordable Care Act, Data sharing, Medicaid / Medicare
Shared by Sandra Ware
on May 25, 2023 0
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ASTHO comes to our health agencies and partners saddened by our country's recent mass shooting. We mourn the losses of life from firearm violence as our families, schools, and communities continue to be impacted. ASTHO supports you now more than ever. The epidemic of firearm-related injury and death in the United States has become a critical public health and safety concern that affects everyone.
Topics: Community development, Criminal justice, Health, Mental health, Research
Shared by Sandra Ware
on May 25, 2023 0
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Climate change will affect everyone, so what measures can U.S. communities take now to adapt and thrive? From water-saving landscapes to strategic retreats from hazard-prone areas, experts Colleen Moore and Alexis St. Juliana explore a range of promising responses they’ve identified and explain why historically vulnerable communities must be part of the solutions.
Topics: Community development, Energy, Environmental Resiliency/Climate Change, Green, Housing, Low-income, Research, Sustainability
Shared by Sandra Ware
on Mar 30, 2023 0
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The Education of Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness: Current Trends, Challenges, and Needs
An analysis of recent trends in child and youth homelessness that show the impact of the pandemic, including a disproportionate decline in enrollment and increase in chronic absenteeism.
Topics: Attendance, COVID-19, Disabilities, Early childhood, Homelessness, Legislation & Policy, Racial inequalities, School-readiness, Youth
Shared by Sandra Ware
on Feb 21, 2023 0
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Social media tool kit to promote and advertise the December 6th Virtual Spotlight – LGBTQ+/SGL* – Affirming Housing for Older People event.
Topics: Community development, Housing, Seniors
Shared by Sandra Ware
on Nov 29, 2022 0
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Medical debt is a critical challenge to Americans’ financial stability and well-being. People with medical debt are more likely to forgo needed medical care, have difficulty meeting basic needs, and face an increased risk of bankruptcy.
Recent Urban research shows there are great disparities in who carries the most medical debt. Adults who live in communities where the majority of the population are people of color are more likely to have medical debt in collections reported on their credit reports. In particular, Black adults are more likely to have difficulty paying for family medical...
Topics: Asset building, Dual-eligibles, Health, Legislation & Policy, Low-income, Medicaid / Medicare, Racial inequalities
Shared by Sandra Ware
on Oct 27, 2022 0
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Join the Housing Is Working Group for webinars, member updates, and round table discussions! This resource provides the 2022-2023 Calendar of Events.
Topics: CLPHA, Housing, Housing Is Working Group
Shared by Camille Anoll-Hunter
on Aug 30, 2022 0
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The social determinants of health are interactive and multi-faceted, but often the experts who address them are siloed—as are their data. How do we share the data that can tell us the full story about the people who rely on—and receive—support? Chris Tappan and Lori Hunter discuss data systems, collaboration between agencies, and the vital importance of equitable services in this latest episode of The Intersect.
Topics: Data sharing, Health
Shared by Jordan Jackson
on Aug 19, 2021 0
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A new D.C. Federal Nutrition Programs Toolkit is designed to help community-based organizations, social service and healthcare providers, District agencies, and community members connect low-income households with federal nutrition programs. Beverley Wheeler, director of D.C. Hunger Solutions, told The DC Line, “with this toolkit, our community leaders can play a key role in ensuring children, young adults, adults, and older adults can connect with the right providers to help gain access to the nutrition they need for their health and well-being.”
Topics: East Coast, Food insecurity
Shared by Kirsten Greenwell
on Jul 30, 2021 0
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The social determinants of health are interactive and multi-faceted, but often the experts who address them are siloed—as are their data. How do we share the data that can tell us the full story about the people who rely on—and receive—support? Chris Tappan and Lori Hunter discuss data systems, collaboration between agencies, and the vital importance of equitable services in this latest episode of The Intersect.
Topics: Child welfare, COVID-19, Data sharing, Health
Shared by Camille Anoll-Hunter
on Jun 25, 2021 0
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On a day-to-day basis, vulnerable populations suffer from inequities in health, wealth, and education. These same people are then disproportionately impacted by catastrophes ranging from hurricanes to COVID-19, which only serve to underline the great and urgent need for equity across race, gender, and income. In the latest episode of The Intersect, Madeline Colety and Lorine Giangola discuss how Abt’s housing and resilience work is helping clients promote equity.
Topics: Advocacy, Community development, Education, Food insecurity, Health, Healthy homes, Homelessness, Housing, Low-income, Partnerships, Racial inequalities
Shared by Housing Is
on Jan 14, 2021 0
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“Bending the Arc” explores the everyday work of creating inclusive, equitable and racially just communities. This podcast spotlights bold thinking and action by creative, passionate, experienced thinkers and actors from cities and communities around the US and Canada. In this new episode we talk with Dr. Clinton Boyd, Jr., a Postdoctoral Associate at the Samuel Dubois Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke University. In our conversation we touch on a wide range of topics including our personal journeys as Black fathers, the undervaluing of Black men in general versus the idolizing of Black...
Topics: Advocacy, Community development, Racial inequalities, Youth
Shared by Housing Is
on Jan 12, 2021 0
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The National Initiative on Mixed-Income Communities of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences of Case Western Reserve University has launched a new podcast.
The new podcast, “Bending the Arc” is hosted by Dr. Mark Joseph and Dr. Amy Khare.
Join us to learn about strategies to make communities diverse, vibrant places of well-being and opportunity. Listen to the trailer and the first three episodes wherever you listen to podcasts.
Topics: Community development, Healthy homes, Vision
Shared by Housing Is
on Oct 29, 2020 0
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Community colleges graduation rates remain low. Some studies have shown that students who enroll in summer courses are more likely to stay on track and graduate, yet despite these benefits most college students do not attend during the summer.
So why don’t students attend, and how can colleges encourage more of them to enroll in the summer? To answer these questions MDRC launched the Encouraging Additional Summer Enrollment — or EASE — project in partnership with the Ohio Association of Community Colleges and 10 community colleges in Ohio. MDRC designed, implemented, and tested two...
Topics: Attendance, Education, Post-secondary, School-readiness, Workforce development
Shared by Housing Is
on Oct 6, 2020 0
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The National Asian Pacific Center on Aging has launched a an automated COVID-19 in-language helpline and website for older adults and their caregivers.The helpline offers information on prevention, symptoms, and planning in 8 different languages. Each language will have a dedicated 1-800 line so that older adults who are limited English-proficient can immediately learn about the COVID-19 without having to navigate through difficult English prompts.
Topics: Communications
Shared by Kirsten Greenwell
on Mar 23, 2020 0
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Special edition of CLPHA newsletter detailing the organization's efforts in response to COVID-19.
Topics: Advocacy, CLPHA, Communications, Health, Seniors
Shared by Steve Lucas
on Mar 23, 2020 0
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From CDC: "Residents in retirement communities and ILF are considered to be at higher risk of severe COVID-19 outcomes because of older age and because they may have underlying health conditions, such as chronic heart disease, diabetes, or lung disease. They also may be at higher risk of getting and spreading the virus because of community characteristics, such as frequent social activities, and shared dining facilities and communal spaces. Guidance specific to retirement and independent living communities can help the residents, and those who help serve them, slow the spread of the...
Topics: Health, Seniors
Shared by Steve Lucas
on Mar 22, 2020 0
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Offers community-specific COVID-19 mitigation plans and guidance on how to prepare and take action for COVID-19 at home and at workplaces, schools, childcare programs, colleges, universities, large community events/mass gatherings, homeless shelters, and other locations.
Topics: Communications
Shared by Kirsten Greenwell
on Mar 17, 2020 0
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Print resources from the CDC about coronavirus symptoms, prevention, and treatment to distribute and post in your communities.
Topics: Communications
Shared by Kirsten Greenwell
on Mar 17, 2020 0
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The CDC's landing page for official COVID-19 guidance to communities and individuals.
Topics: Health
Shared by Steve Lucas
on Mar 16, 2020 0
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CLPHA is continually updating a central COVID-19 landing page that includes the latest CDC guidance, member-generated resources, and information from CLPHA member calls related to COVID-19 (e.g. call notes, insights from speakers). We encourage you to share your resources with us and fellow members in this online community and/or by emailing them to the CLPHA team at clpha@clpha.org.
Topics: Health
Shared by Steve Lucas
on Mar 16, 2020 0
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An interview with Emily Yu, MBA, the Executive Director of the BUILD Health Challenge, an All In partner initiative that supports local collaborations between community-based organizations, health departments, and hospitals/health systems that are working to address important health issues in their communities.
Topics: Data sharing, Health, Partnerships
Shared by Housing Is
on Jun 13, 2019 0
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Topics: Homelessness, Housing, Immigrants, Legislation & Policy
Shared by Housing Is
on Jun 7, 2019 0
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Consider using the following tweets and images during the Thursday, May 16, 3:00 pm ET tweetstorm. Continue to periodically share these posts on social media until the July 9, 2019 comment deadline.
Topics: Homelessness, Housing, Immigrants, Legislation & Policy
Shared by Housing Is
on Jun 7, 2019