Mental health

Housing Is Working Group: Insights from the Mobility Asthma Project

Webinar
Sep 12, 2023
Housing Is Working Group, Johns Hopkins University researchers
This webinar will describe new research that shows children whose families participated in a program that helped them move from distressed neighborhoods to areas with lower rates of poverty experienced significant improvements in severe asthma episodes.

The Path to Coordinated Federal Leadership to Strengthen Primary Health Care

Report
Nov 4, 2022
Robert L. Phillips Jr, Christopher F. Koller, and Alice Hm Chen for The Milbank Memorial Fund
The 2021 National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) report, Implementing High-Quality Primary Care: Rebuilding the Foundation of Health Care defined a need for coordinated primary care leadership at the federal level.

Principles in Action Universities as Age Friendly Partners

Case study
Oct 25, 2022
Stephanie Firestone and Julia Glassman for AARP Equity by Design
According to UN-Habitat, the world needs to build 96,000 affordable homes every day to address the global housing crisis by 2030. Yet, better utilizing existing housing stock—through options such as shared housing—can make a significant dent in the need to build more housing.

White House FACT SHEET: President Biden to Announce Strategy to Address Our National Mental Health Crisis, As Part of Unity Agenda in his First State of the Union

Policy Brief
Mar 1, 2022
The White House, Biden-Harris Administration
As part of Biden's first State of the Union address, President Biden announced a whole of government strategy to address our national mental health crisis. This FACT SHEET outlines the strategy.

White House FACT SHEET: Biden-⁠Harris Administration Highlights Strategy to Address the National Mental Health Crisis

Policy Brief
May 31, 2022
The White House, Biden-Harris Administration
This FACT SHEET announces additional, new actions the Biden-Harris Administration is taking to advance the President’s mental health strategy across its three objectives: strengthening system capacity, connecting more Americans to care, and creating a continuum of support.

White House FACT SHEET: Biden-⁠Harris Administration Announces Two New Actions to Address Youth Mental Health Crisis

Policy Brief
Jul 29, 2022
The White House, Biden-Harris Administration
In this FACT SHEET, the Biden-Harris Administration announced two new actions to strengthen school-based mental health services and address the youth mental health crisis.