This “Building Pre-K” report from LIIF examines efforts aimed at financing quality preschool facilities at scale and highlights the potential for increasing the impact of collaborations among philanthropy, community development financiers and the public sector.
This video tells the story of the Booth Memorial Child Development Center, which was renovated to improve the health of the children and staff.
How do you know if you are building a healthier place?
Our latest story in Crosswalk Magazine examines how communities are using new data to make neighborhood-level change for kids who need it most.
When you think of Boston what comes to mind? You may be thinking of American history, world class hospitals, top research institutions and winning sports teams. However, there is another side to Greater Boston, one where more than half of households are rent burdened (paying 30 percent or more of their income on rent) and income inequality is rising.
Rachel Thornton from Home Matters discusses why she thinks helping families find gainful employment and providing children with a safe living environment, violence-free public space, access to healthy food and good education is our moral imperative.
Being poor carries serious lifelong health effects. Learning about children’s lives beyond clinic walls can help doctors provide better care.
There is ample evidence that ZIP code is important for children’s health, but how can community development best support the needs of children and their families? Three prominent leaders shared their insights and practical tips during our March 15 Network Commons event. The Network’s Executive Director, Doug Jutte, moderated a rich discussion with three …
How does the community development field help children develop into healthy adults? That’s what Katie Wehr, program officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is most curious about.
This blog series features our favorite maps, infographics, and videos that highlight the relationship between neighborhoods and health. Tell us what you think and share your own favorites @BHPNetwork. We know that ZIP code matters for health – this is especially the case for children. The Child Opportunity Index tracks neighborhood factors that influence …
Pediatrics has been amazingly successful in addressing life-threatening diseases that, in the past, have taken the lives of too many children. But on many other fronts—chronic conditions such as asthma and obesity or mental health and developmental issues—the field has made considerably less progress. Too many children in the United States are not faring well. …
Read recommendations by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Commission to Build a Healthier America on how we should invest in the health of our nation.
Happily, the new Build Healthy Places Network arrives on the scene this fall, in perfect time to get the word out about successful cross-sector work that is quite relevant to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s new Culture of Health vision. Corvallis, OR, Baldwin Park, CA, and Buffalo, NY are building a Culture of Health for …