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Resource Guide to Community-Based Health and Community Development Initiatives DOCUMENT RESUME ED 468 060 UD 035 221 AUTHOR Leigh, Wilhelmina A.; Jimenez, Maren A.; Lee, Deitra H.; Andrews, Julia L. TITLE Resource Guide to Community-Based Health and Community Development Initiatives. INSTITUTION Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, Washington, DC. SPONS AGENCY Annie E. Casey Foundation, Baltimore, MD. PUB DATE 2002-05-00 NOTE 314p. AVAILABLE FROM Annie E. Casey Foundation, 701 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, MD 21202. Tel: 410-547-6600; Fax: 410-547-6624; Web site: http://www.aecf.org. PUB TYPE Guides Non-Classroom (055) Reference Materials Directories /Catalogs (132) -- Reports Descriptive (141) EDRS PRICE EDRS Price MF01/PC13 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Community Programs; Economic Development; *Health Programs; Program Descriptions; Program Effectiveness; *Resources; *Urban Improvement ABSTRACT This guide features programs and initiatives that foster community development, while improving the health of individuals,or provide services to improve the health of individuals as well as fosteringcommunity economic development. The guide was developed to provide examples of successful programs and workable strategies to assist the revitalization activities underway in the Making Connections communities of the AnnieE. Casey Foundation. The guide provides details about 44programs illustrative of the varying pathways between health and community economic development.In particular, the guide focuses on 14 programs that have improving healthas the primary focus,2 with a primary focus on enhancing the economic status of individuals and/or their communities, and 28 in which the focusis dual, improving health and enhancing economic status. All of the highlighted programs are illustrative of means to achieve the objectives noted, and all reflect some hallmarks of effective community programs. (SLD) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. O C O 00 . IOINT CENTER FORPOLITICAL AND ECONOMIC' STUDIES RESOURCE GUIDE TO COMMUNITY-BASED HEALTH AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES May 2002 '9 4 Y. a a U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Off ice of Educational Research and Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) PREPARED BY THE JOINT NgKihis document has been reproduced as . C received from the person or organization originating it. CENTER FOR POLITICALAND Minor changes have been made to o improve reproduction quality. ECONOMIC STUDIES FOR THE Points of view or opinions stated in this document do not necessarily represent ANNIE E. CASEY FOUNDATION official OERI position or policy. By Wilhehnina A. Leigh, Maren A. Jimenez 1-4 PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND Deitra H. Lee, and Julia L. Andrews DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS cNI BEEN GRANTED BY In O e) AvinicT.C9ioundafion BEST COPY AVAILA TO THE EDUCATIO AL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) 1 0 0 0 ABOUT THE FOUNDATION The Annie E. Casey Foundation is a private charitable organization dedicated to helping build better futures for disadvan- taged children in the United States. It was established in 1948`by Jim Casey, one of the founders of United Parcel Service, and his siblings, who named the Foundation in honor of their mother. The primary mission of the Foundation is,to foster public policies, human - service reforms, and community supporV that more effectively meet the needs of today's vulneiable children and families. In pursuit of this goal, the Foundation makes grants that help states; cities, and neighborhoods fashion more innovative, cost-effective responses to these needs. For more information, visit the Foundation's website, www.aecf:org. 02002, The Annie E. Casey Foundation, Baltimore, Maryland Additional free copies of this report may be ordered from the Annie E. Casey Foundation by calling 410-223-2890 or by visiting the Foundation website, www.aecf.org. 31enimAd03 1S361 Resource Guide to Community-Based Health and Community Development Initiatives Wilhelmina A. Leigh Maren A. Jimenez Deitra H. Lee Julia L. Andrews Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies May 2002 Report prepared by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies for the Annie E. Casey Foundation Table of Contents Introduction 1 Summary Table 11 Program Pages Abbottsford and Schuylkill Falls Community Health Centers 35 Agenda for Children Tomorrow (ACT) 37 Anchor Health Properties/Doylestown Hospital Health and Wellness Center 39 Anchor Health Properties/Mercy Wellness Center 40 .. Anchor Health Properties/Wellness Place® in Trexlertown Mall 41 BROWNFIELDS NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP AND SHOWCASE COMMUNITIES 42 Brownfields Showcase Community: Baltimore 43 Brownfields Showcase Community: Chicago 45 Brownfields Showcase Community: Dallas 47 Brownfields Showcase Community: Eastward Ho! 49 Brownfields Showcase Community: Kansas City 51 Brownfields Showcase Community: Lowell 53 Brownfields Showcase Community: Portland 55 Brownfields Showcase Community: St. Paul 56 Brownfields Showcase Community: Salt Lake City 58 Brownfields Showcase Community: Seattle/King County 59 Brownfields Showcase Community: Stamford 61 Brownfields Showcase Community: Trenton 63 Camden Community Health Worker Initiative/Rowan University 65 Center for Health Professions 67 Cleveland Works, Inc. 69 Community Choices 2010 (CC 2010) 71 Comprehensive Community Revitalization Program (CCRP) 73 East End Partnership With Families (EEPWF) 75 Gilmor Homes (Jobs-Plus in Baltimore) 81 Greenwood Community Health Resource Center, Inc. 83 Helen B. Atkinson Center 85 Hillside Terrace 87 Ho'ola Like Outreach Project (Healers Together) 89 Jackson Medical Mall 90 Maternal and Infant Health Outreach Worker Project (MIHOW) 92 Mobile Nursing Clinic (The Nightingale) 94 Model Cities Health Corporation/Swope Parkway Health Center 95 Neighbor-to-Neighbor Program 97 New Beginnings Program 99 Northwest Alabama Community Health and Dental Clinic/Northwest Alabama Community Health Association 101 Pfizer, Inc. 103 Project Vida (Community Health & Services Program) 105 Rota Care Free Clinics 107 Rural Health Outreach Program 109 South Madison Health and Family Center 111 Walk-In Health Screening Clinic/University of Toledo 113 Wellness Clinics for the Elderly 114 Westside Health Authority (WHA) 115 Worcester Medical Center 117 Resource References AmeriCorps 119 Anchor Health Properties, LLC 121 Brownfields Economic Redevelopment Initiative 123 City Governments 126 . Colleges and Universities (Private Not For Profit) 129 Colleges and Universities (Public) 131 Community-Based and Community Development Organizations 134 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program 136 Community Facilities Loan and Grant Programs 138 Community Foundations 140 Community Health Center (CHC) Program 143 Community Outreach Partnership Centers (COPC) Program 145 Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) 147 Corporations 150 County Governments 152 Economic Development Districts 154 Empowerment Zone (EZ)/Enterprise Community (EC) Initiative 156 Federal Home Loan Bank Fund 164 Financial Institutions/Related Programs 166 Food Stamp Program 169 Georgia Indigent Care Trust Fund 171 Head Start Program 173 Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) Program 175 Healthy Start Initiative 177 HOPE VI Program 179 Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) Training Program 181 Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) 182 Jobs-Plus 184 Maternal and Child Health Bureau 185 Medicaid 187 Medical Institutions/Health Plans (Private For Profit) 188 Medical Institutions/Health Plans (Private Not For Profit) 190 Metropolitan Council 192 Metropolitan Planning Council 193 Model Cities 194 ...National Park Service 195 ...National Register of Historic Places 197 ...NCB Development Corporation (NCBDC) 199 ...Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation (NRC) 201 ...Northeast Hazardous Substance Research Center 203 ...Philanthropic Institutions 205 ...Primary Care Associations 217 ...Primary Care Development Corporation 219 ...Public Housing Primary Care (PHPC) Program 221 ...Religious Institutions 223 ...Rotary Clubs 224 ...Ryan White Title II Program 226 ...State Governments 228 ...Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment (SAPT) Block Grant 232 ...Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program 234 ...Title XVI Health Center Facility Loan Guarantee Program 236 ...U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 239 ...U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) 241 ...U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) 243 ...Urban Community Service Program 245 ...Urban League 246 ...Vision for Health Consortium 247 ...Workforce Investment Act (WIA) 249 Alphabetical Index of Resource References 251 Sector Index of Resource References 269 Bibliography 277 Introduction In many communities with persistently high unemployment rates and limited economic infrastructures, strategies to stimulate economic development long have been pursued to change the status quo. From Model Cities in the 1960s through Community Development Block Grants (CDBGs) first implemented in the 1970s to Empowerment Zones/Enterprise Communities and the Brownfields Economic Redevelopment Initiative in the 1990s, federal programs have sought to jumpstart local economies in a variety of ways. Private sector initiatives also have served as engines for community economic development, sometimes in conjunction with federal government efforts, as in the Jobs-Plus program, a public-private partnership. Since the late 1980s, selected foundations also have supported various community building initiatives. For example, the Rockefeller Foundation launched its persistent poverty initiative in 1987, followed in 1990 by the Ford
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