Regional Work

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Making the Connections – Planning and Public Health

  • Healthy by Design A District of Columbia citywide initiative aimed at developing a healthier, more livable, more walkable city.
  • The Port Towns Sector Plan and Sectional Map Amendment An innovative example of how to incorporate health and wellness goals into a community, neighborhood or small area plan.
  • Wellness Opportunity Zone A place-based approach to addressing the community conditions that impact health.
  • Place Matters , a nationwide initiative of the Joint Center Health Policy Institute to help communities reduce health disparities by addressing the social determinants of health
  • Workforce Development Grant awarded to DC: Federal stimulus money awarded to the DC Providence Health Foundation to partner with other agencies and provide "train(ing) and support career pathways to nursing, allied health, long-term care, and health information technology sectors."