The document outlines various resources and tools related to asthma management, food systems, and affordable housing, highlighting cost data, health outcomes, and community initiatives. It includes case studies and ROI calculators aimed at improving healthcare access and addressing food insecurity. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of integrating healthcare with housing initiatives to enhance public health outcomes.

1. Built Environment Resources
Category Type Hyperlink and Description
ASTHMA
estimatinghealthcareand
related costs of pediatric
Asthma
Cost Data CDC pediatric asthma aggregatedcosts and per ER visit
HealthcareData CDC findings onlostdays ofschooldueto asthma
Cost Data CDC fact sheeton costofasthma inthe US
Cost Data Health CareCostInstitutereporton 2010-2013health carecosts for children
HealthcareData Overview of HealthcareRelated Stats for US Children 2014
ROI Calculator AHRQAsthma ROI calculator
Success Story MA Improves Quality ofLife for Children with Asthma
Evaluation Guidance AAP Community Asthma Initiative: Evaluation ofa Quality Improvement Programfor Comprehensive Asthma
Cost Analysis Cost Analysis for Community-Based CaseManagement InterventionProgram for Pediatric Asthma
Success Story Phone Call-Back Program Reduces Asthma Related ER Visits
HealthcareData Trends in HospitalStays for Asthma,2000-2010
Cost Data PediatricAsthma -Asthma Costs Nationally,Locally, and Personally
GeneralInfo Global Burden ofAsthma 2014
FOOD SYSTEMS Sample Plan State ofVermont Farm-to-PlateFoodSystem Plan –Exampleofthecollective impact model
Toolkit USDAUrban Agriculture Toolkit - helps urban and small farms navigatemorethan70resources, including technicalassistance
and financing opportunities.It also includes information on best practices and check lists for start-ups andearly-stage
producers planning outdoor orindooroperations.
Portal Healthy Food Access Portal -This tool (fromPolicy Link) is a resourceto identify strategies and funding to increase access to
healthyfoods in your community,including linkages to funding strategies.

2. Generalinfo Provider-Led Strategiesfor Addressing Food Insecurity -The Advisory Board Company’s Population Health Advisor Team
released new research onimplementing programs to address food insecurity. Thereportincludes caseprofiles thathighlighta
broad rangeofservices as wellas action steps for improving food security in yourcommunity.
Toolkit Healthy Corner Stores –Toolkitand information about implementing a healthy corner storeinitiative.
AFFORDABLE/HEALTHY
HOUSING
GeneralGuidance A collaborative inOregondemonstrates that incorporating healthcare and social services intoaffordable
housingmakes a difference. This blog post proposesfour policyrecommendations for healthyhousing.
ROI A new studyfromClevelandlooks at the correlations between living conditions and kindergartenreadiness.
Makingthe case for upstream housing interventions.
Research NationalCenter for HealthyHousing - NCHH conducts researchto findscientificallyvalid and practical strategies
for makinghomes safe andhealthy. Throughits education and training programs, NCHHalerts families and
those whoserve them to hazards inthe home environment. NCHH's policywork translates its scientific and
technical workinto government andnon-governmental standards, programs, andpolicies.
Policy andEducation Green andHealthyHomesinitiative - a national organization that works inpolicyand education, providing a
comprehensive assessment of the physical healthof families as well as the health ofthe structure theylive in. By
training housing contractors to make housing more conducive to health, the initiative is bridging the gap
betweenhealthcare and industry, drawing unexpectedpartners intothe worldof public health.
HUD HealthyCommunitiesTransformationInitiative - fundedbyHUD’s Office ofHealthyHomes and Lead
HazardControl (OHHLHC), to improve the healthsystems andthe physical, social, andeconomic service
structures that support healthyliving andhealthybehaviors inour communities. Two keyelements of the HCTI
are the development ofa HealthyCommunities Index (HCI) anda HealthyCommunities Assessment Tool (HCAT).