Do Cities Have the Right Number of Housing Inspectors? (infographic)
January 29, 2019
With nearly 40 community partnerships across the country, the BUILD Health Challenge strives to identify learnings that can be applied... […]
Life After BUILD: Lessons and Tips from BUILD Communities on Sustaining the Work After BUILD Funding Ends
June 11, 2019
This post is contributed by the BUILD Technical Assistance team. Special thanks to them and the awardees who participated in...
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Finding New Avenues to Health (Departments and Systems)
March 21, 2019
Houston children continue to be poisoned by lead even though childhood lead poisoning is considered the most preventable environmental disease...
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Story of Impact at the Intersection of Health and Housing
March 19, 2019
The Kresge Foundation recently profiled the effort of Health Homes Des Moines, in Des Moines, IA and their team’s impact on...
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Do Cities Have the Right Number of Housing Inspectors? (infographic)
January 29, 2019
With nearly 40 community partnerships across the country, the BUILD Health Challenge strives to identify learnings that can be applied...
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Lead Safe Cleveland Coalition Formed
January 24, 2019
BUILD’s Cleveland-based collaborative is part of a newly formed coalition focused on creating a “lead safe” Cleveland within the next...
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A Recipe for Community Engagement and Systems Change
January 23, 2019
Special guest post by Teresa Garcia, Executive Director, Engaged Latino Parents Advancing Student Outcomes (ELPASO) Building equity is not a quick...
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PBS NewsHour Segment: Efforts to Reduce Infant Mortality
January 3, 2019
The U.S. ranks near the bottom among the world’s wealthiest nations in infant mortality. What can we do to better...
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PBS NewsHour Segment: Health and Housing
December 10, 2018
On December 7, 2018, PBS NewsHour aired a story on community-led innovations at the intersection of health and housing. The...
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Forging New Partnerships at BUILD’s 2018 Annual Convening
October 15, 2018
“True partnership transforms the people in it… And we should recognize that, acknowledge it, and embrace it.” – Dr. Rishi...
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All In National Meeting: System Change Must Begin with System Disruption
October 2, 2018
Improving health for all will require intentional disruption of the systems that lead to inequities and poor health outcomes, according...
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National Healthy Homes Month: What are Communities BUILDing?
July 2, 2018
Up to 80 percent of our health outcomes can be attributed to where we live, work, and play—and for many...
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Building Collaborations with Data
May 9, 2018
In North Carolina, a neighborhood in Greensboro called Avalon has a childhood asthma rate 12 times higher than the surrounding...
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