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Colorado’s Family Planning Initiative: An interview with Larry Wolk, Executive Director, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment – Episode #103

Andy Feldman's Gov Innovator podcast

Larry Wolk , the Executive Director and Chief Medical Officer of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. of Public Health & Environment, discusses this leading state initiative to reduce unintended pregnancies. Larry Wolk, Executive Director of Colorado's Dept.

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The Road Not Taken | a response to a letter to the editor in the Washington Post about DC, traffic deaths and traffic safety

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Years ago I wrote a piece (" Outline for a proposed Ward-focused (DC) Councilmember campaign platform and agenda ," 2015) about what would be an ideal approach to a truly ward-focused Councilmember election and governance platform, including having a dashboard on ward-specific data on traffic safety. And public health.

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California Forests Are Disappearing–And So Are Air Pollution Disparities

The Lowe Down

Article by Derik Suria & Meghna Pamula Air pollution is a serious public health concern. Research shows significant disparities in exposure to air pollution and health outcomes among different communities by the level of income. in 2011-2015 and 0.09 in the period 2006-2010. percent decline in exposure. for 2016-2020.

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Automation: How to Make Quick Work of Analytics

GovLoop

In her article “ The Innovative State ,” Beth Simone Noveck highlighted an initiative by Chicago’s Department of Public Health. When the initiative launched in 2015, the city had more than 15,000 food establishments but only three dozen health inspectors. They needed to figure out where to put their energies.

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Automation: How to Make Quick Work of Analytics

GovLoop

In her article “The Innovative State,” Beth Simone Noveck highlighted an initiative by Chicago’s Department of Public Health. When the initiative launched in 2015, the city had more than 15,000 food establishments but only three dozen health inspectors. They needed to figure out where to put their energies.

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Building Resilience: Leveraging Innovative Partnerships and Low Cost Capital to Meet Affordable Single-Family Housing Needs

Center for Community Progress

COVID-19 has spotlighted the deep racial inequities in housing and illustrated the importance of housing stability to protecting public health. Click here to download the full chapter and read more insights on tackling vacancy and abandonment from the nation’s leading experts.

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Revisiting the 11th Street Bridge Park project as an opportunity rather than a folly: a new revitalization agenda for East of the River, DC

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Maybe the National Park Service Urban Agenda: A call to action initiative (2015) can help facilitate this, but I am not holding my breath. The Urban Agenda centers around three main principles: Be Relevant to All Americans : Creating meaningful connections with the American public propels the work of the Urban Agenda. Another link.