The BUILD Health Challenge supports “bold, upstream, integrated, local, and data-driven” (BUILD) community health interventions in low-income, urban neighborhoods. By strengthening partnerships between local nonprofit organizations, hospitals and health systems, and local health departments, we are able to improve community health and well-being. Learn more at www.buildhealthchallenge.org.
Roderick King - Miami, FL
The Liberty City Community Collaborative for Change is: enga...
The Liberty City Community Collaborative for Change is: engaging and empowering residents with “block-by-block” strategy, establishing data-sharing agreements among health care providers, offering family services including parent leadership training courses, and strengthening strategic plans for improved public safety using evidence-based and community-led crime prevention and restorative justice interventions. Key partners include Florida Institute for Health Innovation, Miami Children’s Initiative, Jackson Health Systems, and Florida Department of Health in Miami-Dade County.
East5ideUnified - Denver, CO
East5ide Unified is a community-driven effort to ensure all ...
East5ide Unified is a community-driven effort to ensure all children in five East Denver neighborhoods are valued, healthy and thriving by leveling the playing field for young children before they start school. Key partners include the Leadership Team (made up of residents and community partners in East Denver neighborhoods), The Civic Canopy, Denver Public Health, Denver Health’s Community Health Services, and Diversity Dynamics.
Claire Richmond - Des Moines, IA
Healthy Homes Des Moines is improving housing, health educat...
Healthy Homes Des Moines is improving housing, health education, and indoor air quality while promoting asthma self-care and lifestyle changes to prevent pediatric asthma. Key partners include Polk County Housing Trust Fund, Mercy Medical Center, Broadlawns Medical Center, UnityPoint Health—Des Moines, and Polk County Health Department.
Mia Arias - Los Angeles, CA
Youth-Driven Healthy South Los Angeles is creating a communi...
Youth-Driven Healthy South Los Angeles is creating a community with an oasis of fresh, healthy foods and inviting urban spaces by engaging with and developing youth leaders in order to create long-term, sustainable change. Key partners include National Health Foundation, California Hospital Medical Center, and Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.
Anna Brewster - Houston, TX
The Harris County BUILD Health Collaborative is launching a ...
The Harris County BUILD Health Collaborative is launching a new food system in north Pasadena that is healthy, sustainable, affordable, accessible, and community-supported, using evidence-based food production, distribution, and consumption interventions and developing a long-term strategic and financial plan to reignite business development. Key partners include Houston Food Bank, Harris County Public Health and Environmental Services and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Mina Liebert - Colorado Springs, CO
Project ACCESS (Assessment and Community Collaboration to En...
Project ACCESS (Assessment and Community Collaboration to Engage and Strengthen Southeast Colorado Springs) is engaging the community, utilizing venues of faith, health, and recreation, identifying and supporting community leaders, and engaging in dialogue and action to reduce violence and improve safety. Key partners include YMCA of Pikes Peak Region/LiveWell Colorado Springs, Penrose-St. Francis Health Services, and El Paso County Public Health.
Nadine Chan - Seattle, WA
Seattle Chinatown-International District's Health Community ...
Seattle Chinatown-International District's Health Community Action Plan is: changing the built environment to increase social interaction and active living; implementing policies that promote social and health equity; addressing the high rates of violence the perception that the neighborhood is unsafe; furthering housing and economic development; and employing bilingual advocates and health educators. Key partners for this project include InterIm Community Development Association, Swedish Medical Center, and Public Health Seattle & King County.
Marina Reznik - Bronx, NY
The Bronx Healthy Buildings Program is organizing tenants an...
The Bronx Healthy Buildings Program is organizing tenants and landlords to eradicate asthma triggers in the home, retrofitting buildings to improve environmental conditions and creating high-road jobs for local residents. Key partners include: Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition, Montefiore Medical Center and The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
Leigh Caswell, Albuquerque, NM
Addressing Healthcare’s Blindside in Albuquerque’s South...
Addressing Healthcare’s Blindside in Albuquerque’s South Side is: implementing a membership rewards program to incentivize healthy behaviors, and developing a referral tracking system to promote health behaviors among patients beyond the clinical setting. Key Partners include: Adelante Development Center, Presbyterian Healthcare Services, and Bernalillo County Office of Health and Social Services.