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On July 11, the Danville Regional Foundation will release the Dan River Region’s first Health Equity Report. The report will display data on the Dan River Region’s health outcomes determined by access to physical, economic, and social opportunities. The Report will be unveiled accompanied by GO! >

IPHI’s HEAL Cities & Towns staff will take part in the Maryland Municipal League’s 2017 annual conference in Ocean City, MD, June 25-28th. HEAL will exhibit at the conference and also provide a mobile learning experience that will teach conference attendees how to hold a walking meeting, GO! >

On June 21, 2017 IPHI collaborated with the Baltimore City Health Department, and Baltimore Area Health Education Center (BAHEC) to co-sponsor the Baltimore City Chapter of the Maryland Statewide CHW Network’s first citywide CHW Forum at the  Vollmer Center at Cylburn Arboretum. More than GO! >

On May 12, 2017 IPHI co-hosted a CHW forum with DC Primary Care Association. CHWs, stakeholders, and CHW employers in DC heard from several speakers about CHW sustainability in DC. The meeting featured presentations by DCPCA on CHWs and the Affordable Care Act, a presentation by the GO! >

The Health Collaborative of the Dan River Region was recognized as a Spotlight Award winner in the Aetna Foundation’s Healthiest Cities & Counties Challenge. GO! >

For Immediate Release:  April 3, 2017 Contact: Julia Groenfeldt, Program and Communications Associate 202.747.3455 TCI@institutephi.org   Funds Available for Community-Based Public Health Strategies through Healthy Montgomery Transforming Communities Initiative Silver Spring, Maryland – GO! >

The Institute for Public Health Innovation and the Virginia Association of Health Plans are holding a meeting prior to the start of the Population Health Summit to discuss the role of the CHW in Virginia’s health systems. This breakfast meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 GO! >

The Institute for Public Health Innovation, with support from the National Network of Public Health Institutes, will host a forum on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 from 8:30 AM-4:30 PM EST titled, “A Forum on Community Health Workers and Population Health in Virginia: A convening of leaders to discuss GO! >

On February 23, 2017 Gov. Terry McAuliffe signed a set of bills that aim to stem Virginia’s growing opioid epidemic. One of the bills signed into law, HB2317, allows local departments of health to administer harm reduction and syringe access programs in parts of the state with very high rates GO! >

Since 2015, the Institute for Public Health Innovation (IPHI) has worked to use its expertise and experience in food access and health equity to conduct a local food policy analysis and develop policy recommendations to promote equitable access to healthy, affordable, and culturally appropriate GO! >