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Using Vacant Properties for a Climate Resilient Future

Center for Community Progress

Activating vacant and abandoned properties for climate adaptation offers the ability to create and enhance access to high-quality, affordable housing suitable for a changed climate. Vacant Properties and Managed Retreat As more communities consider managed retreat in the face of sea level rise—i.e.,

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Creating agentless outbound campaigns to support Medicaid unwinding efforts

AWS Public Sector Blog

For more than a year, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has supported SMAs with in-house Medicaid expertise to identify unwinding issues and develop solutions to address them. A major part of that is re-certifying the 91 million members currently receiving Medicaid benefits.

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How Communities Are Using Data to Address Inequities

GovLoop

Environmental Where do environmental hazards put public health at risk? Still, public policies around zoning, environmental cleanup and other community planning issues often lead to increased risks in communities where constituents lack a say in policy decisions. Here are some examples of what can be done in key policy areas.

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What is Code Enforcement?

Center for Community Progress

This blog post explains how code enforcement works, and why local governments should take a more strategic approach to code enforcement to make the most of a tool that can not only protect public health and safety, but also stabilize and strengthen neighborhoods. What is code enforcement?

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The Top Grant Writing Classes for Small Business Owners

Grant Central USA

In addition, a good grant writing class should provide guidance on various types of grants available including corporate, foundation, public health,, and other government grants and awards. Participants will also learn about best practices for complying with grant regulations and maintaining strong relationships with funders.

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Planning for heat/climate change | Public health

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

For example, 75% of housing in France doesn't have air conditioning. The Washington Post has three articles today on the topic: -- " U.K. braces for record temperatures as ‘heat apocalypse’ hits Europe." As Europe has experienced rising temperatures over the past 20 years, institutions are taking more measures to reduce the negative impact.

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Supporting health equity with data insights and visualizations using AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

We then deliver actionable data insights to our clients, including healthcare decision makers, government leaders, the emergency response community, health systems, and global public health organizations. health set out to use data and technology to identify the health factors that most impact people.

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