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Goal: Foster a shared vision of regional health that strengthens cross- sectoral and collaborative strategies and bridges institutions.
· ARHF actively participates in the :
o Health Strategies Council, DCH, State of Georgia
o Executive Committee of the Atlanta Community Access Coalition
o Core Leadership Group of the Atlanta Regional Commission “Aging Atlanta” initiative
o “Livable Centers” and “Community Choices” programs of the Atlanta Regional Commission
o Dean’s Council, Grace Crum Rollins School of Public, Health Emory University
o Emory University School of Nursing
o Neighborhood redevelopment programs in Peoplestown
o Georgia Partnership for Quality Growth
o Regional Atlanta Civic League
o “Lifeline to Health” radio programs of DCH, State of Georgia
o Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasters/Faith and the City television series
o Georgia Hospital Association Partnership for Health and Accountability Advisory Council
o Atlanta/Fulton Family Connections
o Atlanta/Fulton Coalition for Health and Wellness
o Clayton Collaborative Authority
o Cobb Community Collaborative
o Gwinnett Coalition for Health and Wellness
o Sustainable Atlanta Roundtable
o United Way Community Basics Advisory Board
o Rosalynn Carter Institute for Human Development Board of Directors
o The Center for Diversity in Health Research
o The Center on Social Determinants of Health Disparities
o Covering Kids and Families Coalition of Georgia
o Hispanic Health Coalition of Georgia
o Atlanta Local Food Initiative
· Finalist for “Health Care Heroes” Award given annually by Atlanta Business Chronicle, May 2001; nominated second time, May 2002
· Collaborated with Morehouse School of Medicine, DHHS, HRSA, The Carter Center, Emory and ACP-ASIM in sponsoring three annual conferences: “Achieving Optimal Outcomes in Primary Care: Reducing Health Disparities in the Communities We Serve-Looking Towards Health People 2010” in March, 2001; the 2nd annual conference, "Prevention, Public Health, and Primary Care: Partners in Eliminating Health Disparities, Looking Toward Healthy People 2010” held October 30 - November 2, 2002; and the 3rd Annual conference, “Primary Care Prevention and Public Health: Creating Healthy Communities and Eliminating Health Disparities in the South,” was October 30-November 1, 2003.
· Collaborated in April 2002 with the Consumer Health Education Council (CHEC) to bring local business leaders to a discussion of the role of business in improving lack of health insurance coverage through a study grant funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). Because of ARHF, CHEC chose Atlanta along with Chicago, New York and Phoenix for these focus groups. ARHF will continue this collaboration as second round funding is being sought by CHEC from RWJF to continue this research.
· Collaborated with the residents of NPU-V, Georgia State University Institute of Public Health, Fulton County Department of Health and Wellness, Southside Medical Clinic, and the Center for Black Women’s Wellness in securing a 1.4 million/3 year grant in 2005 to conduct community based participatory research to create healthy neighborhoods.
Goal: Identify and respond to strategic opportunities to eliminate barriers to healthcare access and disparities in health outcomes.
· Provided the impetus to create and serve as a founding member of the Atlanta Community Access Coalition (ACAC), http://www.acac.us/, composed of twelve community-based organizations dedicated to increasing access to health care services for uninsured and underinsured citizens in our communities. Connected member resource agencies to collaborate for a $1 million/1 year Healthcare Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) Community Access Program (CAP) Grant; awarded October 2001. This grant adds healthcare facilities (Community Health Centers and Grady Health System) to an existing award-winning software system, Pathways Compass, to increase services primarily for the homeless. Awarded $700,000 second year funding and $490,000 third year funding to add additional healthcare facilities and services,
· Assisted ARC (lead agency) in securing $150,000 for a planning grant for the "Aging Atlanta" project, to create a model in South Fulton County of "an age-friendly community with informed consumers that strives to keep older adults in their own homes and communities with maximum dignity and independence for as long as possible," and in securing $750,000 million for implementation.
· Collaborating with the Hispanic Health Coalition of Georgia exploring innovative solutions to address lack of health care access to persons because of language barriers
· Partnering with the Georgia Health Policy Center with a second round State Health Planning Grant from HRSA to design urban models of increasing health care access.
Goal: Implement a model of influence that expands cross-sectoral partnerships to create the conditions that are required to build and sustain healthy communities.
· Collaborated in April 2002 with the Consumer Health Education Council (CHEC) to bring local business leaders to a discussion of the role of business in improving lack of health insurance coverage through a study grant funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). Because of ARHF, CHEC chose Atlanta along with Chicago, New York and Phoenix for these focus groups.
· Partnering with the Atlanta Regional Commission to integrate “health,” broadly defined, into regional planning particularly focused on introducing a process widely used in Europe, Health Impact Assessment, into the planning activities of ARC.
· $15,000 funding awarded from the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, Inc. for a planning/implementation grant to hold town hall meetings to identify grassroots needs and to create an asset map of the current grassroots/prevention activities in the five core county region. The Report of this activity, “Creating Healthy Neighborhoods: Community Voices and Existing Resources in the Five Core Counties of Metropolitan Atlanta,” is available on the home page
· Assisting neighborhood redevelopment in Peoplestown through volunteer opportunities in programs and services at Emmaus House
· Providing a new Quality Growth Toolkit, “Land Use Planning for Public Health: The Role of Local Boards of Health and Public Health Officials in Community Design and Development” for use by the Atlanta Regional Commission in the “Community Choices” and “Livable Centers Initiatives” and adding health considerations into the existing 23 Quality Growth Toolkits.
· Participated as member of the Atlanta "Cover the Uninsured Week Coalition".
· Funded by the National Association of Local Boards of Health to create, in collaboration with ARC, an educational Guide for board of health members and public health officials, “Land Use Planning for Public Health: The Role of Local Boards of Health and Public Health Officials in Community Design and Development”.
Goal: Develop and disseminate data/information that monitors health status and quality of life to inform policy, decision making, and action.
· Collaborated with Georgia Hospital Association (lead agency), Kerr L. White Institute for Health Services Research, Georgia Institute of Technology, Emory University, Morehouse University, Medical College of Georgia, Grady Health System, and the University of Georgia Pharmacy Department in a $5 million/3 year Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality grant to study increasing health care quality through improved inpatient medical error detection, reporting and correction; awarded October, 2001
· Creating an Internet interactive "Social Health/Status of Health" dynamic database for the region, from which available to all persons who need to have community health information on which to base decisions to improve health status, including social health. Received $20,000 funding to conduct and report on town hall meetings of potential users of the data base to identify optimal content, including best measures of health status and social health, and desirable format to present results.
Goal: Design an organizational structure and a plan for developing the resources and capacity to implement the strategic plan.
· Incorporated the organization in the State of Georgia
· Secured IRS designation as a 501(c)3 tax exempt organization
· Established the ARHF web site:
· Received funding from the Community Housing Resource Center in December 2004 for a Community Development Fellow for four months
Received a grant from the Healthcare Georgia Foundation for developing a Strategic Plan, followed by an additional grant for operations, hiring a full time Executive Director, and implementing the presentation of health information on a web site.
