Toolkits

How Health Departments Can Advance Safety and Health in Protests, During a Pandemic

Communities across the US are protesting in response to the ongoing police killings of Black people and to wider social conditions that demonstrate a history of structural violence and racism against communities of color. Here are 5 steps that local and state health departments can take to protect public health in the context of these uprisings and demonstrate support for protesters’ and their demands.

June 18, 2020

Reports

Health Equity Policy Platform for Covid Response and Recovery

A cross-sector policy platform to challenge the conditions that create inequities in health outcomes, and inform equitable and just COVID-19 response and recovery.

June 3, 2020

Toolkits

Resources to Challenge Policing and Incarceration as Part of a COVID-19 Response

We partnered with the End Police Violence Collective and Community Justice Exchange to create messaging toolkits responding to policing and incarceration approaches during the COVID-19 pandemic.

May 7, 2020

Reports

Lead Local

Lead Local was a collaborative research project seeking to answer the question: How does community power catalyze, create and sustain conditions for healthy communities? As part of this project, HIP developed a primer on power, housing justice and health equity with Right to the City Alliance and a survey of health departments collaborating with community organizers.

February 27, 2020

Reports

Home is Where Our Health Is: Policies to Improve the Health of Renters in Milwaukee and Beyond

We partnered with Community Advocates Public Policy Institute in Milwaukee to research how the affordability, quality, and stability of housing affect the health of renters, and developed policy recommendations that will improve housing, health, and equity for renters in Milwaukee and across Wisconsin.

February 17, 2020

Reports

Liberating Our Health: Ending the Harms of Pretrial Incarceration and Money Bail

National research report on the pathways through which pretrial incarceration and money bail impact health with considerations for how to prioritize community health instead of punishment. We partnered with Faith in Florida for the first county-specific research brief to inform local policy decisions.

February 4, 2020

Reports

Our Homes, Our Health: Ensuring Climate and Housing Justice for Florida’s Manufactured Home Communities

Research report in partnership with Manufactured Housing Action (MHAction), revealing intersecting threats — of exploitative community owner practices, destructive climate disasters, and ineffective disaster recovery programs — to the health and well-being of Florida’s manufactured home community residents.

December 12, 2019

Reports

Driving Away Our Health: The Economic Insecurity of Working for Lyft and Uber

Research report in collaboration with Gig Workers Rising, examining the health impacts of driving for a ride-hail company like Lyft or Uber.

August 13, 2019

Toolkits

Advancing Racial Equity in Youth Diversion: An Evaluation Framework Informed by Los Angeles County

In partnership with the Los Angeles County Office of Youth Diversion and Development, we created an evaluation framework for assessing racial equity in youth diversion.

June 3, 2019

Reports

Achieving Equity in Lead Poisoning Prevention Policy Making

A report synthesizing deliberations from a national meeting to improve the consideration of equity in lead poisoning prevention policy making.

May 26, 2019

Reports

Keeping Kids and Parents Together: A Healthier Approach to Sentencing in MA, TN, LA

We partnered with Free Hearts in Tennessee, Operation Restoration in Louisiana, and Families for Justice & Healing in Massachusetts to research the health and equity impacts of expanding the use of community-based alternatives to incarceration for convicted parents in each of those states. We produced state-specific reports and fact sheets to inform policy decision-making at the state level on this important issue.

April 5, 2019

Reports

When Poverty Makes You Sick: The Intersection of Health and Predatory Lending in Missouri

Research report in collaboration with Missouri Faith Voices on the health impacts of predatory lending and how the industry unfairly targets vulnerable communities in Missouri.

February 4, 2019

Reports

The Effects of Forced Family Separation in the Rio Grande Valley: A Family Unity, Family Health Research Update

This report showcases the effects on the health of children, parents, and families who live in the Rio Grande Valley when they live in fear of a parent or loved one being deported, or if they’ve already experienced forced family separation as a result of deportation.

October 17, 2018

Reports

Understanding Working & Caregiving: An Analysis of California Paid Family Leave

A report that reveals policy gaps and proposes solutions for how California Paid Family Leave (PFL) and additional workplace policies can serve all working family caregivers as they care for their loved ones in times of need.

October 9, 2018

Presentations

Health Equity Guide Webinar Series

HealthEquityGuide.org is a resource with inspiring examples of how health departments have concretely advanced health equity — both internally within their departments and externally with communities and other government agencies.

August 5, 2018

Toolkits

#HealthyHours: Fair Workweek Advocacy

Research and organizing tools on how unstable work hours affect the health and mental health of workers and families.

June 21, 2018

Toolkits

Developing a Transformational Criminal Justice Narrative: A Toolkit

The Narrative Development Toolkit is a resource intended to support community organizers and health equity advocates in developing, using, and adapting transformational narratives to advance equity in the criminal justice and juvenile justice systems. This resource was developed by a workgroup of the National Criminal Justice and Public Health Alliance.

March 13, 2018

Toolkits

Health Solutions Create Safety: A Menu of Policies and Programs

Health Solutions Create Safety is a robust list of 36 replicable programs or interventions and 25 policies that respond to social challenges with public health solutions rather than punitive criminal justice processes. This resource was developed by a workgroup of the National Criminal Justice and Public Health Alliance to help communities achieve shared safety.

February 10, 2018

Presentations

Advancing Health Equity in Local Health Departments: 4-Part Webinar Series

We co-sponsored a 4-part webinar series to discuss the strategic practices outlined in HIP’s Health Equity Guide with national experts and local health departments advancing health equity. We hosted this series in collaboration with the Government Alliance on Race and Equity, the National Collaborative for Health Equity, and the National Association of County and City Health Officers’ Health Equity and Social Justice Committee.

February 8, 2018

Reports

Raise the Age: Protecting Kids and Enhancing Public Safety in Michigan

We produced a report evaluating the health and equity impacts of charging 17-year-olds in juvenile court rather than adult court in Michigan. We also mobilized public health to join the campaign to pass Raise the Age legislation in Michigan.

November 9, 2017

Toolkits

Bail Reform California Campaign Support

In 2017, we mobilized public health support for the early California Money Bail Reform Act. In 2018 the Act changed significantly, and many of the original sponsors withdrew their support. The materials here reflect early versions of the Act.

September 1, 2017

Reports

Reducing Youth Arrests Keeps Kids Healthy and Successful: A Health Analysis of Youth Arrest in Michigan

A report on the health impacts of youth arrest in Michigan that highlights a set of promising alternatives to youth arrest including civil citations and trauma-informed approaches.

June 7, 2017

Reports

Healthy and Safe Riverside County: Investing in What Works

A report showcasing interventions both inside and outside of the justice system to improve health and well-being of Riverside County residents —also including a budget analysis of Riverside County “public protection” spending.

March 17, 2017

Reports

Juvenile InJustice: Charging Youth as Adults is Ineffective, Biased, and Harmful

A report on health impacts of charging youth as adults, with recommendations for increased community investment and restorative justice-oriented solutions.

February 12, 2017

Research & Resources

How Health Departments Can Advance Safety and Health in Protests, During a Pandemic

Health Equity Policy Platform for Covid Response and Recovery

Resources to Challenge Policing and Incarceration as Part of a COVID-19 Response

Lead Local

Home is Where Our Health Is: Policies to Improve the Health of Renters in Milwaukee and Beyond

Liberating Our Health: Ending the Harms of Pretrial Incarceration and Money Bail

Our Homes, Our Health: Ensuring Climate and Housing Justice for Florida’s Manufactured Home Communities

Driving Away Our Health: The Economic Insecurity of Working for Lyft and Uber

Advancing Racial Equity in Youth Diversion: An Evaluation Framework Informed by Los Angeles County

Achieving Equity in Lead Poisoning Prevention Policy Making

Keeping Kids and Parents Together: A Healthier Approach to Sentencing in MA, TN, LA

When Poverty Makes You Sick: The Intersection of Health and Predatory Lending in Missouri

The Effects of Forced Family Separation in the Rio Grande Valley: A Family Unity, Family Health Research Update

Understanding Working & Caregiving: An Analysis of California Paid Family Leave

Health Equity Guide Webinar Series

#HealthyHours: Fair Workweek Advocacy

Developing a Transformational Criminal Justice Narrative: A Toolkit

Health Solutions Create Safety: A Menu of Policies and Programs

Advancing Health Equity in Local Health Departments: 4-Part Webinar Series

Raise the Age: Protecting Kids and Enhancing Public Safety in Michigan

Bail Reform California Campaign Support

Reducing Youth Arrests Keeps Kids Healthy and Successful: A Health Analysis of Youth Arrest in Michigan

Healthy and Safe Riverside County: Investing in What Works

Juvenile InJustice: Charging Youth as Adults is Ineffective, Biased, and Harmful

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