Empowering Communities for a Healthier Future
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Our Mission
Whole Community Health reflects a growing global awareness that the health of an individual or a community is inextricably linked to longstanding policies and practices that shape everything from access to nutritious food and safe affordable housing to rates of chronic illness and incarceration.
Consequentially, some historical policies and practices have produced and perpetuated socioeconomic inequities within certain communities. Entrenched disparities do not exist in isolation, and cannot be solved piecemeal. Communities know best. Whole Community Health fosters connections to partner institutions and neighbors to build collective and sustainable solutions for long-term vitality.
Our Approach
The whole community health model focuses on six interconnected pillars of opportunity:
Economic Stability
Education
The availability of healthy food and the absence of hunger among at-risk vulnerable populations.
Access to high-quality health care and well-trained providers suited to the needs of the community.
Social integration and community engagement.
The physical environment.
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Mass Migration: Why are people moving south?
Virginia’s demographics are changing. Jeanne Milliken Bonds, public policy professor at UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School explains the shifts.
May 2, 2024
Original article courtesy of the VPM / NPR / PBS.
by ANGIE MILES Writer, Host
The EIDC Economic Development Journal – Fall 2023
Learn practical tips and strategies for living a more sustainable lifestyle.
November 30, 2022
International Economic Development Council
1275 K Street, NW, Suite 300 • Washington, DC 20005 • www.iedconline.orgChair: Jonas Peterson, CEcD
President & CEO: Nathan Ohle
Editor: Jenny Murphy.
Eastern Native CDFI to Aid Underserved Communities in North Carolina
Eastern Native CDFI’s mission is to promote economic sustainability through business loans, technical assistance, and wealth building education for families and businesses.
June 5, 2023
Community Capital Conference Opening Session: The Strategic Vision of Rock Hill
TRUE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IS FOSTERED BY COMMUNITY LEADERS WHO HAVE A CLEAR VISION FOR A GREATER COMMUNITY. LEARN FROM THE CURRENT MAYOR, JOHN GETTYS ON HOW HE HELPED ESTABLISH A STRATEGIC THAT IS LEADING ROCK HILL INTO THE FUTURE.
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