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Andrew Young School of Policy Studies
Georgia Health Policy Center
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ATLANTA — The Georgia Health Policy Center (GHPC) at Georgia State University has named the recipients of health opportunity pilot awards. The six communities, located throughout Georgia, were selected because of their bold 10-year vision to improve access to Vital Conditions for Health and Well-Being, a framework for conceptualizing holistic well-being and the conditions that give rise to it that identifies levers for community change and improvement.
The health opportunity pilot communities will receive financial resources and technical assistance through A Statewide Health Equity Initiative, a program funded by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and implemented collaboratively by the Georgia Department of Public Health and GHPC.
“This was a competitive process, and we were inspired by the applicants’ big ideas to tackle really complex challenges in their communities,” said Tanisa Adimu, an associate project director at GHPC. “The selected communities recognize that no one program can solve entrenched challenges like poverty or affordable housing. They are working on ambitious, community-driven plans to improve health, equity and well-being by bringing together partners from all different sectors that have a shared goal of creating opportunities for all residents to thrive.”
The six health opportunity pilot communities are:
- Community Helping Place (Lumpkin County)
- Crisis Line & Safe House of Central Georgia (Macon-Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Peach and Twiggs counties)
- Ser Familia (Cobb County)
- St. John Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (Wilkinson County)
- Ubuntu Community Catalyst (South Fulton County)
- YouthServ360 (doing business as 7 Pillars Career Academy, Clayton County)
To learn more about the six communities’ plans, click here.