The U.S. News Healthiest Communities relies on CARES to provide data and data analysis for their annual rankings. The Healthiest Communities rankings measure crucial health-related components of society. The project scores nearly 3,000 counties on 84 indicators across 10 categories that drive overall community health.
The Virginia Department of Public Health and the Virginia Hospital Association have partnered with CARES to build a Community Health Needs Assessment tool to support and align public health departments, hospitals, community health centers, and others across the state in meeting targeted health goals.
RocHealthData is a collaborative data-sharing Hub focused on serving the greater Rochester region in New York. Powered by local partners and the University of Rochester, RocHealthData is collecting and sharing local data internally through the Hub, and externally with public stories and maps.
The Salud America! Health Equity Report Card, powered by CARES, provides information on how your county is doing on a variety of health-related conditions compared to the rest of your state and nation. The data show how your area stacks up in housing, transportation, poverty, healthcare, mental health, environmental issues, and access to healthy food and active spaces.
The Missouri Foundation for Health (MFH) Resource Data Tool is a targeted online assessment and data exploration tool. This tool is restricted for use by staff at the Missouri Foundation for Health.
The Well Connected Communties portal served as a resource for more than 39 communities across 17 states who were working towards meeting healthy living goals. Managed by CARES, the Well Connected Communities Hub provided grantees access to a robust Community Health Needs Assessment tool, County Health Rankings reports, quarterly reporting forms, resources from the field, and archived professional development events.
The SNAPEd National report provides data related to SNAP eligibility, SNAP participation, income and poverty levels, and other social determinants of health data.
Partnership for a Healthier America previously hosted both a Hub and a Widget on the CARES Network. PHA is focused on encouraging healthier eating and lifestyles for children and young adults by improving local food environments. The ImPHAct Map, previously available on the PHA website, collects and displays information on corner stores and campuses who have committed to be PHA partners.
The Creating Healthy Communities Ohio Hub was launched in 2015 by the Ohio Department of Health. The CHC Ohio Hub supports 20+ counties in Ohio with health-related policy, system, and environmental change strategy tracking, evaluation, and reporting. The Hub helps individual counties track progress on community health interventions and provides aggregate data to state-level managers for initiative-level metrics.