Spectrum Health and Priority Health are among a handful of service providers — and the only ones in Michigan — chosen for a nationwide health initiative that brings together private, public and … Continued
Asthma can be made worse by a home friendly to such allergens as molds, something a national project involving Baystate Health and the Pioneer Valley Asthma Coalition is about to … Continued
Today, the Green & Healthy Homes Initiative (GHHI), a grantee of the Social Innovation Fund’s (SIF) Pay for Success program, and its collaboration partner Calvert Foundation, selected five service providers to participate in regional Pay for Success (PFS) projects. These awardees, selected by GHHI through a national competition, will work in collaboration with local health care organizations to conduct feasibility studies of PFS models that fund home-based asthma interventions, including remediation of asthma triggers and resident education.
In episode 368, IAQ Radio welcomed GHHI President & CEO Ruth Ann Norton, GHHI Director of Maryland Program Services Mark Kravatz and Building Performance Institute CEO Larry Zarker for a … Continued
Last night, the Rhode Island Foundation’s Initiative for Nonprofit Excellence honored the Green & Healthy Homes Initiative Rhode Island (GHHI Rhode Island) for its leadership role in establishing the Rhode Island Alliance for Healthy Homes (the Alliance). GHHI Rhode Island has been successful in bringing together a broad partnership of housing, health and energy providers from across the state to produce an integrated housing assessment and intervention delivery model that better serves low income families.
GHHI President & CEO Ruth Ann Norton was interviewed on BBC World Service Radio’s Business Daily on the history and effects of lead poisoning in Baltimore. Listen to the full … Continued
The childhood home of Freddie Gray, who died after being injured in Baltimore police custody, setting off nationwide protests, was like so many of the homes in Toledo’s central city. It … Continued
Five nonprofits will receive 2015 Best Practice awards Tuesday from the Rhode Island Foundation. Green & Healthy Homes Initiative will receive the Best Practice for Collaboration Award. Read more in … Continued
Despite sharp declines, the city of Baltimore still has nearly three times the national rate of lead poisoning among children, and a look at the data reveals that, like other health … Continued
The Sandtown neighborhood of Baltimore has all the markers of the depressed inner city. Unemployment is high, drug abuse is rampant and many houses are vacant and dilapidated. Less apparent-but equally insidious-is … Continued