Priority Areas

Success Stories from the Region & Additional Resources

Financial Stability

includes income & income distribution, affordable housing, education, & other economic factors
City of Lansing Office of Financial Empowerment
Integrating financial counseling with other social services including homelessness prevention, parole, utility & rent assistance, & public housing

Lansing Financial Empowerment Center in partnership with Cristo Rey Community Center helps 3,500 clients reduce their debt by $6.6 million and increase savings by more than $558,000.
Income Distribution Indicator Progress Scorecard

Social & Economic Factors Indicator Group Progress Scorecard
Promising Practices & Additional Resources​

Building Sustainability Communities: Integrated Services and Improved Financial Outcomes for Low-Income Households; Local Initiatives Support Corporation's Financial Opportunity Centers program

The Center for Working Families: A How-To Guide from the Annie E. Casey Foundation

​Chandler Park Healthy Neighborhood Strategy, BUILD Health Challenge, Detroit, MI

Financial Stability Promotes Good Health - ProMedica Health System's Ebeid Financial Opportunity Center

Health Career Recruitment for Minority Students - recruit and train racial and ethnic minority students for careers in health fields; includes academic support, professional experiences, and financial support, County Health Rankings

Healthy Development without Displacement: Realizing the Vision of Healthy Communities for All; Prevention Institute, Build Healthy Places Network

The Healthy School Communities Model: Aligning Health & Education in the School Setting, ASCD

The Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child Model: Ideas for Implementation, ASCD

National Data: ​
Prevalence of Obesity Among Adults, by Household Income & Education (2011-2014); CDC
​Making the Connection: Dietary Behaviors and Academic Grades, Nat'l Youth Risk Behavior Survey, CDC
Reframing School Dropout as Public Health Issue, Preventing Chronic Disease, CDC

State Data: 
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