Health
American Heart Association study finds that CPR education in public housing communities may improve cardiac arrest survival

In the United States, someone has a heart attack every 40 seconds. Every year, about 805,000 people in the United States have a heart attack. Of these, 605,000 are a first heart attack.
City of Norfolk Partners with the National League of Cities to Advance Healthy Housing Goals (Norfolk Redevelopment & Housing Authority)
From the City of Norfolk's press release:
The City of Norfolk is joining the Community of Practice for Healthy Housing Equity, led by the National League of Cities (NLC), to develop community-wide approaches that support healthy housing in our community. Norfolk joins five other cities from across the nation to do intensive work on healthy housing and healthy equity.
Join the Housing Is Working Group's Webinar: Medicaid Redetermination at the End of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

We Need Your Responses to Our Cross-Sector Efforts Survey!
Join the Housing Is Working Group's Behavioral Health Member Roundtable
New HHS Roadmap for Behavioral Health Integration Incorporates Several of Housing Is Initiative's Policy Solutions

Housing Is to Host Roundtable on Next Steps on Behavioral Health Integration for PHAs
CLPHA Board Member Ivory Mathews Featured in Bloomberg, Sharing Moving Abortion Story and Reiterating Importance of PHAs’ Maternal Health Equity Work
Dobbs Decision, Abortion Restrictions Threaten Economic and Health Outcomes for Women, Especially Women of Color

Housing Is Initiative Announces 2022-2023 Working Group Calendar

Join Our September 13 Webinar on Environmental Resiliency!