Center for Civic Partnerships

The California Healthy Cities and Communities (CHCC) program assists local leaders with developing, implementing and evaluating inclusionary, community-driven programs, policies and plans which address the environmental, social and economic determinants of health. Participants have improved their communities in the areas of safety, aging well, healthier eating and greater physical activity options, leadership development, quality of life tracking and many others.

The California Healthy Cities and Communities (CHCC) Network is a membership program created for groups interested in the principles and practices of the Healthy Cities model. It provides a means of affiliation with the CHCC program and the international Healthy Cities and Communities movement, as well as technical assistance, grants and other resources.

The Center for Civic Partnership provides a variety of consulting and technical assistance services to help groups develop, implement and sustain community improvements.  The Center has worked with over 200 cities communities, and organizations in California and across the nation.  Areas of focus include planning, implementation and priority setting; skill building and training; and organizational assessment.

The Center for Civic Partnerships leads the coaching support function for this program of PHI's Center for Health Leadership Practice (CHLP). CHLP's National Leadership Academy for the Public’s Health offers an innovative approach of bringing together teams of leaders from multiple sectors to actively engage their communities to achieve health equity.

This convening is organized for grantees of The California Wellness Foundation to incorporate organizational learning principles, including evaluation, into TCWF grantees' ongoing operations and facilitate the exchange of best practices. The conference enhances the value of individual grants by offering opportunities for knowledge and skills development, peer learning and networking.

The Center for Civic Partnerships will develop, implement and evaluate a 1 1/2-day conference on evaluation and organizational learning for participants representing more than 200 grantees from The California Wellness Foundation, to be presented in the Los Angeles area in May 2013.     

Learning materials support a sustainability assessment tool and companion document designed for Network for a Healthy California-funded partners. Online publications showcase collaborations among health departments, local jurisdictions and other partners designed to ensure healthier food environments through community gardens, corner stores and other local innovations that ensure accessible and affordable healthy food choices.