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The Wayne County MI Place Matters
Team Profile Summary The Wayne County Place Matters Team tackles social issues related to infant mortality such as social isolation of young girls and gender pay equity. Our team identified…
Place Matters Initiative
Team Profile Summary The Washington, DC PLACE MATTERS Team, as part of the PLACE MATTERS initiative, is taking a different, upstream approach to health equity. The team’s vision is to…
San Joquin Valley (CA) Place Matters Project
Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced, and Tulare Counties (CA) Team Profile Summary It is evident that health and quality of life are linked to where people live. Broad inequities are…
Place Matters Orleans Parish (LA)
Team Profile Summary The mission of the Orleans Parish PLACE MATTERS Team is to advocate for polices that promote safe, healthy learning environments for youth and families. The team’s is…
Place Matters Mid-Mississippi Delta (MS)
Team Profile Summary The Mid-Mississippi Delta Place Matters Team (MMD) includes Coahoma, Quitman, Sunflower, and Washington Counties. The Team has targeted childhood obesity as the focus of its work. With the reduction…
Place Matters Martin Luther King, Jr. County (WA)
Team Profile Summary In King County, there are racial inequities in well-being that are influenced by such factors as: institutionalized racism, income, access to living-wage jobs, access to education and resource-rich…
Place Matters King County (WA)
Team Profile Summary In King County, there are racial inequities in well-being that are influenced by such factors as: institutionalized racism, income, access to living-wage jobs, access to education and resource-rich…
Place Matters Cuyahoga County (OH)
Team Profile Summary The Cuyahoga Place Matters team’s focus is to ensure health implications and equity considerations are at the forefront as policymakers and others make decisions that substantially impact…
Place Matters Cook County (IL)
Team Profile Summary Food justice is the policy reform focus for the Cook County Place Matters team. Our vision of food justice is of a food system where “nobody gets…
Place Matters Boston (MA)
Team Profile Summary The Boston Place Matters Team frames its work around racism as a root cause of inequities in health and recognizes comprehensive, multilevel racial justice strategies as fundamental to achieving…
