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The Center for Civic Partnerships is a support organization that strengthens individuals, organizations, and communities by facilitating learning, leadership development, and networking. We envision a world where everyone can live a healthy, productive life in a clean, safe environment. The Center for Civic Partnerships is a center of the Public Health Institute |
Programs and Projects:
CA Healthy Cities and Communities
Celebrating 20 Years - Laying the Foundation, Leading the Way
This Year, the CA Healthy Cites and Communities celebrates 20 years of success in California. What began in 1988 as a vision of bringing the World Health Organizations's Healthy Cities model to California, has grown and flourished to become the largest and longest running statewide program of its kind in the nation. To recognize this milestone, the Center for Civic Partnerships has just released a new brochure which highlights some of the significant outcomes, successes and accomplishments that have been achieved over the lifespan of the program. Click here for a full PDF version of the brochure. Printed copies are available by contacting the Center at (916) 646-8680 or chcc@civicpartnerships.org.
A Healthy City/Community promotes a positive physical, social and economic environment that supports the well-being of its members. The Program brokers programmatic and financial resources by working closely with local, regional and statewide organizations to support Healthy Cities and Communities efforts throughout the state. Healthy Cities and Communities have leveraged over $40 million and obtained valuable community building resources for local Healthy City/Community efforts.More Healthy Cities and Communities Information.
Improving Livability in Healthy Cities
Click here to see how our current CHCC grantees are improving the health of their communities! |
Connections Newsletter
To view the current (Winter 2008) issue of the CHCC newsletter, Connections, click here. For previous issues of Connections, click here.
The CHCC project is administered by the Public Health Institute under contract with the California Department of Public Health, supported by the Preventive Health Services Block Grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
Organizational Development Services Program
Funded by a Grant from The California Wellness Foundation
One of The California Wellness Foundation’s (TCWF) goals is to support and strengthen nonprofit organizations that seek to improve the health of underserved populations. As part of their strategy to meet that goal, they have provided a grant to the Public Health Institute’s Center for Civic Partnerships to conduct the Organizational Development Services program for their grantees. The goal of the Organizational Development Services program is to provide individual, customized support to executive directors based upon the needs and interests identified by each participating organization. More ODS Information |
Organizational Learning and Evaluation Program Program
Funded by a Grant from The California Wellness Foundation
The Organizational Learning and Evaluation (OLE) program enhances the capacity for organizational and evaluative learning among grantee organizations of The California Wellness Foundation. The OLE program has two major components – two one-day conferences to reach a broad audience of TCWF grantees, and a technical support and peer exchange program that will coincide with the Center’s current Organizational Development Services Program. Joan Twiss is the project director. More OLE Information |
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News Corner
California Healthy Cities and Communities 2008 Conference
The 2008 CHCC Conference was held on April 23, 2008 at Preservation Park in Oakland, CA.
The keynote speaker was Charles Royer, President of the Institute for Communty Change. The successful event included panel and roundtable discussions that kept participants engaged throughout the conference! Click here to view the conference program.
Downloadable Conference Presentations
Click here to download an audio file of the keynote speaker.
Click here for other speaker powerpoinrt presentations.
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CHCC
Evaluation Team Publishes Leadership
Paper!
The evaluation team from the CA Healthy Cities and Communities (CHCC) Expanded Program recently published a leadershi paper, "Strengthening Community Leadership: Evaluation Findings from the California Healthy Cities and Communities Program."
In this paper, which was published in April's edition of Health Promotion Practice
as part of a series on the team's work with CHCC, the team reports that the creation of leadership opportunities through collaborative approaches to community health improvements is an important capacity-building outcome of healthy cities and communities programs.
The team also found that there is an extraordinary opportunity for civic capacity-building through leadership development in rural areas, given a modest level of investment.
Click here to view an online version of the article.
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