About the Community Investment HealthScore™ Training

As an impact investment leader, you are focused on directing resources to improve the health of the environment and people in the communities you serve. But it’s difficult to develop new investment strategies without good data. We can help.

Our Community Investment HealthScore™ training will guide you in creating a custom impact scorecard to inform your investment activities. Our training is based on the scorecard we created for the Healthy Neighborhoods Equity Fund and our experience with the Healthy Neighborhoods Study.

Contact us to learn more about creating metrics that matter for your community.

The criteria we use to screen investments for the Healthy Neighborhoods Equity Fund, one example of an impact measurement tool we’ve created using our Community Investment HealthScore™ Method.

Why Do Metrics Matter for Neighborhood Development?

An impact measurement framework will help you understand whether your community investments are really working for the communities you serve. In the words of the Healthy and Equitable Community Investment Work Group:

“We cannot address the health inequities in our communities without understanding the impacts of these inequities and their roots. We believe that everyone should live in a thriving community that supports good health and a sustainable future. Yet, too many people across the nation live in places where housing is not only unsafe and unhealthy, but also difficult to afford, healthy food choices are few, and public transportation is nonexistent. Investing in creating more walkable, affordable, vibrant neighborhoods has enormous potential for improving residents’ opportunities to live healthy, prosperous, civically engaged lives. We believe that at the heart of all investments should be residents’ voices, priorities, and well-being — and data to support them.”

— Healthy and Equitable Community Investment Work Group

We provide step-by-step support to investors in building impact measurement frameworks that respond to the needs and priorities of local residents. Learn more about how your investments can improve the health of communities.

OUR IMPACT

“We partnered with CLF to build a scoring tool for the Healthy Neighborhoods Equity Fund. With HNEF HealthScore, we’re able to get a much clearer picture of the strengths and opportunities in the communities we serve, as well as the potential impacts each of our investments might have on residents. It’s also an extremely helpful tool that assists developers to pivot their design to maximize the development’s potential to have a positive impact on neighborhood health.”

Kathy McGilvray, Director of Investment,
Massachusetts Housing Investment Corporation

“The HealthScore training drives interdisciplinary discussion to define a theory of change and consider metrics to track program implementation and impact. For organizations with a diversity of backgrounds on staff, the training provides space to assess baseline public health knowledge and can inform development of internal public health education.”

Kelly Worden, Director, Health Research,
U.S. Green Building Council

“We partnered with CLF to build a scoring tool for the Healthy Neighborhoods Equity Fund. With HNEF HealthScore, we’re able to get a much clearer picture of the strengths and opportunities in the communities we serve, as well as the potential impacts each of our investments might have on residents. It’s also an extremely helpful tool that assists developers to pivot their design to maximize the development’s potential to have a positive impact on neighborhood health.”

Kathy McGilvray,
Massachusetts Housing Investment Corporation

Interested in making an impact with your investments? Learn more about our training.

OUR PARTNERS

We are successful because of the strength of our partnerships and collaborations. We have worked with many types of organizations, including national non-profits, statewide housing and development finance authorities, Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs), hospitals, and health systems. We want to help you maximize the impact of your investments on community health, well-being, and environmental sustainability.

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OUR INSIGHTS

Our insights on how to tie investment decisions to long-term health impacts emerge from leading research in public health. The resources below have helped us identify and refine more than 100 indicators of healthy communities.

See all of our resources that helped define the metrics that matter for community health.