2012 Newsletters

Healthy People, Healthy Places Convergence Partnership Newsletters

Issue 19, January 2012: Transportation Reauthorization Markups; Innovation Fund Relaunched; HBO Documentary Series Addresses National Obesity Epidemic; Local Sustainability Matching Fund; Events and Resources from the Field

Issue 20, February 2012: President's 2013 Budget Includes Advances for Equity and Healthy People and Healthy Places; Prevention Fund Cut to Pay for Medicare "Doc Fix"; House Transportation Bill Faces Opposition; Convergence Supports Transit, Biking, and Walking; New Health Impact Assessment Organization Launches; Events and Resources from the Field

Issue 21, March 2012: First Lady Recognizes New Hampshire HEAL; House and Senate Pass Extension on Surface Transportation; As Farm Bill Hearings Begin, HFFI Takes Center Stage; Funding Opportunities; Events and Resources from the Field

Issue 22, April 2012: Convergence Violence Prevention Efforts Spotlighted in APHA; House Committee Approves Elimination of Prevention Fund; Senate Committee Approves Farm Bill; 2012 County Health Rankings; Health Impact Assessment Conference a Success; Kaiser Evaluates HEAL Community Interventions Funding Opportunities; Events and Resources from the Field