PlanH Healthy Communities Grant Program 2022 cycle now open
Local and Indigenous governments in B.C. working to build equitable policies and processes now have access to additional funding and support to help make it happen.
PlanH Healthy Communities Grant Program 2022 cycle now open
Local and Indigenous governments in B.C. are working hard to respond to the challenges that COVID has both created and highlighted within our communities. Now, with the launch of the 2022 PlanH Healthy Communities Grant Program, more funding and support is available...
On-demand Speaker Event: Creating Healthy Public Policy – Regional Social Planning Services
The idea that ‘problems don’t see borders’ is never more true than in community planning: housing shortages don’t stop at municipal boundaries; emissions don’t respect borders; transportation challenges don’t restrict themselves to a single municipal jurisdiction...
New PlanH Resource: Health Impact Assessment
The latest addition to the PlanH resource library is here! The PlanH Health Impact Assessment Resource explains the benefits of using Health Impact Assessments (HIA) as a collaborative decision-making tool. It also provides ideas, guidance and resources to support the...
Learning together: Lessons from our grant communities
If the goal of healthy public policy is to create improved conditions which in turn improve population and community health, then as a whole, healthy public policies must also be equitable and serve to reverse health inequities.
On-demand Webinar: Local Government Leaders Speaker Series – Affordable Housing Land Acquisition Strategies
Housing affordability is a key issue for many local governments across the province. Its effects can be felt across a community through secondary impacts such as homelessness, labour shortages, strained transportation networks, hampered local economic development and...
Local and Indigenous governments across B.C. receive funding and supports to develop healthier public policy and facilitate community connection
Twenty-eight Indigenous and local governments in B.C. will now be able to embark on projects to improve community connection and create more equitable policies, thanks to $250,000 in new grants plus additional customized supports recently awarded by PlanH, a...
THE ISSUE: Healthy Public Policy
Rather than directly addressing health, healthy public policies make changes to living conditions that impact health—such as housing, transportation and income—in order to improve a community’s health and well-being, while often positively impacting other issues directly within local government purview.