My Healthy Community provides community-level statistics and data that can be used to understand and explore health and related factors that influence health. Our health and the environment in which we live are inherently connected.
Together, communities can use data to inform place-based approaches, support and facilitate data-informed discussions that describe and define population health priorities, and leverage data to transform communities by educating them about their community's health and the environment in which they live.
My Healthy Community: Delaware Environmental Public Health Tracking Network was originally funded through the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, with a grant from the Strategic Opportunity Fund for Adaptation. These grants support Delaware state agencies' progress toward climate resiliency with funding from proceeds derived from the auction of carbon allowances under the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI).
Grants and Funding
This project was made possible through the following:
Delaware Health and Social Services
Improving the quality of life for Delaware's citizens by promoting health and well-being, fostering self-sufficiency, and protecting vulnerable populations.
Link to Delaware Health and Social ServicesRELATED GRANTS / PROGRAMS
- Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH)Public Health touches the lives of everyone in our State and includes a wide range of programs and services—all aimed toward protecting and improving the health of the people who live and work in Delaware.https://www.dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/dph/index.html
- Delaware Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health (DSAMH)DSAMH serves the adult (age 18 and older) population in need of publicly funded behavioral health services. Its mission is to promote health and recovery by ensuring that Delawareans have access to quality prevention and treatment for mental health, substance use, and gambling conditions.https://dhss.delaware.gov/dsamh/https://www.dhss.delaware.gov/dsamh/about.html
Delaware Department of Natural Resources
The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) envisions a Delaware that offers a healthy environment where people embrace a commitment to the protection, enhancement and enjoyment of the environment in their daily lives; where Delawareans' stewardship of natural resources ensures the sustainability of these resources for the appreciation and enjoyment of future generations; and where people recognize that a healthy environment and a strong economy support one another.
Link to Delaware Department of Natural ResourcesRELATED GRANTS / PROGRAMS
- Strategic Opportunity Fund for Adaptation (SOFA)In May of 2016, the Division of Energy & Climate announced the Strategic Opportunity Fund for Adaptation (SOFA) grants. These grants provided funding for state agencies to implement their adaptation strategies contained in the Climate Framework for Delaware. Ten adaptation projects were funded in six state agencies. The project ranged from establishing environmental indicators and GIS mapping projects of cultural resources, to preparing Delaware emergency responders for climatic changes.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) collaborates to create the expertise, information, and tools that people and communities need to protect their health through health promotion, prevention of disease, injury and disability, and preparedness for new health threats.
Link to Centers for Disease Control and PreventionRELATED GRANTS / PROGRAMS
- Environmental Public Health Tracking Network Grant (EPHTN)The EPHTN is a collection of states that monitor the level of burden from environmentally related disease in their communities. Since 2002, theEnvironmental Public Health Tracking Program (Tracking Program) has provided has provided accurate and timely standardized information. The Tracking Program collects, integrates, analyzes, and disseminates non-infectious disease, environmental, and socio-economic data from various sources. These include a collective of national, state, and local partners. This data and information can be found on the National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network (Tracking Network).
