Plan4Health Updates - Kirin Kumar

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1. 2nd Regional Convening of Public Health Officers
   and Planning Directors
   Presented by Design 4 Active Sacramento & Planners for Health
   Plan 4 Health and
   Planners 4 Health
   Kirin Kumar
   Executive Director, WALKSacramento
   

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2. • A joint CDC funded program between the
   American Planning Association (APA) and
   American Public Health Association (APHA)
   • Building stronger collaboration between the
   health and planning sectors at a local level
   • Focused on coalition building and technical
   assistance
   

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3. Design 4 Active Sacramento Coalition
   • Expanded upon the original D4AS Team
   • Representatives include public health, private
   health care, local government, planning,
   engineering, sustainability, and other sectors
   

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4. Accomplishments to Date
   • State’s first PHO/Planning Director Convening
   • Workshops and trainings with diverse partners
   • Youth engagement and community
   empowerment
   • Expanding the data toolkit
   • Technical assistance
   

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7. Technical Assistance
   • Building sustainable partnerships between
   local government and D4AS through ATP Cycle
   • Brought planning/engineering together with
   public health on over 17 ATP applications
   • 9 of the 10 highest ranked regional
   applications + 3 of the 4 applications funded
   by the state
   

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8. Planners 4 Health
   • The next iteration of Plan4Health expands
   local health in the built environment to the
   statewide level
   • Cross disciplinary task force to develop further
   policies, partnerships, and place-based
   programs that connect health and planning
   • Look for training and other workshop
   opportunities!
   Contact:
   Linda Khamoushian
   Linda.khamoushian@gmail.com
   

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9. What’s Next Locally?
   • Working together to address health inequities
   in the Sacramento Region
   • Understanding and addressing the health
   impacts of climate change on communities
   throughout the region
   • Continue building fruitful cross-sector
   collaboration
   

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10. Thank you!
    • To learn more about this work and available
    technical assistance, contact:
    Kirin Kumar
    Executive Director – WALKSacramento, D4AS
    kkumar@walksacramento.org
    916-446-9255
    

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