The Center for Civic Partnerships' mission is to provide leadership and management support to build healthier communities and more effective nonprofit organizations.

Featured Publication

IN BRIEF: Communities Promoting Healthier Living Series The Center for Civic Partnerships, together with the Network for a Healthy California, has developed a series of briefs highlighting promising local practices at the neighborhood level that encourage healthier food environments. This first two briefs in the series are available for download now: Community Gardens: The New Victory Gardens in a Public Health Crusade Healthy Corner Stores in Sonoma County: Healthy Food, Strong Partnerships, Good Policy Click here for more information and to download the publications.

CA Healthy Cities and Communities

A Healthy City/Community promotes a positive physical, social and economic environment that supports the well-being of its members.  The Program brokers programmatic and financial resources by working closely with local, regional and statewide organizations to support Healthy Cities and Communities efforts throughout the state.  Healthy Cities and Communities have leveraged over $40 million and obtained valuable community building resources for local Healthy City/Community efforts. Click here to view the Center for Civic Partnership's most recent publication highlighting the continued progress of several early CHCC participants. Visit the CHCC page for More Healthy Cities and Communities Information.

The CHCC project is administered by the Public Health Institute under contract with the California Department of Public Health, supported by the Preventive Health Services Block Grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

(Printed copies of our publications are available by contacting the Center for Civic Partnerships at (916) 646-8680 or chcc@civicpartnerships.org.)

Improving Livability in Healthy Cities

Click here to see how our current CHCC grantees are improving the health of their communities!

Research to Support Community-Based Healthy Aging

The Center is continuing its research into promising practices, developing new resources and pilot testing products with municipal leaders and their partners to assist with planning, policy development and resource decisions which are conducive to aging in place. Click here for more information on our work in this area.

Sustainability for SNAP-Ed Programs

The Center, together with the Network for a Healthy California, developed a program sustainability assessment tool and companion guide to strengthen and increase the capacity of SNAP-Ed intermediary organizations throughout California. Click here for additional information, including links to the assessment tool, companion guide and sustainability planning webinars.

Organizational Development Training & Consultation

Let us help you organization succeed! Our Organizational Development Training & Consultation team can provide tailored technical assistance and training to help you focus strategically on your mission and build the necessary capacity to strengthen your nonprofit organization.  We can provide support and training on topics such strategic planning, program sustainability planning, board and staff development, and succession planning.  Click here for more information about how we can directly support your organization.

Organizational Learning and Evaluation Conference

Funded by a grant from The California Wellness Foundation, the Organizational Learning and Evaluation Conference enhances the capacity for organizational and evaluative learning among their grantee organizations. Click here for additional information.

News Corner

Presentation at Silver Economy Summit 2013

Center Director Joan Twiss has been invited to present at the Silver Economy Summit. Her presentation,"Aging Well in Communities: Opportunities for Planning, Engagement & Action," will be held on May 24, 2013.

The Summit provides an opportunity for participants to learn about new, innovative approaches to address population aging.

Click here for more information on the Silver Economy Summit

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2013 CHCC Annual Conference
Thursday, April 11, 2013
The California Endowment, Los Angeles

25 Years of Cultivating Community and Advancing a Movement

Thank you to everyone who attended and made the
event a success.

For copies of the session presentations and audio of the opening plenary session, click here.

The conference program can be viewed here.

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Early Winter 2012 Connections

The latest edition of the California Healthy Cities & Communities Newsletter, Connections, is available for download!

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Presentation at New Partners for Smart Growth Annual Conference

Center Director Joan Twiss was part of a panel presentation entitled "Just How Smart Is Our Growth? Getting Ready for a Maturing America."

The session was part of the 11th Annual New Partners for Smart Growth Conference. Click here for her presentation.