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CHEER Convenes Health Enterprise Zone Planning Retreat
On March 22 and March 23, 2013 CHEER convened a strategic planning retreat of the Long Branch Health Enterprise Zone Coalition. The retreat resulted in a draft strategic plan, which identifies criteria for prioritizing HEZ programs. These criteria were matched to specific proposed programs and the highest priority programs were identified. The retreat was co-sponsored [...]
The Long Branch Health Enterprise Zone Proposal
A coalition convened by CHEER and led by the Primary Care Coalition successfully submitted a proposal to the State Department of Mental Health and Hygiene to create a health enterprise zone in Takoma Park and Long Branch (zip codes 20912 and 20903). The proposal documents that Long Branch is a high medical needs area. Although [...]
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The Long Branch Health Enterprise Zone Concept
The goal of the Long Branch Health Enterprise Zone is to reduce health disparities in the Long Branch/Takoma Park community. This community has a diverse population with significant disparities in income and opportunity. The Health Enterprise Zone is modeled after other successful place based initiatives for improving community health and well being. The Harlem Children’s [...]
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CHEER Seeks to Bring Health Enterprise Zone to Long Branch and Takoma
Community Health and Empowerment through Education and Research (CHEER) is coordinating a coalition of government and local non-profit organizations to establish a Health Enterprise Zone (HEZ) in Long Branch. This is a new State funded, place-based approach that could bring as much as $1 million into the community. If selected, the funds will be used [...]
CHEER Initiates Neighborhood Improvement Process