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CHP | Posted on: November 17th, 2008
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The Josiah Hill Clinic has been presented with $210,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for its campaigns that seek to improve health through environmental interventions.
Based in Portland, the Josiah Hill Clinic is dedicated to protecting children from environmental hazards and promoting community action for healthy homes. They provide education, testing, and resources to families and communities at risk for environmental health hazards in order to promote and improve early childhood health and development.
The Northwest Health Foundation has been an early supporter of the Josiah Hill Clinic. As the Foundation’s David Rebanal says “Josiah Hill Clinic’s efforts to organize community residents in our Black, Latino, Asian, and immigrant communities are starting to make a real difference in the neighborhoods of North Portland.”
The grant will specifically be supporting the following activities:
1. Community organizing and training along with healthy environment check-ups in partnership with Multnomah County Environment Health
2. Developing a local benefit analysis of green housing/maintenance and working with property owners and managers of multi-family housing to encourage the use of green, or less toxic products in partnership with its enterprise community partner
3. Developing a local business inventory to identify access sources for green products and services that residents and property owners may utilize as they take actions to reduce chemicals and toxins.
According to Rebanal, “they mobilized community residents and worked with researchers at Portland State to identify environmental hazards in their community affecting health, and worked with the community to pilot and evaluate an intervention, which led to further funding by this grant. This is a great story of communities in action!”
Pictured left to right are Multnomah County Commissioner Jeff Cogen; EPA Oregon Office Director Tony Barber; EPA Regional Administrator Elin Miller; Josiah Hill Clinic Board Chairman Dr. William Lambert; Clinic Executive Director Erin McNally; City of Portland Commissioner Nick Fish; and clinic board member Mark Lewis.
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As a public health professional I enjoy seeing areas that are often overlooked(i.e. environmental health)being placed as a priority in a community. Moreover, this example of community activitism is a great example of how together we can make a difference for many. I do hope the outcomes related to this grant offer evidence to the benefit of prioritizing environmental health.