Program areas at Green and Healthy Homes Initiative
Maryland direct services program: the Maryland direct services programs department provides outreach and training, resident education, case management, tenants' rights and legal assistance, housing relocation assistance, housing inspections, and housing interventions in Maryland including lead hazard, asthma trigger and household injury risk remediation, aging in place modifications, and energy efficiency and weatherization interventions. Continued on schedule o.
Special initiatives: the special initiatives department is focused on the continued expansion of ghhi's impact as a national innovation leader and convenor in significantly advancing innovative practices, policies and funding mechanisms that utilize community driven systems change and public-private partnerships to address racial equity by improving health, economic, social and climate change mitigation outcomes for low income communities of color through healthier and more energy efficient housing. Ghhi works at the national and local level to advance a theory of change that investments in health-based housing standards and energy efficiency yield significant improvements in health, climate, economic, educational and other social outcomes. The department serves as a national thought leader and innovator to build cross sector support for Healthy, safe and energy efficient housing at scale.
State and local strategic services: the state and local strategic services department provides direct services and upstream technical assistance to support coordinated, holistic housing, health and energy efficiency interventions for low-income families and older adults. The department team works to implement the ghhi model of aligned Healthy Homes and residential energy efficiency services in cities and states around the country, with programs in Michigan, Mississippi, new jersey, pennsyvlania, rhode island and Tennessee among others based on our flagship Maryland program and staffed by ghhi personnel. Continued on schedule o.
Policy and innovation: the policy and innovation department works to advance polices and implement models to support sustainable resources for Healthy housing, including looking at new funding pathways, partnerships with sectors such as healthcare, and making the business case for investing in Healthy housing and building up lccal capacity. Ghhi provides technical assistance to asthma, household injury and other health prevention projects around the county, conducting data analysis and designing partnerships between housing and healthcare that can result in sustainable healthcare funded preventive programs. Climate, energy and equity: the climate, energy and equity department is committed to direct services, research, advocacy, dissemination of best practices and technical and strategic guidance and partnerships that reduce greenhouse gas emissions through increased residential energy efficiency, electrification and decarbonization, and improved housing conditions. The department advances coordinated approaches to Healthy, safe, energy efficient, decarbonized, and affordable housing at the federal and local level by promoting interagency coordination and increased support for electrification. Through community level engagement, technical assistance services, and national policy leadership and advocacy, the department also seeks to achieve: adoption of electrification as a health and climate-based housing standard, adoption of zero emissions appliance standards, and state level advancement of policies for comprehensive Healthy Homes and energy efficiency upgrades including the alignment of climate, health and housing sectors.data management: the data, evaluation and learning department fosters a culture that promotes the use of data to learn, iterate and improve programming and services across all facets of ghhi and the broader Healthy Homes community. The department seeks to uphold this mission by curating thoughtful engagements with stakeholders around the country around the importance of data in our larger effort to create healthier Homes, and ultimately healthier families. The data & evaluation team has worked with projects and organizations across the country to design evaluation plans and build custom data management systems to ensure the efficacy of programing and services. Access to real time data on activities, outputs and outcomes has allowed projects and organizations to operate with more efficiency while also creating pathways to learn and pivot on programmatic approach; thus, creating increased opportunities for successful outcomes and lasting impact.