State and National Resources: Healthy Communities, Active Living

The following organizations, programs, and agencies provide resources, facts, ideas, curriculum, networking opportunities, and research. These resources can help you develop policies, implement strategies, and promote the health benefits of walking and biking, active living, strategic planning, and thoughtful community design.

• Active Living by Design (activelivingbydesign.org)
• America on the Move (americaonthemove.org)
• American Council on Exercise (acefitness.org/getfit)
• California Center for Physical Activity (caphysicalactivity.org)
  • Healthy Transportation Network (healthytransportation.net)
  • CA Active Aging Network (caphysicalactivity.org/aactf.html)
• California Convergence (californiaconvergence.org)
• California Department of Education Health Framework (cde.ca.gov)
• The California Endowment, Building Healthy Communities (calendow.org/healthycommunities)
• Center for Civic Partnerships (civicpartnerships.org)
• Centers for Disease Control Healthy Places (cdc.gov/healthyplaces)
• Fit City Challenge (fitcitychallenge.org)
• Healthy Eating Active Living Convergence Partnership (convergencepartnership.org)
• Kaiser Permanente Community Benefit Program (info.kp.org/communitybenefit/html/index.html)
• Local Government Commission (lgc.org)
• Public Health Institute (partnershipph.org)
• Smart Growth Network (smartgrowth.org)
• Strategic Alliance ENACT (preventioninstitute.org/sa)
• Public Health Law and Policy (phlpnet.org)
• Network for a Healthy California (networkforahealthycalifornia.net)
  • Champions for Change (www.cachampionsforchange.net)
  • Take Action (www.takeactionca.com)
  • Bay Area Nutrition and Physical Activity Collective (banpac.org)
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (rwjf.org)
  • Leadership for Healthy Communities (leadershipforhealthycommunities.org)
  • Active Living Research (activelivingresearch.org)
  • Active Living Resource Center (activelivingresources.org)
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Physical Activity Guidelines (health.gov/paguidelines)

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