Newsletter: August 2024

by PolicyMap Team
FEATURED POST

Food as Medicine

Food as medicine (FaM) is capturing people’s attention across the United States, from the federal government to public health officials, large corporations, nonprofits, and venture capitalists. Understanding and visualizing community-level needs and social determinants of health is essential to implementing FaM interventions, as it enables stakeholders to address diet-related diseases, reduce healthcare costs, and enhance community health more effectively. Learn how PolicyMap can help.

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ON THE BLOG

Partnership Announcement: PolicyMap Becomes ACAP Preferred Vendor

PolicyMap is proud to announce its new status as a Preferred Vendor for the Association for Community Affiliated Plans (ACAP). ACAP is the national trade association representing not-for-profit Safety Net Health Plans, serving over 25 million enrollees.

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Back to school webinar

[Webinar] Back to School with PolicyMap

Join Julia Park and Aaron Klein, as we present new datasets, including the EPA’s Environmental Justice Screening and Mapping Tool (EJScreen), the Council on Environmental Quality’s Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool (CEJST), new Census data, as well as a deep dive into our Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) data.

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Back to school webinar

[Webinar] Gearing Up for GGRF: Strategy, Compliance, & Success

Join PolicyMap CEO and Founder Maggie McCullough as she demonstrates the power of PolicyMap’s data, mapping, and reporting tools. Learn how PolicyMap empowers decision-makers to allocate funds effectively, navigate regulatory requirements such as J40, and achieve heightened outcomes, all while maintaining transparency and accountability.

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CUSTOMER STORY

Alabama Housing Finance Authority

With PolicyMap, Alabama Housing Finance Authority built an interactive map called the Target Area Status Map, to quickly assess areas of eligibility for homeownership financing. This public tool simplifies the process for lenders to determine eligibility for the First Step Mortgage Revenue Bond program and Mortgage Credit Certificate program.

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Updated Data

FEMA’s National Risk Index (NRI) is *NEW* on PolicyMap. It is located under Quality of Life > Environment and Disaster Risk.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental Justice Screening and Mapping Tool (EJScreen) is *NEW* on PolicyMap! EPA EJScreen includes environmental indicators, socioeconomic indicators and EJ Supplemental indexes that summarize how an environmental indicator and specific socioeconomic indicators come together in the same location.

The HUD Qualified Census Tracts (QCTs) and Difficult Development Areas (DDAs) dataset is now updated to 2024.

The Delta Regional Authority (DRA) Distressed Counties data has been updated to 2024.

Census Public School Finance data has been updated on PolicyMap for 2022.

CDC’s Seasonal Flu Activity data has been updated to the 2023-2024 flu season. This update adds the latest data years from 2019-2024 and is a complete data refresh of our historical data.

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data (CCD) dataset has been updated to the 2022-23 School Year. The points show locations of the public schools and the information bubble when clicking on a school will provide the demographic and enrollment information.

The CRA Eligibility Criteria dataset has been updated for 2024. Please see our Data Dictionary to learn more about the Community Reinvestment Act data.

CRA small business loans and small farm loans data have been updated to 2022.

Distressed Area data from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) has been updated to 2025.

The LIHTC point dataset from HUD has been updated to 2022. The points show the location of properties funded through LIHTC from 1987 to 2022.

CDBG program eligibility and low-mod data from HUD has been updated to 2023.

CDBG program activity data has been updated to 2023. This is a point dataset and displays the location and information of CDBG activities since 1996.

We are committed to our promise of curated, cleaned, standardized, and always updated data. We’re posting real-time updates on our website and X (formerly known as Twitter).
In case you missed it

Published Research

Mapping Pharmacy Deserts in North Carolina: A Geospatial Analysis and Its Implications for University of North Carolina Health’s Catchment Population published in Science Direct

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Upcoming Events

Join Us!

Rock Health Summit
Tuesday, September 10, 2024
San Francisco, CA
PolicyMap is thrilled to be a partner of the 2024 Rock Health Summit, a digital health conference that brings together diverse minds from technology, medicine, public health, and beyond for a day of inspired conversation and connection.

Catch our CEO, Maggie McCullough, as she takes the stage for the Food-as-Medicine Panel. The session is titled: From Plate to Prescription: The New Era of Food as Medicine. Stay tuned for an upcoming blog post from PolicyMap on Food-as-Medicine.

Maggie will be joined by:
Chris Lew, Principal, Consulting @ Rock Health
Jason Langheier MD, MPH, CEO @ Foodsmart
Sarah Mastrorocco, VP of Health @ Instacart
Pamela Schwartz, Executive Director, Community Health @ Kaiser Permanente
Tambra Raye Stevenson, Founder + CEO @ WANDA: Women Advancing Nutrition Dietetics & Agriculture

Want to join us? Find more registration details here!

2024 Health Datapalooza
September 16-17, 2024
Washington, D.C.
PolicyMap will be joining AcademyHealth for the 2024 Health Datapalooza! Connect with public and private sectors and discover data-driven solutions addressing critical public health challenges. To join us, register here.

NACCED
September 16-19, 2024
Tulsa County, OK
We’re excited to exhibit at The 49th Annual NACCED Conference and Training and join local government community development and affordable housing professionals. To join us, register here.

NAHRO
September 26-28, 2024
Orlando, FL
We are thrilled to return to NAHRO’s National Conference & Exhibition. Connect, learn, and get inspired with industry professionals, thought leaders and business partners to prepare for the future of affordable housing in America. Learn More
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