Community Partnerships: Working Together to Improve Health in Northern Virginia
Coalitions of citizens are working together across Northern Virginia on important health priorities in their communities, such as childhood obesity, improving access to healthy food options and safe places for children to play, and youth empowerment. Over the last few years, the communities of Arlington, Fairfax, and Alexandria have each…
Health Reform: Recommendations from the Commonwealth of Virginia
As the nation waits to hear the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling over the Affordable Care Act (ACA), two reports from the Virginia Health Reform Initiative Advisory Council (VHRI) reveal reforms that would be implemented in Virginia should the Court decide to uphold the health care law. Governor Robert F. McDonnell…