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CCRPC unveils Health Equity Toolkit and offers technical-assistance pilot to municipalities
Summary
CCRPC staff presented a Health Equity Toolkit developed with the Vermont Department of Health, described inequities in the built environment and transportation, and offered technical assistance and a pilot program for municipalities to integrate equity into planning, bylaws, and project design.
Melanie Needle, Senior Planner with the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission, presented a Health Equity Toolkit developed in partnership with the Vermont Department of Health and funded through a statewide grant, saying the toolkit is posted on CCRPC’s website and is available to all municipalities.
"Health equity means ensuring that everybody has the opportunity to attain their full health potential, and where no person is disadvantaged in achieving their potential," Needle said, and she outlined three types of inequity—distributional, procedural, and…
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