A Community Holding Hands to Bridge its Divide
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Description
Describes the actions taken and programs developed by the
residents of Garrett County, Maryland, in response to the
economic, cultural, and health challenges they face.
Working together, the Garrett County residents have been able
to provide scholarships to every high school graduate to
attend community college for free, develop 700 affordable,
low-income, mixed-income, and workforce housing units, and
more. Garrett County is a recipient of the 2017 Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation's Culture of Health Prize.
Date
09/2017
Type
Document
Organization
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Tagged as
Access · Culture and cultural competency · Environmental health · Food security and nutrition · Population health · Schools · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Maryland