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Contact:
Susan Millea, Ph.D., Interim Executive Director
Partner website: 
http://www.cohtx.org/

Mission and Purpose

Through a commitment to shared data, collaboration, and ongoing communication, Children’s Optimal Health (COH) is a collective leadership initiative to ensure that every child in Central Texas becomes a healthy, productive adult engaged in his or her community. COH enables communities, through GIS mapping, to visualize the health of their neighborhoods, identify assets and needs, and unearth opportunities for collaborative change. It is COH's goal to use visual images to inform policy, improve operations, promote research, and mobilize the community to better the lives of our children and youth. 

COH Board (Full board member description HERE)

Any Baby Can

Austin Independent School District

E3 Alliance

Great Austin Chamber of Commerce

H-E-B*

Lifeworks

Lone Star Circle of Care*

Seton Family of Hospitals*

St. David’s Foundation*

Central Health*

University of Texas at Austin*

University of Texas School of Public Health at Austin

* Denote financial contributor

 

Dan Brown
Data Manager/Operations Manager
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Kevin Strybos
GIS Analyst Intern
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Susan Millea, Ph.D.
Interim Executive Director
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Activities

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Exploring Digital Equity in Austin
August 2020 - July 2021
Children's Optimal Health received a competitive grant from Good Measure to look at digital access, including device, internet access and necessary skills needed for education, health care, and... [read more]
211 Requests for Assistance Maps in Austin Private
May 2020
In collaboration with United Way of Greater Austin, Children's Optimal Health (COH) created a set of maps showing 211 requests for assistance across Austin’s multi-county MSA region. The 211... [read more]
Children’s Optimal Health Hosts Housing + Health Summit
November 17, 2016
Children’s Optimal Health, in partnership with Housing Works Austin and the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, recently hosted a summit on the intersection of health and housing. “Housing + Health:... [read more]

Publications

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Utilizing Youth Voice to Inform Health Planning at the Neighborhood-Level
July 25, 2019
Presentation - By: Ashley Levulett
Children's Optimal Health

PPTX
Analysis of Childhood Obesity at the Neighborhood Level: Working Towards a Community-Centered Health Home Model
November 30, 2017
Presentation - By: Dan Brown
Children's Optimal Health

NNIP presentation on Peoples Clinic Project.pptx
Connecting Health, Neighborhoods, and Housing
October 22, 2015
Video - By: Elizabeth Sobel Blum, Meg Merrick, Susan Millea, Joel Stewart
(Inactive) Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies, Children's Optimal Health, (Inactive) The Providence Plan

Session Materials
Data + residents + organizations = community impact
September 15, 2015
Blog post - By: Alba Sereno
Children's Optimal Health

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A Fair and Healthy Start
January 13, 2015
Blog post - By: Octavio Ulloa
Children's Optimal Health

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Partner Webinars

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NNIP Idea Showcase & Network Update, November 2017
November 30, 2017 - 1:00pm

Ryan Ferriman, Shift Research Lab-- Mile High Data Day- Experience fostering connections, skills, and open data Anise Vance, Boston Indicators -- Responding... [read more]

Presenters Ryan Ferriman , Anise Vance, Marc Rostan, Norma Garza, Dan Brown