With support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health Leaders program, EAC staff are working to develop a set of health inequity...
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EAC reviews environment and climate change indicators to support healthy community planning
With support from the County Health Rankings and Roadmaps, a program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation hosted by the University of Wisconsin,...
EAC’s Dr. Lowrie to lead Age-Friendly Planning Studio focused on Farley Towers in Elizabeth
In the Fall of 2018, EAC's Dr. Karen Lowrie is leading a class of MCRP students in a studio class that focuses on Farley Towers, a senior living...
EAC’s Dr. Whytlaw to Present Poster at American Geophysical Union’s Fall Meeting
Dr. Jennifer Whytlaw will be presenting a poster in the inaugural year for a new Geohealth track at the American Geophysical Union's Fall Meeting...
See NJSpotlight opinion piece on making New Jersey the healthiest state
Read Jeanne Herb's Op-Ed in NJSpotlight on achieving health equity in New Jersey. Follow this link.
EAC’s Jennifer Whytlaw, Jeanne Herb and Karen Lowrie win grant from the County Health Rankings and Roadmaps
EAC’s Jennifer Whytlaw, Jeanne Herb, Dr. Karen Lowrie and Dr. Michael Greenberg win grant from the County Health Rankings and Roadmaps. Principal...
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Stakeholder and Subject Matter Expert Feedback Regarding the Content of a New Jersey Ocean Acidification Action Plan
This report summarizes stakeholder and subject matter expert feedback regarding the potential elements and content of a New Jersey Ocean Acidification (OA) Action Plan. Feedback was provided by twenty-eight individuals through a stakeholder engagement process which...
Tech Fitness for Local Elected Officials and Administrators
These articles were designed to help local government leaders develop “tech fitness” for their organizations. The idea of tech fitness is to ensure that organizations can meet expectations for technologically driven services, which today, include most government...
AI in Local Government, Helpful or Harmful?
Chatbots are software programs that use natural language processing to have conversations with people. Also called conversational agents, they can answer questions, provide recommendations, and complete tasks. Leading companies like Google, Microsoft, and Amazon, and...
TECH UPDATES: What Municipal CAOs Need to Know, Part 1: Tech Fitness and Cyber Hygiene
There are two basic elements of technology that every municipality must have. Most places already do this, but it doesn’t hurt to highlight them. The first is an expert to advise you and your governing body on technology issues. As with other experts you hire—a police...