What to know
The goal of this Arizona network was to improve access to healthcare and healthy food in federal “medically underserved” areas to promote safe land reuse throughout AZ for many widespread hazardous sites.
Northern Arizona Healthfields Community Partnership
Partnership: This network of Arizona individuals, agencies, and nonprofits is dedicated to creating healthy, livable spaces for at-risk communities.
Goal: To improve access to healthcare and healthy food in federal "medically underserved" areas to promote safe land reuse throughout AZ for many widespread hazardous sites
Community and population:
5 community areas of northern Arizona: Cities of Flagstaff, Winslow, and Holbrook; counties of Navajo and Coconino all below state poverty level. Navajo County has the highest poverty, at 38.5% below poverty level
Largest minority groups: American Indian/Alaska Native and Hispanic/Latino
Percentage of persons under 65 without health insurance:9.7% to 17.3%
Environmental concerns
Brownfields and other types of potentially hazardous sites throughout rural and urban areas
Many brownfields and land reuse sites with petroleum contamination, which must be removed to reuse the sites
Potential for many brownfields sites to be cleaned up and reused as playlots, corner stores, and agriculture/community gardens
Health concerns
BROWN assistance and collaboration
- Funding options and resources related to food (food deserts, healthy food access, community food markets)
- ATSDR soilSHOP
- $200,000 in EPA funding awarded to Phoenix, resulting in 42 brownfield site assessments
- $130,000 ATSDR Community Health and Land Reuse funding awarded to ADHS for health assessments and education at 42 sites
- $95,000 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation funding awarded to AHI stakeholder to expand AHI
- U.S. Census. (2019). Quick Facts. Retrieved from: https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/holbrookcityarizona,flagstaffcityarizona,winslowcityarizona,coconinocountyarizona,navajocountyarizona,US/PST045219