Calculate your program's health and financial impact using EPA's value proposition tool

The growing evidence and support for the link between health and housing, coupled with increased competition for limited funding, calls for a shift to a holistic, coordinated approach to assessing potential health risks in homes.  Successful and sustainable implementation of these programs depends on strong partnerships and an ability to succinctly demonstrate the financial and social impact of preventive, public health interventions. Borrowing from the business world, a value proposition for the health sector converts program outcome and cost data for evidence-based activities into a persuasive pitch that inarguably demonstrates value.

EPA’s simple-to-use value proposition tool – developed over a decade of working with community-based asthma programs in disadvantaged populations – is designed to help programs calculate their impact and create a compelling statement about their program.  The process is quick and the result is revealing. Community-based programs can benefit from using it for self-assessment, as a tangible way to introduce themselves to new partners and to secure funding for their public health interventions. 

Real examples, expert answers to common questions and guidance to personalize a value proposition to a program’s unique situation are available on AsthmaCommunityNetwork.org. The online tool includes shortcuts that save less resourced programs time, such as by linking to CDC data on the typical costs to treat asthma patients. During this presentation participants will use real cost and health outcome data to create a value proposition statement, such as: For $368,820, my program will reduce hospitalizations by 58 percent for 270 pediatric patients and generate $5,144,600 in health cost savings during the next 3 years.