“There is a growing recognition that, for people and neighborhoods to be healthy and successful, different sectors must work together and that investments in one sector can bring dividends to another. Housing, for example, is increasingly understood to be an important determinant in life, affecting health, access to education, and the opportunity for upward mobility.”
Stuart M. Butler and Marcela Cabello of The Brookings Institution make this point in a new report, “Housing as a hub for health, community services and upward mobility.” While the Bainum Family Foundation does not work directly in the area of housing, we recognize that having adequate housing is essential to overall child and family well-being, and that families with lower incomes struggle greatly with housing quality and stability in a market as costly as Washington, D.C.
We also recognize, as the authors do, that service hubs can come in many forms. Our school-based mental health work aims to create effective models for providing mental health services through schools, which are already a central focus of family life. And our support for children’s health recognizes pediatricians’ offices as an excellent way to connect families with a range of community services and supports.
[For more on this story by Stuart Butler and Marcela Cabello, go to https://bainumfdn.org/blog/hou...tunities-challenges/]
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