Sector benchmarks that define rigorous public health evaluation.

~70% of reported activities met CDC's program criteria across 11 years (2005–2016).

CDC's National Environmental Public Health Tracking Program demonstrates how systematic, indicator-based surveillance translates into accepted, fundable public health actions at the state and local level.

Evaluations across 33 grantee programs showed measurable disparity reductions via community health workers, culturally-tailored care, and integrated care models.

The RWJF 'Finding Answers' initiative is the canonical evidence base for how to design and evaluate equity-focused interventions that move the needle on racial/ethnic outcome gaps.

Data improvement · organizational capacity · community partnerships · language access · policy change · emergency preparedness.

Nevada's Health Equity Action Plan (HEAP) builds federally-supported workforce capacity and statewide infrastructure for measuring and reducing disparities — the exact kind of multi-level program our evaluations support.

≈ 42,000 jobs and $240M+ in state/local tax revenue at risk — quantifying what's lost without rigorous public health programs and the evaluations that defend their funding.

GWU and Trust for America's Health (2024) estimated the downstream economic impact of weakening federal public health funding. Strong evaluation evidence is what protects program budgets in this climate.