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PATH 1. COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT (1 POINT)

Demonstrate 10% city-wide improvement in one health status indicator from a user-defined

baseline year. The selected baseline year must fall within the last five years.

OR

PATH 2. REDUCTION IN DISPARITIES (2 POINTS)

Meet the following requirements:

a. Comply with Path 1

b. Demonstrate that any two priority neighborhoods and/or populations are within 5% of the

city-wide average for the same health status indicator.

c. Verify that key population characteristics have remained within five percentage points of

preintervention levels within the last five years.

AND/OR

Option 3. Food and Nutrition (1 point)

Adopt and implement city-wide policy or programs that support food access and community nutrition by

addressing one of the following strategies:

a. Affordable and healthy food access and nutrition programs in low-income neighborhoods

b. Free or reduced school lunch offered throughout the year to all students

c. Procurement policy for healthy and fresh food, which includes all food purchased and served