Strengthening Partnerships for Healthy, Climate Resilient, and Thriving Communities

Opening remarks of the conference on Strengthening Partnerships for Healthy, Climate Resilient, and Thriving Communities.

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health , (OASH) and the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) held a two-afternoon listening session called “Strengthening Partnerships for Healthy, Climate Resilient, and Thriving Communities”. 

• Representatives from the Office of Human Services Emergency Preparedness and Response (ACF/OHSEPR), the Office of Climate Change and Health Equity (OASH/OCCHE), the Office of Regional Health Operations (OASH/ORHO), and the Division of Human Services Policy (OASH/HSP) collaborated on several initiatives in response to Executive Order 12898, EO 14008, and EO 13045, and sponsored this event.
• This partnership focused on raising awareness across health and human services sectors of the nexus between environmental justice, climate change, and climate disaster; developing cross-industry connections to facilitate the transfer of valuable knowledge, ideas, and solutions-based resources; and leveraging existing programs and resources to address these concerns. 
• In the spring of 2023, HHS hosted several community conversations across the country to learn from communities directly affected by severe weather or community environmental hazards.
• This convening served as a space to share and discuss key learnings from those engagements, and identify interdisciplinary partnership opportunities to engage and address the resonant themes from those discussions.

Two national events:

• Aug. 2: For all health and human service stakeholders including government, non-government, philanthropic, and academic communities
• Aug. 3: For Federal staff only

For more information please contact climatejustice@acf.hhs.gov