Central Oklahoma Turning Point

Boston : " Healthy Boston" was one of the very first large-scale healthy communities initiatives in the nation. Created in 1991 out of the vision of the city's health commissioner, over four years Healthy Boston helped 21 neighborhood coalitions to organize themselves around a broad definition of health. This case story reports on what happened when funding provided through the city ended. The results are encouraging - twelve of the coalitions have found ways to sustain themselves and continue to serve their neighborhoods.