Project

Long-Term Impact Evaluation of the Inclusive Healthy Community Grant Program

October 2026

The Heldrich Center is conducting an in-depth long-term impact evaluation of the Inclusive Healthy Community (IHC) Grant Program. The purpose of the study is to assess the long-term impacts of former grantees’ participation in the IHC Grant Program. Impacts are defined across three key domains: (1) grantees’ adoption and continuation of programs or processes that are inclusive of people with disabilities as part of efforts to plan and create healthy communities; (2) grantees’ implementation and maintenance of sustainable strategies to deliver the benefits of healthy communities to people with disabilities; and (3) grantees’ advancement of sustainable policy, systems, and environmental change that address pre-existing physical, environmental, social, and economic challenges that prevent people with disabilities from having full access to opportunities that support health and well-being. The Heldrich Center’s evaluation of the IHC program’s long-term impacts will provide evidence to guide future programmatic, operational, and strategic decisions for the grant program and future cohorts of grantees.

Project Staff

Status

Current

Research Areas

Project Sponsor

Inclusive Healthy Community Grant Program