Civic health measures the overall wellbeing of residents, neighborhoods, and communities. Social cohesion and connectedness are essential both for civic health and a robust democracy. Research has linked strong civic health to other positive community outcomes, including economic resilience, workforce development, access to opportunity, lower violent crime rates, and community vitality, as well as other public health outcomes, including child development, adolescent well-being, mental health, and reduced mortality. The good news is that there are concrete and practical ways to strengthen civic health at the community scale.
Florida Civic Advance
Advancing Civic Engagement Across Florida
