National Partners

Act for Public Health is a working group of the Center for Public Health Law and Research, ChangeLab Solutions, the Public Health Law Center, Public Health Law Watch, and the Network for Public Health Law (included below). Through Act for Public Health, these experts apply their decades of experience in public health law and policy work to help push back against legislative attempts to block public health officials’ ability to do their job.

Based at the Temple University Beasley School of Law, the Center for Public Health Law Research supports the widespread adoption of scientific tools and methods for mapping and evaluating the impact of law on health. The Center works by developing and teaching public health law research and legal epidemiology methods (including legal mapping and policy surveillance); researching laws and policies that improve health, increase access to care, and create or remove barriers to health (e.g., laws or policies that create or remove inequity); and communicating and disseminating evidence to facilitate innovation.

ChangeLab Solutions is a nonpartisan nonprofit organization that uses the tools of law and policy to advance health equity. We partner with communities across the nation to improve health and opportunity by changing harmful laws, policies, and systems. Our interdisciplinary team works with community organizations, governments, and local institutions to design and implement equitable and practical policy solutions to complex health challenges.

The Public Health Law Watch (PHLW) is a collaborative initiative of the George Consortium. Public Health Law Watch focuses on identifying potential legislative and regulatory changes at the federal, state, and local level that have the potential to impact public health. Our goal is to increase visibility and understanding of current public health law issues, identify ways to engage on these issues, and provide relevant legal analysis and commentary.

The Network for Public Health Law provides visionary leadership in the use of law to protect, promote and improve health and health equity. We provide non-partisan legal technical assistance and resources, collaborating with a broad set of partners across sectors to expand and enhance the use of practical legal and policy solutions.

The Local Solutions Support Center (LSSC) is a national hub that coordinates and creates efforts to counter the abuse of preemption and strengthen local democracy. 

LSSC's goals are to raise awareness of state preemption and its consequences, reduce the use of this threat to local autonomy, and strengthen the power of local governments to advance policies that promote equity, inclusion, public health, and civic participation.

The American Heart Association's legislative and regulatory priorities help to mitigate risk factors and protect survivors in communities across the country. The American Heart Association advocates for federal, state and local policies that help Americans build healthier lives free of cardiovascular disease and stroke.

Voices for Healthy Kids is a collaborative initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the American Heart Association to reverse childhood obesity through public education and advocacy. Voices for Healthy Kids works around the country to improve or create equitable policies that will make the places kids, live, learn, and play healthier.