The Community Health Profiles Act establishes a pilot program at the CDC to help up to 25 local and state health departments create neighborhood-level health data platforms that are freely available to the public. These platforms will combine health information with data on housing, education, economic conditions, and other social factors to help communities understand and address health disparities in specific neighborhoods. The grants prioritize areas that currently lack such systems and serve underserved populations, including low-income and environmentally burdened communities. All data collected through these grants will be submitted to a new National Neighborhood Health Data Repository, a searchable national database that allows comparisons across different communities while protecting privacy. The pilot program will run for four years, with Congress receiving progress reports on its effectiveness and recommendations about whether to expand it nationally.
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