About the Green & Healthy Homes Initiative
The Green & Healthy Homes Initiative (GHHI) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit entity with the vision of advancing the social determinants of health and racial equity through healthy housing. With an emphasis on black and brown communities, GHHI delivers improved health, economic and social outcomes. GHHI supports housing, environmental health, and energy efficiency services for families in communities around the country, as well as conducting direct services in Maryland. GHHI’s delivery model is based on its data-driven philosophy that public and private social investments are optimized and social program outcomes are maximized when the energy, health, and safety needs of an occupied home are addressed comprehensively, efficiently, and simultaneously. GHHI’s employees are all expected to work by the organization’s operating values of assuming good intent, operate with transparency, deliver on time with excellence, and ensure racial equity and diversity are part of all policies, practices, and actions.
Vision Statement:
Addressing the Social Determinants of Health and Racial Equity Through Healthy Housing.
Mission Statement:
The Green & Healthy Homes Initiative is dedicated to addressing the social determinants of health and the advancement of racial and health equity through the creation of healthy, safe and energy efficient homes. By delivering a standard of excellence in its work, GHHI aims to eradicate the negative health impacts of unhealthy housing and unjust policies for children, seniors, and families to ensure better health, economic and social outcomes for low-income communities of color.
Our Model:
GHHI effectively integrates funding from private and public sources to deliver results for low-income residents.
GHHI Delivers:
- Government innovation in service delivery and cost savings
- Measurable improvements in health, economic and social outcomes for children and families
- Development of community-based green jobs and social enterprise
- Healthy, safe, stable, and affordable homes
- Increased family economic security including wealth retention and reduced family displacement.
Energy Auditor-Healthy Homes Assessor
The Green & Healthy Homes Initiative seeks an Energy Auditor-Healthy Homes Assessor professional to perform energy audits, environmental assessments and housing inspections of residential homes in the Baltimore region. This key position aims to help the organization reduce energy loss and home-based environmental health hazards in the homes of clients. The goal of GHHI is to utilize a single stream housing assessment and intervention model to create safe homes for children, families and older adults that are free of lead hazards, asthma triggers, and safety hazards, and that are weatherized and energy efficient. Join a team that is making a difference in the lives of families and seniors! Continue »
Environmental Health Educator – Prince George’s County
GHHI’s Maryland Programs Department has a proven track record of delivering the highest quality of support, education, and advocacy for families most vulnerable to and effected by unhealthy and energy inefficient housing. The Environmental Health Educator – Prince George’s County position will work primarily with low income families with young children with asthma who need asthma, healthy homes and energy efficiency services by providing prevention education, helping families to access GHHI’s prevention resources, assisting clients in accessing other housing services programs, and in developing client action plans to prevent asthma episodes, lead poisoning and household injuries. The Environmental Health Educator conducts community trainings and home visits with families primarily in Prince George’s County and throughout the Metro region. GHHI believes that direct one-on-one education and home prevention education training coupled with coordinated housing intervention services is the most effective way to empower and support families who are addressing issues such as asthma triggers, lead hazards, household injury risks and high energy costs. Continue »
Evaluation Coordinator
The Evaluation Coordinator will act as a key member of the Data, Evaluation, & Learning Department, working in partnership with the Data & Evaluation Manager and the Vice President of Data, Evaluation & Learning. As an integral component of the organizational mission to create a data culture, the Evaluation Coordinator will work to operationalize evaluation plans by assisting in the design and development of data management planning, data system build-out, and ongoing data modification support. The Evaluation Coordinator will work with the direct services team in Baltimore as well as with organizations and projects across the country to improve health outcomes for families and children. It is crucial that the candidate be agile and able to shift priorities based on need. Continue »
Hazard Reduction Worker
GHHI seeks a full-time Hazard Reduction Worker to conduct lead hazard reduction, healthy homes, weatherization and housing rehabilitation interventions, and safety hazard remediation in its Baltimore office for GHHI’s Maryland Housing Intervention Services Program. The position will help reduce home-based environmental health hazards and energy loss to create safe and energy-efficient homes for low-income children, older adults, and their families. Join our team and make a difference in the lives of children and seniors! Continue »
Senior Policy Analyst
GHHI seeks a full time Senior Policy Analyst to serve in a dynamic State and Local Strategic Service team supporting cities, counties and states across the country to advance the innovative GHI model and create cross sector systems change to improve health and safety conditions in housing. The team’s activities include direct service and technical assistance to advance lead poisoning prevention services, policies and best practices in jurisdictions across the country and fundraising and legislation to more effectively match investment to the scale of the nation’s lead problem. This position will play a key role in supporting the development of asset and gap analysis, toolkits, collaborations and policy recommendations at the local, state and national level. Continue »
Housing Intervention Specialist – Lancaster, PA
GHHI seeks a Housing Intervention Specialist professional to coordinate housing inspections and housing interventions by private contractors to remediate lead and healthy homes hazards in residential homes in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania where young children reside. This key position aims to reduce lead poisoning, household injury and exposure to other home-based environmental health hazards in the homes of Lead Free Families Program clients. GHHI’s Housing Intervention Specialist will provide on-site and field support for the implementation of the Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health Lead Free Families Program with the support of the Green & Healthy Homes Initiative (GHHI) Housing Intervention Manager and other Program staff. The Housing Intervention Specialist will be responsible for supporting the meeting of project benchmarks and deliverables, and assisting with tracking and managing program progress to ensure the successful implementation of Lead Free Families’ residential lead remediation and healthy homes services to families across Lancaster County, PA. Continue »
Community Engagement Organizer MD Climate & Energy
The Community Engagement Organizer will focus primarily on supporting the coordination of housing, climate, and energy advocacy with frontline organizations and communities. The Community Engagement Organizer will secondarily support the development of GHHI programs for housing electrification and decarbonization in Baltimore, Maryland. The Community Engagement Organizer will primarily work on the Climate, Energy, and Equity team under the direction of the Vice President for Climate, Energy, and Equity. Continue »
The Family Advocate Attorney
The Family Advocate Attorney will support Maryland public policy and education initiatives with GHHI’s President and CEO including supporting the implementation of organizational initiatives and prevention policies to improve program operations and family health outcomes, enhancing the client experience, and delivering results that impact the lives of children in Maryland. Continue »
Client Intake Specialist – Rhode island
The Client Intake Specialist will work directly with participating households to process applications and determine eligibility for the program. Working with multiple healthcare provider partners, the Client Intake Specialist will conduct client intake, perform data entry, assist clients with application completion and client surveys, and coordinate client referrals to complimentary programs. Continue »
Client Intake Specialist – New Jersey
Under the direction of the Program Manager, the Client Intake Specialist will work closely with the program’s Housing Intervention Specialist and staff at partner organizations to implement the organization’s Lead Remediation and Abatement Program and the Trenton Whole House Program which together seek to remove lead based paint and other health and safety hazards from the homes of low and moderate income households in Trenton, New Jersey while simultaneously working to make participant’s homes more energy efficient. The Client Intake Specialist will work directly with participating households to process applications and determine eligibility for the programs. Continue »
Housing Intervention Specialist – New Jersey
The Green & Healthy Homes Initiative seeks a Housing Intervention Specialist professional to coordinate housing inspections and housing interventions by private contractors to remediate lead hazards in residential homes in Trenton, New Jersey. This key position aims to reduce lead poisoning, household injury and exposure to other home-based environmental health hazards in the homes of participating households. Continue »
Environmental Assessor I – Rhode Island
The Environmental Assessor will conduct environmental assessments using GHHI’s Expanded Comprehensive Health and Safety Housing Assessment in housing units occupied by children with poorly controlled asthma. Based on the results of the assessment, the Assessor will develop and manage the delivery of scopes of work by contractors to remove asthma triggers and other health hazards from the unit and to the extent feasible, work with collaborating partners to ensure that units are energy efficient. The GHHI Environmental Assessor will work closely with complimentary programs and services such as the City of Providence’s Lead Safe program and the Community Action Partnership of Providence’s weatherization and energy efficiency programs, and other housing programs to ensure maximum impact on health and housing quality for participating families. Continue »