Therefore, Solutions’ successful efforts to secure these federal contracts, and other state and local agency contracts, would directly benefit NCHH and support its mission. Solutions officially began operations on November 14, 2003, with Jackson Anderson Jr., then a senior staff member at NCHH, named as its president/CEO. As the sole shareholder, NCHH appoints Solutions' six-member board of directors. Solutions provide public agencies and private sector organizations with professional services related to residential environmental health and safety (including applied field research and evaluation), program evaluation and analysis, policy and regulatory support, creation of technical guidance documents and white papers, development, and management of technical training programs, review and analysis of peer review literature and scientific documents, convening technical advisory review panels, logistical and technical support for conferences and seminars, and strategic planning services. Many of Solutions’ current and past projects address children’s health concerns, initiatives, and issues, including primary prevention approaches and programs. Since its founding by NCHH, Solutions has performed a variety of assignments, primarily under four federal multiyear task order-type indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contracts in which multiple and varied projects have been awarded. Three of these contracts have been with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes (HUD OLHCHH), and one contract has been with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Lead Poisoning Prevention and Healthy Homes Office. List of selected accomplishments 2017 The Journal of Public Health Management & Practice publishes three articles jointly written by NCHH and the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) summarizing the health and cost benefits of NYSDOH's Healthy Neighborhoods Program (HNP). 2014 NCHH is selected by the World Health Organization (WHO) to be the first WHO Collaborating Centre for healthy housing research and training in the United States. WHO Collaborating Centres are institutions designated to undertake activities in support of the WHO's programs. Rebecca Morley, then-executive director, was selected for NeighborWorks America's Achieving Excellence Program. NCHH and American Public Health Association (APHA) jointly release the National Healthy Housing Standard. The cities of Tukwila, Washington, and Dallas, TX, have adopted many of the Standard's recommendations into their respective municipal codes. NCHH, in concert with the King County Housing Authority (KCHA) and Public Health-Seattle and King County, complete a study demonstrating that a combination of weatherization and healthy homes interventions with in-home asthma education from community health workers (CHW) improves childhood