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2013

June
  • ACA Impact Survey Access Restricted

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May
  • Coordinated School Health: Opportunities to Support Healthy, Active Schools Access Restricted

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  • Optimizing the Role of CBOs in Public Health Insurance Outreach and Enrollment Access Restricted

In 2009 The Colorado Trust launched a three-year, $3.3 million strategy to enroll traditionally hard-to-reach populations of eligible children into public health insurance programs.

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April
  • Leveraging Federal Matching Funds Access Restricted

Several federal programs support health-related activities including Medicaid, CHIP, TANF, and SNAP and allow private grants to be used as a states match to draw down federal funds.

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  • U.S. Health in International Perspective: Shorter Lives, Poorer Health Access Restricted

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March
February
  • Advancing Policy Advocacy through General Operating Support Grants Access Restricted

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  • The Intersection of Creativity, Health, and Aging Access Restricted

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January

2012

December
November
October
September
  • Roots of Health Inequity
    September 27, 2012 2:00 pm
    This webinar will introduce health funders to Roots of Health Inequity, a Web-based course developed by the National Association of County & City Health Officials (NACCHO).
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  • A Strategic Field Building Approach to Advocacy Investments Access Restricted

Rather than focusing on short-term policy objectives, grantmakers are increasingly striving to build the entire field of policy advocacy in order to ensure long-term relevance and effectiveness.

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August
  • State Innovation Models Initiative Access Restricted

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) recently announced the State Innovation Models initiative.

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  • What Health Funders Need to Know About HIV/AIDS: Part I Access Restricted

This webinar is the first in a two-part series to explore the challenges and opportunities for addressing the impact of HIV/AIDS on vulnerable communities.

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July
June
May
  • The Bravewell Report: How Integrative Medicine Is Being Practiced in Clinical Centers Across the US Access Restricted

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  • Engaging Voters to Promote Health Access Restricted

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April
  • Visualizing The Farm Bill
    April 23, 2012 1:00 pm
    As the debate continues on the 2012 Farm Bill, the Center for a Livable Future at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has developed a Web app called the Farm Bill Budget Visualizer. Users can sort and filter Farm Bill expenditures since 2008 by categories such as obesity, food security, or sustainable agriculture – issues of great importance to those involved with both GIH and SAFSF.
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March
February
  • Building Stronger Systems of Care to Improve Child Health
    February 6, 2012 12:30 pm
    Linking child health care systems with other systems and services that support the healthy development of children – such as early education, mental health services, and parental support services – can maximize resources and makes systems easier for families to navigate.
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  • Health, Housing, and Homelessness
    February 2, 2012 1:00 pm
    There is a small subset of individuals who cycle between emergency rooms, hospitals, detox, and other crisis health services. Known as the 5:50 population, these are the 5 percent of beneficiaries who represent 50 percent of costs. These men and women have complex, co-occurring health conditions, limited support networks, and experience homelessness or persistent housing challenges. In a year, communities spend upwards of $60,000 per person in public resources on “band-aid” services that treat symptoms without improving overall health status, since they fail to address the underlying problems that lead to poor health.
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January
  • Developing/Revitalizing Aging and Disability Stakeholder Coalitions
    January 30, 2012 12:00 am
    State governments are making substantial changes to delivery systems that provide services for low-income older adults and adults with disabilities. These changes have potential to better integrate medical care and long-term supportive services for these populations, making care options easier and more efficient for consumers and their family members to access and navigate. Much of the impetus for state program changes is due to an infusion of federal dollars, including funds available from the CMS Innovation Center through the Affordable Care Act. However, to ensure that services are designed and implemented in the most consumer-friendly manner possible, stakeholders from the aging and disability communities must be engaged in program design and oversight processes and need to present their collective voice to be heard by state officials and implementing organizations.
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2011

December
November
  • Essential Health Benefits: Balancing Coverage and Cost
    November 30, 2011 12:00 pm
    One key piece of the health reform law is the “essential health benefits” package—a set of health care service categories that must be covered by health insurance plans in order for them to be certified and offered in the health insurance exchanges and all Medicaid state plans by 2014.
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  • 2011 GIH Fall Forum
    November 3 - 4, 2011
    The Fall Forum focuses on the intersection of health policy and health philanthropy and will include two daylong Issue Dialogues, as well as an evening plenary session and reception attended by members of the Washington policy community.
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October
September
August
July
June
  • A Health Spending Cap: Implications for Medicaid, CHIP, & ACA Implementation
    June 7, 2011
    Efforts by Congress to rein in the federal budget deficit include a number of plans that significantly reduce spending on key social programs. A recent proposal to cap total federal spending to no more than 20.6 percent of the Gross Domestic Product is attracting a considerable amount of attention. The proposal includes limiting spending on health programs, which would seriously affect the sustainability and affordability of Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children's Health Insurance Program. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that federal spending on Medicaid would be cut by $547 billion in the first nine years, a figure that will grow substantially in subsequent decades. Reductions in federal Medicaid spending have major implications for states and their ability to provide health coverage for their low-income residents, as well as their ability to implement the Affordable Care Act. On this call, Robert Greenstein, President of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, discussed the various budget plans before Congress, and their possible impact on Medicaid and other social programs.
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May
  • Child and Adolescent Health and Health Care Quality: Measuring What Matters
    May 3, 2011
    Health and health care quality measures can provide valuable information about the health status of children and adolescents, as well as the outcomes associated with medical care, policy, and social programs. Despite the fact that the U.S. government currently supports hundreds of data sets and measures through federal surveys and administrative data systems, there is no single data source that can provide valid and reliable indicators about the health and health care quality of children and adolescents.
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2010

December
  • HRSA’s New Prevention Center for Healthy Weight and Healthy Weight Collaborative
    December 16, 2010 2:00 pm
    To address obesity in children and families, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services established a new Prevention Center for Healthy Weight, which will launch the Healthy Weight Collaborative. The center is supported by the Prevention and Public Health Fund of the Affordable Care Act. As part of the collaborative, HRSA is interested in catalyzing partnerships with foundations. On this Webinar, funders learned about the wide variety of related opportunities available, from identifying promising practices, to convening, to funding.
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  • Reaching Out to Business (Part Two)
    December 16, 2010 2:00 pm
    This audioconference was a continuation of the previous day's briefing; however, the format was an open discussion. Participants conversed on how best to craft partnerships with the business community, invest in outreach to employers, and tailor messages about the benefits of health reform.
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  • Reaching Out to Business (Part One)
    December 15, 2010 2:00 pm
    This GIH Webinar provided a brief overview of the Affordable Care Act as it relates to small, medium, and large businesses. Presenters explored opportunities and challenges that the new law presents for the business community, as well as strategies to further educate employers about health reform and how businesses stand to benefit.
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  • The Mental Health Impact of Intimate Partner Violence
    December 14, 2010 2:00 pm
    In the United States, one in every four women will experience intimate partner violence, also known as domestic violence, in her lifetime. Research has consistently demonstrated that domestic violence has adverse mental health consequences for both adult survivors and their children. It has also documented the high rates of abuse among women seen in mental health settings, particularly women living with a psychiatric disability. Yet, the systems to which survivors turn are frequently unprepared to address the range of issues they face in accessing safety, recovering from trauma, and restoring their lives. On this webinar, Carole Warshaw and Terri Pease of the National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma, and Mental Health presented culturally relevant and trauma-informed strategies for responding to survivors who are experiencing the mental health effects of domestic violence and other lifetime trauma, with a special emphasis on the role of grantmakers. In addition, Cynthia Hayes shared insights drawn from her experience working with the Missouri Foundation for Health, a funder in this area.
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  • What Effect Will the Affordable Care Act Have on Women’s Health?
    December 8, 2010 1:00 pm
    The Affordable Care Act (ACA) provides a critical opportunity to improve the health of women via increased access to quality care and preventive services. This GIH audioconference provided a brief overview of the ACA as it relates to women's health. Presenters explored what was included in the law for women and what was left out. Participants learned what foundations can do and are doing at the local, state, and national level. Time was provided for questions and open discussion.
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November
  • How Early Influences Can Affect Later Outcomes
    November 16, 2010 12:00 pm
    The first three years of life are a period of incredible growth in all areas of a child’s development. Brain development and experiences during this period may set the course for many future behavior patterns. Outcomes can be observed through children’s behavior as they attempt to communicate their feelings of wellness, abilities, and/or difficulties that they are having in their home, childcare, preschool, or other settings.
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  • Advocacy for Impact - Guiding Grantees to Success
    November 1, 2010 2:00 pm
    Election season and political shake-ups mean nonprofits will soon be seeking funding to support advocacy efforts. This interactive session explored approaches to determining which advocacy efforts compliment a foundation's theory of change, guiding nonprofits in the development of plans for successful advocacy, and assessing the soundness of an advocacy strategy presented in a proposal.
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