Public Policy and Advocacy Strategies
Public policy engagement is a key strategy for ensuring sustainable improvements in population health. As a result, health philanthropy plays a vital and unique role in the public policy process. GIH works to build understanding between health grantmakers and policymakers, and supports grantmakers in their efforts to advance policy change.
Contact Eileen Salinsky for more information about our programming in this area.
Issue Spotlight
This updated resource from the Funders' Committee for Civic Participation provides a clear timeline of Census operations and activities based on the very latest announcements from the Census Bureau.
The Funders' Committee for Civic Participation has released a fact sheet on important steps funders can take now (April -June 2018) to support the Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA). From March 1-June 30 of this year, state and local governments around the U.S. will review and correct the Census Bureau’s master address list for their jurisdictions. Funders can have a major impact on work toward a fair and accurate Census 2020 by supporting partnerships between city or county governments and local grassroots community-based organizations to identify and add to the Master Address File (MAF) the unconventional housing units that are missing from both Census Bureau and local records.
Upcoming Events
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June 20, 2018 • Chicago, IllinoisPlease Join GIH for the 2018 annual conference in Chicago: Navigating Currents of Change
Most Recent Publications
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Violence Is Preventable
March 9, 2018
Eileen Salinsky, Grantmakers In Health -
Three Ways Foundations Can Navigate Changing Political Tides
November 15, 2017
Jessica Mowles, TCC Group
Melinda Fine, EdD, TCC Group -
Staying the Course in Turbulent Waters
November 14, 2017
Eileen Salinsky, Grantmakers In Health
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Articles and other organizations
A short list of helpful resources on Public Policy and Advocacy Strategies
