Georgia Health Initiative: September 2025
A new report, “Progress Towards Vitality: A 10-Year Retrospective Analysis of Systems Focused Efforts to Improve Maternal Health in Georgia,” analyzes a subset of recommendations put forward by the Georgia Maternal Mortality Review Committee (MMRC) and the Georgia House Study Committee on Maternal Mortality to improve maternal mental health in the state.
Philanthropy @ Work – Transitions – October 2017
The latest on transitions from the field.
New York State Health Foundation RFP: October 2017
The New York State Health Foundation’s (NYSHealth) Sponsoring Conference Participation in Support of Healthy Communities Request for Proposals (RFP) is open.
Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky Report: October 2017
Health Disparities in Appalachia, a new report issued today by the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), and the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky, documents dramatic disparities in health outcomes and other health-related factors in the Appalachian Region when compared with the nation as a whole, as well as substantial variations in health throughout the region’s 420-county footprint.
Mary Black Foundation Report: October 2017
Mary Black Foundation presented data demonstrating the efforts of seven case managers across Spartanburg County, South Carolina after July 31, 2017 marked the end of a three-year federal grant through the Office of Adolescent Health’s Pregnancy Assistance Fund.
Health Funders and the Challenge of Shifting Funding Upstream
The uncertain future of the ACA has focused attention for the past several months on policies related to health care, but we should not lose sight of the factors outside of the health care system that profoundly shape health. Community development, housing, and domestic violence—all discussed in this month’s Bulletin—are among them.