The Vital Ingredients to Better Health for All
Reporting on the final day of the conference, the focus shifted towards recognizing the immense opportunity for philanthropy to make progress through collaboration. We can take inspiration from the people who united 250 years ago to work together in the service of a greater vision: a nation of the people, by the people, and for the people.
Getting in Formation: Working Together to Build Healthy Communities
From breakout sessions to quick takes and wellness activities to two inspiring plenary sessions, every corner during day two of the Grantmakers In Health (GIH) Annual Conference on Health Philanthropy, Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Health was filled with conversation and connection. The day’s agenda focused on how funders can find and use their voices to stand up in this moment of change, including doubling down on their values; taking bigger, bolder risks alongside grantees; and seeking partnerships spanning the private and public sectors.
GIH Health Policy Update Newsletter
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The Health Policy Update is a newsletter produced in collaboration with Leavitt Partners and Trust for America’s Health. Drawing on GIH’s policy priorities outlined in our policy agenda and our strategic objective of increasing our policy and advocacy presence, the Health Policy Update provides GIH Funding Partners with a range of federal health policy news.
Montana Healthcare Foundation: August 2019
These reports focus on Montana’s Medicaid program and recommend ways to strengthen the state’s benefit package as it relates to homelessness, detailing the business case for doing so.
Episcopal Health Foundation: August 2019
Texans say health care is the toughest living expense for them to afford. More than half (55 percent) of Texans say it’s difficult for them to pay for health care, including more than a quarter (27 percent) who say it’s “very difficult.”
Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts RFP: August 2019
Inaugural grants will fund projects at the national, state, and community levels focused on innovative and creative ways to remove barriers to treatments and improve services across the continuum of care.
Cone Health Foundation and Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust: August 2019
The analysis updates a 2014 report, providing a county-by-county look at the number of jobs, new Medicaid enrollees and economic growth that would result from the state expanding Medicaid.
On the Road toward Equity: Leveraging Mixed-Income Communities and Health
We live in a complex world. One in which the solutions to society’s greatest problems are not easily identified or implemented. Within that complexity lies both challenges and opportunities to building better communities where all residents can thrive.
Philanthropy @ Work – Transitions – August 2019
The latest on transitions from the field.