UniHealth Foundation: July 2026
UniHealth Foundation recently launched its Healthy Neighbors Small Grants Program. The new initiative will fund nonprofits focused on enhancing community health and wellness in Pasadena, Altadena, Sierra Madre, and South Pasadena, California. Grant awards will range from $5,000 to $10,000, with decisions announced in late fall 2026.
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.
GIH Announces New Board Members
Patricia Baker, Patricia Doykos, Octavio Martinez, and Scott Moyer have been elected to the GIH Board.
Oregon’s 1115 Medicaid Demonstration: New Partnerships to Power Up a Transformed System of Care
The ACA challenged states to rebuild a heath care system universally viewed as broken. Oregon embraced the challenge with a mix of quality improvement and cost containment strategies reflected in its approved 1115 Medicaid Demonstration.
Preventing Prematurity
Prematurity is the leading cause of infant and newborn deaths in the United States. Each year, one out of every nine infants is born prematurely (CDC 2013).
Working at the Intersection of Healthy Eating, Active Living, and Violence Prevention
This field note describes Kaiser Permanente’s work at the intersection of obesity prevention, violence prevention/reduction, and, increasingly, social and emotional health. It focuses on Kaiser’s experience in advancing multidimensional community-based prevention efforts in Northern California, one of seven regions where it is undertaking this work.
The Pregnant Elephant in the Room: The U.S. Maternity Care Crisis
Maternity and newborn care cost the United States over $50 billion annually—the largest category of hospital costs for Medicaid and commercial insurers—yet the United States ranks 50th in the world for maternal mortality and 36th for neonatal mortality.
The Role of Evaluation in Designing CHOMPERS! and Bringing Dental Care to Kids
In response to the clear and urgent need to improve the dental health of young children living in poverty in western and central New York, the Health Foundation for Western and Central New York launched CHOMPERS! Because the foundation was taking a brand new approach in implementing the Cavity Free Kids curriculum as part of the initiative, a strong evaluation was critical.