Reimagining Rural Health and Well-being
To inform positive change, Grantmakers in Health (GIH) and the National Rural Health Association (NRHA) are partnering to reimagine a unified vision for health and well-being in rural America. The Georgia Health Policy Center (GHPC) was engaged to conduct a landscape analysis and facilitate listening sessions with rural health stakeholders at the local, state, and national levels.
GIH Health Policy Update Newsletter
An Exclusive Resource for Funding Partners
The Health Policy Update is a newsletter produced in collaboration with Leavitt Partnersi 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.
New York State Health Foundation: August 2021
A new report uses self-reported survey data from the U.S. Census Bureau to analyze the mental health of New Yorkers from the start of the coronavirus pandemic through May 2021. The report examines rates of anxiety and/or depression by race and ethnicity, age, income, income loss, and food security status.
The Montana Healthcare Foundation: August 2021
“Medicaid in Montana: The Critical Role of Medicaid Expansion in Supporting Montana’s Behavioral Health System” shows how Medicaid expansion significantly increases access to care for mental illness and substance use disorders and supports a long-needed transformation in Montana’s behavioral health system.
Philanthropy @ Work – Grants and Programs – August 2021
The latest on grants and programs from the field.
COVID-19 Grants and Programs – August 2021
The latest on COVID-19 grants and programs from the field.
New Report Gives Voice to Food Insecurity in Northern Virginia During the Pandemic
To help spur decisionmakers to enact the changes necessary to create a stronger regional food system, the “Route 1 Lived Experiences Report,” documents the stories of 15 county residents living along the Route 1 Corridor, one of the region’s “islands of disadvantage.”
New Rockefeller Report Quantifies the True Cost of the Food System
A new report from the Rockefeller Foundation, “True Cost of Food: Measuring What Matters to Transform the U.S. Food System,” outlines the true cost of food, including the impacts on health, the environment, biodiversity, and livelihoods.