Policy Resource: Regulatory Comment Writing

This resource provides an overview of how to write and submit a regulatory comment to the federal register.

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Opportunities to Maximize Women’s Health Under the Affordable Care Act

As the key consumers, providers, and coordinators of health care, women will be uniquely affected by national health reform. Although the ACA addresses women’s health challenges, certain hurdles will persist unless specifically addressed. Philanthropy can play a crucial role to address these remaining challenges and foster real change in women’s health.

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Equity for All: Entry Points to Elevate LGBT Health

Health funders have provided limited direct philanthropic support for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) health. Many question whether LGBT issues should be integrated into mainstream systems and organizations or if they should be supported through targeted strategies. Since few health grantmakers are prepared to carve out a separate programmatic area focused on this issue, a growing opportunity exists for health funders to provide more purposeful support for LGBT health within existing grantmaking strategies to address health disparities and promote health equity.

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Lessons for Strategic Health Equity Grantmaking

Over the past several years, a growing community of funders has begun to identify health equity as a grantmaking priority. No single roadmap exists for doing this work.

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Positive School Discipline: Opportunities to Promote Behavioral Health

Concerns about school violence have heightened awareness of how schools maintain a safe and productive learning environment. Public discourse surrounding school safety has largely focused on security; yet school discipline policies have short- and long-term consequences for students and the school community.

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Innovative Crossroads: The Intersection of Creativity, Health, and Aging

By 2030, national health care spending is expected to increase by about 25 percent, largely because of the increased number of older Americans. In order to cope with this enormous influx of older people, new adaptations and innovations will be required to meet their health and wellness needs. A field that is gaining increasing attention for its promise to improve the health and well-being of older adult populations is the arts. 

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A Window of Opportunity: Philanthropy’s Role in Eliminating Health Disparities through Integrated Health Care

Can integrated health care, or systematically coordinated primary care and mental health services, help eliminate health disparities among racial and ethnic minorities and people with limited English proficiency? The Hogg Foundation for Mental Health posed this question at a roundtable discussion attended by national, regional, and local foundations that support integrated health care.

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Teen Pregnancy: A Winnable Battle within Reach

Through both government and philanthropic funding, notable strides have been made in tackling teen pregnancy and birth rates across communities in the United States.

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