Less Criminalization = Better Health + More Justice
Last year, New York State passed the most sweeping parole reform measure in the country. The Less Is More Community Supervision Revocation Reform Act has far-reaching implications for the health and liberty of tens of thousands of people every year, by making critical changes in how the state handles noncriminal violations of parole conditions.
Movember Foundation
In 2003, two mates from Melbourne, Australia (Travis Garone and Luke Slattery) were having a quiet beer at the Gypsy Bar in Fitzroy when their conversation turned to recurring fashion trends. The mustache, a fixture in past decades, was nowhere to be seen in recent trends. They joked about bringing it back.
Philanthropy @ Work – Transitions – March 2022
The latest on transitions from the field.
Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts: March 2022
The Activation Fund supports discrete, one-year projects in Central Massachusetts that demonstrate creative and innovative approaches to addressing community health concerns and that move an organization to its next level of capacity and effectiveness, which can be sustained beyond the term of the grant.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation: March 2022
A limited number of non-renewable one-year grants of up to $50,000 will support nonprofits seeking to positively impact health or health care access for Massachusetts residents who have been economically, socially, ethnically, or racially marginalized.
Archstone Foundation: March 2022
Archstone Foundation’s new report, “Starting, Supporting, Sustaining: An Archstone Foundation Legacy Report on Palliative Care 1989-2021,” documents more than 30 years of grantmaking and efforts to build the field of palliative care.
Philanthropy @ Work – Grants and Programs – March 2022
The latest on grants and programs from the field.
New Report by Big Cities Health Coalition and the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists
The report highlights why epidemiologists are not only vital to fighting pandemics, but also in addressing chronic diseases, gun violence and other public health threats. Epidemiologists are essential to helping health officials make decisions, allocate resources, and advance health equity.
Deadline Extended to Nominate a Rising Star for the Terrance Keenan Institute for Emerging Leaders in Health Philanthropy
Nominations are now open for the 2022 Terrance Keenan Institute for Emerging Leaders in Health Philanthropy. Nominate a Rising Star!