“Where the Rubber Meets the Road” and the Affordable Care Act Fund
On this GIH audioconference, Robert Phillips from The California Endowment, Sara Kay from The Nathan Cummings Foundation and Karen Quigley from Community Catalyst discussed both the report and the Fund and ways that foundations may want to consider them in their work and funding decisions.
The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act: A Briefing for Funders
The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, which covers all federal child nutrition programs (including school meals) and helps ensure that children from low-income families receive healthy food, has been signed into law. This webinar served as an update to the related webinar GIH held before passage, and included a briefing on what is in the bill and ways for funders to support implementation, fill gaps, and otherwise promote child nutrition.
IOM Report on the Future of Nursing
This GIH webinar explored key messages framing the most recent IOM report’s recommendations. Presenters reflected on how foundations can act on specific recommendations as well as provide support for implementation efforts at the local, state, and national level.
Developing State-Level Healthy Food Financing Initiatives: New Examples from California and New York
Building on Pennsylvania's well-established Fresh Food Financing Initiative and the federal government's recently launched Healthy Food Financing Initiative, California and New York have developed similar programs in their own states to offer tax credits, below-market rate loans, loan guarantees, and grants to organizations providing healthy foods to under served communities.
Adapting to Change in the Political Landscape of State Government
Results of the recent election have significantly altered the political map for state governments. This audioconference considered the implications of these political shifts for health policy and explored how health funders are responding to changes in the political landscape.
Health Reform & Medicaid: Opportunities to Improve Behavioral Health
This webinar examined opportunities to improve behavioral health.
HRSA’s New Prevention Center for Healthy Weight and Healthy Weight Collaborative
On this Webinar, funders learned about the wide variety of opportunities available to collaborate with HRSA, from identifying promising practices, to convening, to funding.
Reaching Out to Business (Part Two)
Participants conversed on how best to craft partnerships with the business community, invest in outreach to employers, and tailor messages about the benefits of health reform.
Reaching Out to Business (Part One)
This GIH Webinar provided a brief overview of the Affordable Care Act as it relates to small, medium, and large businesses. Presenters explored opportunities and challenges that the new law presents for the business community, as well as strategies to further educate employers about health reform and how businesses stand to benefit.
The Mental Health Impact of Intimate Partner Violence
On this webinar, Carole Warshaw and Terri Pease of the National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma, and Mental Health presented culturally relevant and trauma-informed strategies for responding to survivors who are experiencing the mental health effects of domestic violence and other lifetime trauma, with a special emphasis on the role of grantmakers.
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