Policy Matters: How the Affordable Care Act Has Changed Our Grantmaking

Health reform is not for the faint of heart. When we began drafting this article, it took shape as a reflective piece on the ways in which the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) had affected our grantmaking.

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Building a Field for Health Equity Advocacy: Reflections from a Grantee-Driven Approach

The Colorado Trust believes that all Coloradans should have fair and equal opportunities to lead healthy, productive lives regardless of race, ethnicity, income, or where we live.

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2016 Lauren LeRoy Health Policy Lecture: Manuel Pastor

Manuel Pastor, Professor of Sociology and American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California and director of both the Program for Environmental and Regional Equity and the Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration, discusses demographic, economic, and political changes occurring in the United States and explores how social equity movements are emerging in response to these trends.

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Promoting Health Equity through Paid Leave

Universal paid family and medical leave promotes health equity by improving health and well-being across the life span and reducing socioeconomic disparities.

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Policy Engagement by Local Health Funders

Policies made at the local level have a tremendous influence on people’s health. Our new publication explores how health funders inform and influence local policy decisions that play a critical role in shaping community health and well-being.

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