Improving Health Outcomes for Seniors in Rural Communities
In this webinar, participants learned about an innovative telemedicine program supporting optimal healing and wellness for older adults in seven states that focuses on providing proactive medical care to avoid unnecessary transfers, hospitalizations, and read missions.
Meeting Substance Use Needs with Medicaid Expansion
Thirty-one states have expanded Medicaid eligibility as outlined in the Affordable Care Act. This second strategic conversation in a series discussed progress in the 19 remaining states.
Fourth Annual Public-Private Collaborations in Rural Health Meeting
Fourth Annual Public-Private Collaborations in Rural Health Meeting was held May 23-24, 2016 in Washington, D.C.
Moving the Needle on Medicaid Expansion
Thirty-one states have expanded Medicaid eligibility as outlined in the Affordable Care Act. Your grantmaking colleagues held a strategic conversation about making progress in the 19 remaining states.
Advocacy and Advancing Access: Health Care for All Children
In this in-person panel discussion (with a remote webinar option), participants heard advocacy leaders, funders, and grantees exploring what they have learned through successful California child health care advocacy efforts, how these lessons might help funders reach their goals, tools and resources funders can use, the logistics of how funders make advocacy work, and how funders can talk about it with their boards.
Advocacy and Advancing Access: Health Care for All Children Webinar
On this in-person panel discussion (with a remote webinar option), participants heard from advocacy leaders, funders, and grantees exploring what they have learned through successful California child health care advocacy efforts, how these lessons might help funders reach their goals, tools and resources funders can use, the logistics of how funders make advocacy work, and how funders can talk about it with their boards.
Children’s Access and Coverage
The webinar helped grantmakers understand the range of experiences (within and across states) that low-income families face in obtaining children’s health coverage, and considered strategies for improving access to care.
Advancing Children’s Health Care in Texas
Advancing Children’s Health Care in Texas was held on October 29, 2015 in Houston, Texas.
Building Public-Private Partnerships to Enhance Disaster Resilience: A Listening Session
Building Public-Private Partnerships to Enhance Disaster Resilience: A Listening Session was held on October 5, 2025 in Washington, D.C.
Conversation with the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services
This webinar addressed children’s access to health care, and featured Anne Marie Costello, Acting Director, Children and Adults Health Programs Group at the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services.
King v. Burwell: What You Need to Know (Part 2)
On June 25th, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the Affordable Care Act’s premium tax credits will continue to be available to eligible individuals, regardless of where they live. This webinar discussed the implications of the Supreme Court decision, what lies ahead for the Affordable Care Act, and potential roles for philanthropy moving forward.
Medicaid Expansion: Economic Impact and Sustainability
This webinar reviewed findings from recent impact analyses, considered the implications for sustainability of the expansions, and discussed prospects for expansion in additional states.
King v. Burwell: What You Need to Know
The U.S. Supreme Court will soon rule on King v. Burwell, deciding whether the health reform law’s language allows the government to provide insurance subsidies everywhere in the country, or only in states that have set up their own insurance marketplaces. This webinar discussed the basics of the case and its potential impact on health reform.
Building a Legacy of Healthy Children
Building a Legacy of Healthy Children was held from June 9-10, 2015 in Jackson, Mississippi.
Health Reform Five Years Later: Philanthropy Steps Up
This webinar featured Barbara Masters of Masters Policy Consulting discussing the findings of Grantmakers In Health’s latest report, which examines the health reform strategies that funders are using and identifies new challenges and opportunities on the horizon.
Building a Legacy of Healthy Children in Florida
This webinar provided Florida funders the opportunity to discuss their grantmaking strategies, advocacy, and implementation efforts related to children’s health.
Third Annual Public-Private Collaborations in Rural Health Meeting
Third Annual Public-Private Collaborations in Rural Health Meeting was held from May 11-12, 2015 in Washington, D.C.
Enrollment Results and Opportunities for 2015
This webinar provided updates on the federal funding picture, programming and coalition building efforts, and state and local outreach and enrollment opportunities.
Upcoming Events on Access and Quality
Roundtable Discussion: Health Funders Communication and Policy Staff
Grantmakers in Health is pleased to host a second joint call for the GIH Policy Staff Learning Community and the GIH Communications Staff Learning Community. We will discuss the importance of communicating about policy changes in meaningful ways that engage communities and partners. In this informal conversation, we will swap strategies, illuminate solutions, and make connections. We will also use the time to dig in on a topic that was raised during the January 27 call: supporting policy, messaging, or other work related to the upcoming elections (such as governors’ races, mid-terms, ballot initiatives, etc.).
SNAP Funder Working Group: Food Restriction Waivers
This Working Group Call will examine the rise of state waivers restricting the type of food that can be purchased with SNAP benefits, how retailers are navigating these changes, and what we might learn from the evaluations. To date, USDA has approved food restriction waivers in 22 states and incentivized waiver applications by tying them to increased funding for the Rural Health Transformation Program. USDA claims that these waivers are meant to “restore nutritional value in SNAP.” However, five SNAP recipients in Colorado, Iowa, Nebraska, Tennessee, and West Virginia sued the department in March, challenging these restrictions as harmful, unlawful, and burdensome.
Speakers from the National Governors Association, the National Grocers Association, and the University of Illinois Chicago will discuss the state-level decision-making process to apply for a waiver, the impact of these waivers on retailer participation in SNAP, and the public and private evaluation methods being used to assess whether the restrictions have any meaningful impact on nutrition for participants. The Center for Science in the Public Interest will also share strategic thinking about how they are exploring opportunities to engage in this continuously evolving political climate.