Meeting Adolescents Where They Are: New Directions in Behavioral Health
Meeting Adolescents Where They Are: New Directions in Behavioral Health was held on October 23, 2013 in Washington, D.C.
2013 Fall Forum
The 2013 GIH Fall Forum was held from October 23-24, 2013 in Washington, D.C.
Outreach and Enrollment Learning Community – October
With support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Grantmakers In Health convened a learning community for funders who are currently supporting ACA outreach and enrollment efforts.
Outreach and Enrollment Learning Community – Sept
With support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Grantmakers In Health launched a learning community for funders who are currently supporting ACA outreach and enrollment efforts.
Advanced Old Age in America: What Can We Count On?
Advanced Old Age in America: What Can We Count On? was held on September 26, 2013.
Connecting the Health Workforce to Underserved Communities through the State Loan Repayment Program
On this webinar participants learned more about what the NHSC is doing to meet health care workforce needs, how states are managing these efforts, and what foundations are doing to support this work.
Addressing Behavioral Health Needs in Disaster Preparedness, Response, and Recovery
On this webinar participants learned more about current philanthropic efforts to support both immediate and long-term mental health needs in the aftermath of a disaster.
ACA Implementation: How Will Children and Families Fare?
On this webinar, participants heard about two new efforts: one focused on messaging and the other focused on monitoring.
The Transformational Power of the Arts in Healthy Aging
This webinar focuses on the transformational power of the arts in healthy aging.
Opportunities for Public-Private Collaborations in Rural Health Care
The conference marked a major milestone in federal–philanthropic rural health collaboration, strengthening relationships among foundations and federal entities committed to improving the health of roughly 60 million rural Americans. It laid the groundwork for continuing annual meetings, new joint initiatives, and greater alignment of philanthropic strategies with federal rural health programs.
Opportunities & Actions for Advancing Health Equity through the Affordable Care Act
This webinar provided participants with the opportunity to learn about potential leveraging roles that foundations and philanthropies have played to advance equity through the ACA.
High-Impact Prevention
Effective, evidence-based prevention programs are delivering results–preventing and controlling a range of chronic diseases, including high-cost, preventable conditions like type 2 diabetes and asthma. On this webinar we explored case studies from across the country that illustrate these strategies in action.
CMS Update on Health Insurance Marketplaces
On this webinar, participants heard the latest from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on their outreach, education, and enrollment plans for the health insurance marketplaces, including the newly available on-line educational tools at healthcare.gov.
Access = Health: A Conversation on Funding Access to & Retention in Care with AIDS United
This conversational case study discussed ways to discover how new grantee collaborations reach beyond HIV/AIDS to improve the total wellness of communities and individuals most impacted by the epidemic.
Better Together: EITC and ACA
On this webinar, speakers discussed opportunities for health funders and economic security funders to complement one another’s outreach efforts.
How to Talk about Medicaid Expansion in Your State
On this webinar, Bruce Lesley of First Focus joined the GIST/GCYF/GIH Communications Collaborative to provide an update on the status of the Medicaid expansion, as well as advice about how funders might improve communication about Medicaid expansion in their states.
National Dialogue on Mental Health
This webinar discussed the Obama administration’s new national initiative to increase awareness of mental health and reduce the stigma that too often prevents people from seeking care.
Upcoming Events on Health Equity and Social Justice
2026 GIH Annual Conference on Health Philanthropy
Every year, GIH brings together the bright minds, seasoned experts, and innovative practitioners working in health philanthropy to discuss the important issues facing the field.
Roundtable Discussion for Health Funders’ Policy Staff
A growing number of health funders employ staff whose responsibilities focus exclusively or predominantly on public policy engagement. Do you lead your organization’s policy or government affairs work? During our roundtable discussion we connected with peers, explored pressing issues, and shared experiences to engage communities in setting funders’ policy priorities. Between calls, members interact with one another in GIH’s online learning community for policy staff.
Roundtable Discussion for Health Funders’ Policy Staff
A growing number of health funders employ staff whose responsibilities focus exclusively or predominantly on public policy engagement. Do you lead your organization’s policy or government affairs work? During our roundtable discussion we connected with peers, explored pressing issues, and shared experiences to engage communities in setting funders’ policy priorities. Between calls, members interact with one another in GIH’s online learning community for policy staff.