Funding Across Networks to Build Health Equity

Funding Across Networks to Build Health Equity took place on December 6, 2016 in Washington, D.C.

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Involving Youth in Efforts to Improve Population Health

In this webinar, listeners learned about how young people are catalyzing and contributing to initiatives that are focused on policy and community change.

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The Election’s Impact on Medicaid

In this webinar–given the results of the general election–the focus of this strategic conversation shifted to a preliminary discussion on the future of Medicaid.

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Adapting Your Health Reform-Related Grantmaking Post-Election

Funders participated in a strategic call and heard early thinking on health reform-related grantmaking in the wake of the recent election.

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Strength in Numbers: Building Coalitions to Advance Policy Change

The 2016 GIH Fall Forum was held on November 15, 2016 in Washington, D.C.

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Connecting the Dots between Transportation and Health Equity

This webinar explored how foundations, local communities, and other cross-sector partners are working together to address the intersections of health and transit.

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Chronic Absenteeism: What Are We Missing?

This webinar explained why chronic absenteeism is of interest to health funders, how philanthropy and federal agencies are tackling the issue, and how foundations and corporate giving programs can become involved in driving solutions.

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Accountable Health Communities

This webinar discussed the “accountable communities of health” model, examples of projects that embrace it, and how its development and implementation is being supported by both public and private funding.

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Community-Based Health Systems: Using Housing as a Platform

This webinar explored how housing-based service models address the social determinants of health, promote population health, and advance health care systems change.

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Community Health Needs Assessments that Advance the Social Determinants of Health

This webinar explored the range of strategies hospitals are using to incorporate the social determinants of health into CHNAs and discussed how funders can partner with hospitals to support these efforts.

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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.

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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.

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Building Healthy Communities: Reducing Children’s Exposure to Environmental Toxins

This webinar discussed how exposure to environmental toxins effects the health of all children, why they are often an unseen barrier to the work of health funders, and how grantmakers can incorporate an environmental health lens into their efforts to build healthier communities.

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Next Steps in Health Equity: Addressing Racial and Economic Inequality

Next Steps in Health Equity: Addressing Racial and Economic Inequality was held on Tuesday, July 19, 2016 in New York, New York.

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Care for All: Supporting Older Adults, Family Caregivers, and the Home Health Care Workforce

Care for All: Supporting Older Adults, Family Caregivers, and the Home Health Care Workforce was held on July 18, 2016 in New York, New York.

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2016 Annual Conference Plenary Remarks: The Bigger Picture

The Bigger Picture shows how they empower youth to be a part of the conversation about Type 2 Diabetes and have reshaped that conversation in compelling and creative ways. Hodari Davis of Youth Speaks and Dean Schillinger of the University of California, San Francisco discuss The Bigger Picture – a unique collaboration between their two…

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Mental Health and Addiction Policy Briefing

This webinar updated participants on the latest mental health and addiction policy issues, including efforts to address the opioid epidemic, parity law implementation, youth prevention, and public education initiatives such as Mental Health First Aid.

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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.

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Upcoming Events on Philanthropic Growth & Impact

SNAP Strategy Funder Working Group: Strategic Communications Operations

Our upcoming Working Group Call will focus on strategic communications opportunities. Elizabeth Wenk, Principal and Managing Director, and Nick Seaver, Senior Vice President and Co-Director of Training Programs at Burness, will share new insights from message testing about SNAP that highlights messaging that moves audiences, insights on which arguments resonate and counter opponents, and how different groups respond to these messages. The State Innovation Exchange (SiX) Food, Agriculture, and Rural Economies team will also share what they are hearing from state legislators advocating for SNAP, and how funders can support state policymakers’ efforts to protect the program.

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CEO Working Group Webinar

Grantmakers In Health is pleased to convene the CEO Working Group to discuss challenges in our work and opportunities for collaboration as we move forward to achieve our health missions. These calls are open to GIH Funding Partner CEOs, Presidents, Executive Directors, or the highest-ranking health staff at multi-issue foundations. During these candid, confidential conversations, philanthropic leaders share information, swap strategies, raise concerns, and ask for one another’s advice. Reach out to Ann Rodgers to learn more.

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Beyond H.R. 1: Protecting and Rebuilding Our Care Infrastructure

In July 2025, H.R. 1 – also known as the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act’ (OBBB)- was signed into law. The law’s tax cuts for wealthy individuals and corporations were financed by unprecedented cuts to programs that provide life-saving care and support to millions of Americans. Many of the law’s most harmful provisions will take effect in January 2026 and beyond. Cuts to federal programs such as SNAP, Medicaid and Medicare , and added administrative expenses, will put huge pressure on state budgets. In the coming months, state policymakers will be making crucial decisions about raising revenue or making significant cuts to programs across the board providing critical supports for women, children, immigrants, older adults, and people with disabilities.

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