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.
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.
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.
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.
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…
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.
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.
Strategic Learning: Pacesetting Practices
This webinar discussed key findings from interviews that Episcopal Health Foundation staff conducted with leading peer funders who have navigated this shift. We also learned about the Colorado Health Foundation’s experience of developing a learning practice, including lessons learned and suggestions for others who want to get started.
Opportunities to Address Substance Use Disorders
This webinar reviewed the latest research and policy issues, explored key findings from a recent report, Lifting the Burden of Addiction: Philanthropic Opportunities to Address Substance Use Disorders in the United States, and discussed ways funders can help improve substance use prevention, early intervention, treatment, and recovery supports.
What the Flint Water Crisis Tells Us about Public Health, Lead Risks, and Safe Drinking Water Nationally
The webinar reviewed the latest scientific research on the effects of lead, identified why water systems are failing so many communities, and highlighted what can be done about drinking water inequities.
Can Mobile Applications Improve Health Outcomes?
This webinar discussed the potential of mobile health apps, how vulnerable populations tend to apply this technology, and one approach that is working to improve health outcomes.
Healthy Aging Meetings
Grantmakers In Health and Grantmakers In Aging convened a series of three meetings from April 4-7, 2016 in Rochester, Buffalo, and Utica.
Upcoming Events on Population Health
Safeguarding Medicaid and SNAP in the Wake of H.R. 1
As H.R. 1 begins to reshape the landscape of safety programs, charitable foundations face a pivotal moment. The legislation delivers sweeping tax cuts to corporations and high-income earners—while dramatically reducing funding for essential programs like Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). These cuts threaten the well-being of millions of families, children, and seniors, and shift the financial burden to already overstretched state and local governments.
Now more than ever, philanthropic organizations must act swiftly and strategically to mitigate harm. A key opportunity lies in supporting states as they navigate urgent administrative and implementation challenges—ensuring vulnerable populations don’t fall through the cracks.