How Medicaid Supports Trauma-Informed Care for Children
Briefing participants learned more about current behavioral health and trauma services covered by the Medicaid benefits package, discussed examples of state-based best practices and innovative policy initiatives, and explored future opportunities to improve Medicaid’s response to children exposed to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and other forms of trauma.
Including the Person in Person-Centered Care
On this webinar, funders discussed successful and effective strategies to authentically partner with people with complex needs and truly advance person-centered policy and programming.
Care Partners: Bridging Families, Clinics, and Communities to Advance Late-Life Depression Care
An important conversation discussed the successes and challenges in implementing collaborative care interventions and next steps to build on these models to improve late-life depression care.
Applying Lessons from the HIV/AIDS Epidemic to the Opioid Crisis
This webinar covered how issues of access, equity, funding, policy, and stigma have impacted governmental and philanthropic responses to public health epidemics. The speakers provided an update on the current data related to the opioid and HIV syndemics.
Promoting Equity Through Workforce Innovations: Impact of Dental Therapy in Tribal and Indigenous Communities
This webinar discussed the historical and social contexts of oral health disparities experienced by tribal communities around the world and the evolution of dental therapy as a successful care model which supports locally representative, community-oriented, and culturally appropriate care for these populations.
Census 2020 Messaging Testing Results
The 2010 Census missed over 2 million young children, most of which were left off the form by families who responded. Participants in this webinar learned more about why families have left children in their households off the census in the past and how to develop persuasive messages to ensure young children are not missed in 2020.
Rhetoric to Reality: Meaningful Consumer Engagement in Health Innovation
During this webinar, speakers shared lessons learned from the formal evaluation of the Consumer Voices for Innovation Project and from the grantees themselves.
A Threat to Health and Wellbeing: Public Charge’s Expected Impact and How Philanthropy Can Respond
On this webinar, funders learned about current responses to the new “Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds” rule —ranging from local-level community education and state-level coordinated campaigns to national litigation efforts—and explored opportunities to support the protection of families and the advancement of belonging in both rapid response and long-term contexts.
Policies to Support Caregivers: Opportunities for Philanthropy
On this webinar, participants learned about the current state of family caregiving policy and efforts to create new and innovative policies across the country.
Census Funder Debrief: Supreme Court Citizenship Question Decision
This webinar was held in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court decision on the 2020 Census citizenship question.
2020 Census Funder Learning Series: Effective Strategies for Business Engagement
On this webinar, participants discussed strategies to engage and build partnerships with the business sector in support of the 2020 census. Presenters shared resources, approaches to census engagement, and insights into how to mitigate potential barriers, with a focus on Get Out the Count.
CEO Working Group on Access and Coverage
This CEO Working Group on Access and Coverage webinar was a timely, two-part discussion on Affordable Care Act litigation and Medicaid expansion.
Putting Your Money Where Your Mouth Is: The Case for Funding Oral Health Programming
Putting Your Money Where Your Mouth Is: The Case for Funding Oral Health Programming was held on April 18, 2019 in Memphis, Tennessee.
Upcoming Events on Children and Families
SNAP Funder Working Group: Strategy Check In
One year after the passage of H.R. 1, analysis from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities finds that at least 1.5 million fewer children — and more than 4.5 million fewer people overall — are receiving SNAP food assistance. SNAP participation has dropped in every state except Alaska, and by as much as 10 percent in some states. The harms to communities will continue to grow as states fully implement eligibility restrictions. This Working Group Call will provide a space for funders to share where they are focusing efforts, where they see the biggest funding gaps, and where there are opportunities to align with other funders. We will also use this time to gather input on future discussion topics and determine the Working Group meeting cadence going forward.
GIH Health Policy Exchange 2026
The GIH Health Policy Exchange is held annually to provide policy-engaged funders with information on current issues, access to leading thinkers, and as a venue to make connections with grantmaking peers. The 2025 theme was Protecting the Freedom to Give. Against a backdrop of recent federal funding cuts, executive orders, and threats to philanthropy, it is more important than ever for health funders to educate, advocate, and collaborate to support the people, places, and things that are important to us.