HEAL Funder Learning Community Meeting #3

This third convening of the GIH HEAL Learning Community was held September 24-25, 2018 in Richmond, Virginia.

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Expanding Family-Friendly Workplace Policies

This webinar discussed the emerging policy consensus and current efforts to make comprehensive paid leave a reality across the country.

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Open Enrollment: Challenges and Strategies

During this webinar, funders learned how to share outreach and enrollment tactics, available resources, and potential strategies to overcome anticipated obstacles.

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Ensuring that Medicaid and CHIP Meet the Needs of Vulnerable Children

This webinar reviewed the latest policy updates, forecasted gaps, and opportunities to protect Medicaid and CHIP coverage for children with special health care needs and children in immigrant families.

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Improving Health Outcomes by Connecting to the EITC: A Conversation for Funders

On this webinbar, funders learned about the importance of EITC in improving health, explored examples of how philanthropy is engaging in this work, and increased cross-sectoral connections between health and economic security funders.

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The Critical Role of Medicaid for People with Disabilities

On this webinar, funders heard an overview of Medicaid’s role for this critical population; understood the potential impact that new policies—such as basing Medicaid eligibility on employment—may have on people with disabilities; and discussed recent delivery system changes, such as the movement to commercial managed care.

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Invitation to Innovation Funder Call Series – July

As part of our collaborative Invitation to Innovation initiative, Grantmakers In Aging and Grantmakers In Health cosponsored a monthly series of funders-only discussions focused on the challenges of and opportunities for improving care for people with complex health and social needs.

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Replicating Global Maternal and Child Health Innovations in the United States

This webinar taught participants about domestic maternal and child health innovations adapted from global initiatives.

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2018 GIH Annual Conference on Health Philanthropy

The 2018 GIH Annual Conference on Health Philanthropy was held from June 20 – 22, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois.

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Complex Care: Funding Big Problems on a Small Budget

This webinar taught strategies for funding improvement and innovation in complex care on a smaller budget. The discussion included an overview of The Blueprint for Complex Care (a joint project of the National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs, the Center for Health Care Strategies, and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement); case studies on how and why to support patient advocacy, data analytics, clinical models of care, cross-sector communication, unconventional partnerships, and workforce development; examples of evidence-based programs that are ready for replication and scaling; and advice on designing sustainable business models and implementation plans.

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Invitation to Innovation Funder Call Series – May

Grantmakers In Aging and Grantmakers In Health cosponsored a monthly series of funders-only discussions focused on the challenges of and opportunities for improving care for people with complex health and social needs.

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Upcoming Events on Children and Families

When “Exempt” Isn’t Enough: Medicaid Work Requirements and Maternal Mental Health

Cosponsored with Funder for Maternal Mental Health (FMMH)

Medicaid work requirements are set to take effect soon, creating a burdensome administrative process that most enrollees will need to navigate to keep their coverage. Certain populations are exempt from these requirements—including people who are pregnant or postpartum, and those parenting a child age 13 or under. But exemption does not mean automatic protection: in most cases, individuals must actively prove or attest to their exempt status, often through paperwork and verification processes that are easy to miss or misunderstand.

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Health Equity Roundtable: October Convening on Immigration and Philanthropy

Grantmakers In Health (GIH) is pleased to invite you to join us for a continued conversation on advancing health equity. This is a dedicated time for collaboration, learning, and action for program staff leading health equity efforts at their foundations and is only open to GIH Funding Partners.

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Environmental Health, Data Centers, and the Case for Equity in the Southeast

This webinar opens with a grounding in the region’s environmental health landscape and what the data center build-out means for community health. The conversation then turns to a community leader, whose work has reshaped national policy, followed by a funder with investment in environmental health, who will share what meaningful partnership and effective philanthropy look like on the ground.

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