Social Innovation Fund

This webinar was an interactive panel discussion, moderated by Grantmakers for Children Youth & Families and Grantmakers In Health that provided the latest update on SIF and see a demonstration of the platform.

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California Environmental Quality Act Reform: A Discussion with Environmental and Public Health

On this webinar, participants learned more about the environmental health and public health communities’ strategy to defend and protect the California Environmental Quality Act.

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Advancing Policy Advocacy through General Operating Support Grants

This audioconference discussed how foundations are effectively managing general operating support grants to advance health policy goals.

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The Intersection of Creativity, Health, and Aging

On this webinar, we explored how creative arts programs programs positively influence health outcomes, how funders are investing in programs, and the opportunities for health funders to collaborate and support this important field of work.

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The Food Safety Modernization Act

On this webinar, funders learned how the FSMA and pending FDA regulations will affect local and regional food systems that are vital to the public’s health now and in the future.

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February Kids’ Access Funders Network Call

On this Kids’ Access Funders Network call participants learned more about the framework that states will use to create EHB plans, the implications for children and families, including children with special health care needs, and next steps.

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Funders Breakfast at the National Summit on Advanced Illness Care: A Roadmap for Transformation

The funders breakfast at the National Summit on Advanced Illness Care: A Roadmap for Transformation was held on January 30, 2013 in Washington, D.C.

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Harnessing National Efforts to Improve Birth Outcomes and Reduce Infant Mortality

On this webinar, participants learned more about national initiatives working to improve birth outcomes and discussed how foundations might engage in these efforts as well as support complementary programs in their regions, states, and communities.

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Integrative Health and Seniors

On this webinar, participants learned more about innovative approaches to health and wellness for seniors.

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Supporting Healthy Weight Interventions in Child Care Settings

Supporting Healthy Weight Interventions in Child Care Settings was held on December 5, 2012 in Washington, D.C.

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Enrolling Young Adults: Outreach and Education Strategies From The Field

This webinar discussed the ways in which health foundations are poised to play a significant role in supporting state and local efforts to enroll all eligible residents into health insurance exchanges.

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2012 Fall Forum: Health Care Transformed: Better Delivery for Those Most in Need

The 2012 GIH Fall Forum was held from November 15-16, 2012 in Washington, D.C.

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Next Steps for Promoting Integrated Behavioral Health and Primary Care

Next Steps for Promoting Integrated Behavioral Health and Primary Care was held on November 14, 2012.

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Protecting Our Nation’s Public Health Successes: Community Water Fluoridation

Using fluoridation as an example, this webinar explored how funders can address these real challenges to our nation’s public health institutions and build support for their continued existence and expansion.

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Innovative Approaches to Wellness for Veterans and their Families

On this webinar, participants learned more about innovation approaches to health and wellness for military members, veterans, and their families; why this issue is important; and why foundations are investing in it.

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The Sustainability of School-Based Health Care

On this webinar, speakers discussed the variables–and vagaries–associated with school-based health care sustainability, including which program characteristics and public policies best assure long-term fiscal health.

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Start Smart: Healthy Weight in Early Childhood

Start Smart: Healthy Weight in Early Childhood was held on October 16, 2012 in Washington, D.C.

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Investing in Adolescent-Centered Health Care to Address Risk Behaviors

On this call, Harriette Fox and Peggy McManus of The National Alliance to Advance Adolescent Health reviewed what is important to adolescents when it comes to their primary and behavioral health care, innovative models that address multiple risk behaviors, and priority areas for related research.

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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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