Using the Telenovela to Increase Latino Enrollment in Medicaid and CHIP

This audioconference explored Encrucijada, and shared how funders could adapt and license the series for broadcast in their own community.

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Kids’ Access Funders Network February Call

On this call, Jocelyn Guyer, co-executive director of the Georgetown Center for Children and Families (CCF), discussed the recently proposed ACA rules on eligibility and enrollment systems, and their implications for children and families.

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Building Stronger Systems of Care to Improve Child Health

In this webinar funders drew on their experiences implementing and evaluating early childhood systems-building initiatives in two states in order to reflect upon successes and lessons learned from their systems-building work.

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Health, Housing, and Homelessness

Specifically designed for funders, this webinar explored the intersection of health care and homelessness and the role philanthropy can play in establishing supportive housing as a cost-effective solution to one of our nation’s most pressing policy problems—rising public spending with poor outcomes for homeless individuals with chronic health conditions.

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Developing/Revitalizing Aging and Disability Stakeholder Coalitions

This webinar discussed the time-sensitive need for robust state-based aging and disability stakeholder coalitions.

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Essential Health Benefits: Balancing Coverage and Cost

This webinar discussed next steps in the determination process, and why this is important to consumers and other stakeholders, including foundations.

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The Latino Community and the ACA

On this webinar, participants learned more about the new communications campaign the Herndon Alliance, the National Hispanic Leadership Agenda, the Hispanic Federation, the League of United Latin American Citizens, and the National Council of La Raza are mounting.

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2011 Fall Forum: Too Few Choices, Too Much Junk: Connecting Food and Health

The 2011 GIH Fall Forum was held on November 4, 2011 in Washington, D.C.

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2011 GIH Fall Forum

The GIH Fall Forum was held November 3-4, 2011 in Washington, D.C.

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2011 Fall Forum: Safety Net in the Era of Health Reform: A New Vision of Care

The 2011 GIH Fall Forum was held on November 3, 2011 in Washington, D.C.

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2011 Fall Forum Plenary & Reception: Working with Governments on Multiple Policy Fronts

The 2011 Fall Forum was held November 3, 2011 in Washington, D.C.

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Bringing Excellence to Scale: A Conversation with CMS Administrator Donald Berwick

Participants joined this webinar to talk with CMS Administrator Donald Berwick about how health philanthropy can support three initiatives of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services—Partnership for Patients, Million Hearts, and Innovation Advisors—that aim to jump start the transformation of the health care delivery system.

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Strengthening and Transforming Primary Care through a Team-Based Approach

This webinar examined the team-based approach and addressed such questions as: What problems in primary care is this approach attempting to solve? What data supports this approach? How is this model implemented? Why should foundations support this work and what is their role?

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Promoting the National Prevention Strategy

On this funder-led conference call, participants learned about the NPS and had an active discussion about what funders can do to support the regional meetings, as well as the activities inspired by their convening.

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The Farm Bill and Health: Understanding the Connections

Webinar participants learned about Creating Common Ground, a joint project of SAFSF, GIH, and the national Convergence Partners, and ways they can get involved in ongoing work.

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Reducing Health Disparities for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Americans

This audioconference highlighted recent developments in identifying and reducing health disparities for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Americans.

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Children and Integrative Medicine

On this webinar, Dr. Kathi J. Kemper, chair of the Center for Integrative Medicine at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine, and director of the Center for Integrative Medicine at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, discussed the intersection of children and integrative medicine treatments. 

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Health Literacy: Improving Health Information and Services in Vulnerable Communities

This webinar discussed how federal efforts through the National Action Plan are shaping health literacy work on the local, state and national level.

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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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