Care for the Seriously Ill in Low-Income Communities

Join us for a discussion of two trailblazing programs that are addressing the care needs of the most vulnerable and seriously ill. This session explored how each program works, how palliative care can be effective in addressing disparities and social determinants of health, and how grantmakers can play a vital role.

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CEO Working Group on Access and Coverage

GIH has launched a quarterly call series for CEO Working Group on Access and Coverage members to strategize about philanthropy’s role during these challenging times.

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Complex Needs Through a Health Equity Lens: What Can Philanthropy Actually Do?

Participants learned about specific efforts to link a systems approach with activities on the ground and to discuss examples of how local communities can make a difference in the lives of those that are usually left behind.

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Post-Election Discussion: Moving Forward on Health Care

On this webinar, participants learned key insights into the prospects for increasing health care access, advancing health equity, and improving the delivery system. Participants heard innovative messaging research that suggests how to engage the broadest possible audience on these critical issues.

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Care Partners: Bridging Families, Clinics, and Communities to Advance Late-Life Depression Care – Lessons Learned

On this webinar, participants joined GIH for an important conversation about the successes and challenges in implementing collaborative care interventions, the key lessons learned to date, and next steps to improve late-life depression care.

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Confronting the Health and Equity Challenges of Climate Change

On this webinar, funders heard stories and recommendations of community leaders driving this movement.

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Implementing a Scalable Strategy for Reducing COVID Infections, Hospitalizations, and Deaths Among Older Adults and Other High-Risk Populations: CV19 CheckUp

On this webinar, a statewide aging director discussed why they adopted the service and a foundation president described how philanthropy is helping to contribute to the widespread diffusion of this innovation.

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The Future of the Affordable Care Act

This webinar provided an analysis of the most recent Supreme Court case to decide the future of the Affordable Care Act.

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2020 Fall Forum: Food for a Healthier America

Food for a Healthier America examined current food access and security policy, the gaps and challenges laid bare by the COVID-19 pandemic, the opportunities for positive policy change, and philanthropy’s role in creating a more equitable and just food system.

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Learning from New State Initiatives in Financing Long-Term Services and Supports

Current federal policies do not adequately meet the needs of individuals and communities, which has caused several pioneering states to move forward with innovative new approaches to financing these vital supports and services. Participants learned the efforts of six such states, including the important lessons, opportunities, and challenges they have faced in moving reform initiatives forward.

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Leadership Discussion on Health Equity

During this second conversation of GIH’s leadership series on health equity, GIH President and CEO Cara James held a strategic discussion with philanthropic leaders to identify pressing equity issues that philanthropy is best positioned to address, with an eye toward collective action.

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Save the Census: A Final Push for a Fair and Accurate Count

This webinar featured a timely status update on census response, advocacy, and litigation efforts to ensure a fair and accurate census, and to discuss funding strategies to evaluate and address the quality of the data.

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Is 2020 Over? Responding to Multiple Disasters Amid COVID-19 and Climate Change

In this webinar, the Center for Disaster Philanthropy team reflected on lessons learned, challenges and opportunities presented by different disasters— particularly wildfires, hurricanes and the derecho—and how COVID-19 has framed the response.

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State and Local Budgets: The Next COVID-19 Battlefront

On this webinar, participants learned more about the state and local fiscal crisis, lessons learned from the Great Recession, key principles for an equitable response, and how state and local advocates are gearing up for the budget battles to come.

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Philanthropy’s Role in Fostering Grantee Resilience and Managing Secondary Trauma

Leaders from the field released findings and recommendation for action from our recently concluded national research project on secondary trauma.

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Open Enrollment Opportunities and Challenges

This webinar provided an overview of strategies for reaching the newly uninsured and a discussion of potential solutions for the outreach challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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COVID-19, Drug Policy, and Racial Justice

Efforts to reduce reliance on the criminal justice system and instead increase access to community-based harm reduction, mental health, and substance use services are underway across the country. This webinar featured a discussion on federal, state, and local efforts to strengthen social safety nets and expand access to effective overdose prevention and harm reduction interventions.

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Dental Therapy Authorization Landscape and Advocacy Opportunities

This on-demand webinar highlights advocacy efforts to authorize dental therapy training, licensure, certification and ensure standardized metrics at both the state and national levels

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Overview of Oral Health in America: Removing the Stain of Disparity

This on-demand webinar features a discussion of the book details the landscape of oral health disparities and highly vulnerable populations.

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Upcoming Events on Oral Health

Philanthropy’s Role in Protecting Public Health

In recent months, negative sentiment and rhetoric against our country’s public health system has led to a variety of policy decisions, ranging from defunding local public health departments to undercutting and dismantling key systems and infrastructure. These actions will have profound and far-reaching consequences for our nation’s health. Join this call to discuss the impact of recent state and federal actions on local health departments, how health funders are investing in their communities’ public health, and what grantmakers can do to protect public health. Speakers include Lori Freeman of National Association of County & City Health Officials, Avital Havusha of New York Health Foundation, and Brian Williams of Missouri Foundation for Health.

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CEO Working Group Webinar

Grantmakers In Health is pleased to convene the CEO Working Group to discuss challenges in our work and opportunities for collaboration as we move forward to achieve our health missions under the new administration.

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CEO Working Group Webinar

Grantmakers In Health is pleased to convene the CEO Working Group to discuss challenges in our work and opportunities for collaboration as we move forward to achieve our health missions under the new administration.

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