Scaling-Up: Connecting Effective Nonprofits to Capital: Part Two

Part 2 of this series focused on the Social Impact Exchange and its work to scale proven solutions to critical social problems.

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Exploring the San Joaquin Valley: A Land of Change and Promise

Exploring the San Joaquin Valley: A Land of Change and Promise, a learning tour, was held from December 4-6, 2013 in Fresno, California.

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Investing in Legal Aid to Promote Individual and Population Health

On this webinar, participants learned more about how legal interventions connect to current investment priorities in health philanthropy.

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Outreach and Enrollment Learning Community – November

With support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, GIH convened a learning community for funders who are currently supporting ACA outreach and enrollment efforts.

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Scaling-Up: Connecting Effective Nonprofits to Capital: Part One

On this first webinar, grantmakers were introduced to the Social Impact Exchange and learned how to get involved in the innovative marketplace it has created for local, regional and national funders who want to work and learn with others to achieve larger impact in their priority areas.

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Water as Part of the Commons

Part one of a two-part Creating Common Ground series on water, agriculture, and health, this webinar examined water as a part of the Commons, a shared resource upon which we all depend and for which we share responsibility.

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Engaging Communities to Create Healthy Places

Engaging Communities to Create Healthy Places was held on November 13, 2013 in Denver, Colorado.

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Prenatal Care for Vulnerable Pregnant Women

This webinar examined grantmaking strategies that provide high-quality prenatal care to under served, hard-to-reach pregnant women, including Latinas, women living in poverty, and homeless women.

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Why the Affordable Care Act Matters to Diverse Older People

This webinar highlighted both national and state-specific examples on what is being done to ensure that older people know about the changes that are taking place under the ACA and how it affects them.

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Prescription Drug Abuse

On this webinar, participants learned more about the increasing misuse of prescription drugs and how different types of foundations are working to address this often under-recognized public health issue.

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Medicare at a Crossroads

This webinar explored challenges and opportunities facing Medicare, the implications of ACA implementation for seniors, the current and upcoming work of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and how funders and their grantees can support Medicare in their communities.

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Monitoring, Evaluating, and Learning from Kids’ Coverage Initiatives

On this webinar, participants joined an in-depth discussion of the monitoring, learning, and evaluation plans for the Finish Line and KidsWell initiatives and to hear from Bruce Lesley of First Focus, who will briefly discuss Children’s Health Insurance Program reauthorization.

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Addressing the Health Needs of LGBT Elders

This webinar identified key health issues and disparities for LGBT older adults and explored strategies for addressing LGBT aging disparities.

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Grandparents Raising Grandchildren

This webinar provided opportunities for participants to learn about how two foundations are working to identify and meet the economic, social, and health needs of grandparents who are raising their grandchildren.

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Meeting Adolescents Where They Are: New Directions in Behavioral Health

Meeting Adolescents Where They Are: New Directions in Behavioral Health was held on October 23, 2013 in Washington, D.C.

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Outreach and Enrollment Learning Community – October

With support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Grantmakers In Health convened a learning community for funders who are currently supporting ACA outreach and enrollment efforts.

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Outreach and Enrollment Learning Community – Sept

With support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Grantmakers In Health launched a learning community for funders who are currently supporting ACA outreach and enrollment efforts.

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Advanced Old Age in America: What Can We Count On?

Advanced Old Age in America: What Can We Count On? was held on September 26, 2013.

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Linking Healthy Weight Interventions to School Readiness Initiatives

This webinar explored promising efforts that incorporate healthy eating and active living into school readiness initiatives.

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Upcoming Events on Oral Health

Trump Accounts (530A Accounts) & Early Asset Building: Funder-Only Briefing

Hosted by Asset Funders Network and presented in partnership with Grantmakers In Health,  Economic Opportunity Funders, Tax Equity Funders Network, and Early Childhood Funders Collaborative.  As asset funders, we know that starting early – in childhood – is the best way to create wealth and savings. That’s why we continue to pay close attention to…

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New Vaccine Guidance: What Funders Should Know

Join us for a timely webinar exploring the Department of Health and Human Services’ recent changes to routine vaccinations. Experts will discuss the evolving pattern of vaccine recommendations, including the January 5 update to the Childhood Immunization Schedule, which reduces the number of routinely recommended vaccines and introduces new categories for highrisk groups and shared decisionmaking.

Our speakers will discuss what these changes mean for vaccine access, what to expect moving forward, and how crosssector partners are collaborating to ensure continued coverage. We will also highlight opportunities for philanthropy to get involved.

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SNAP Strategy Funder Working Group: Strategic Communications Operations

Our upcoming Working Group Call will focus on strategic communications opportunities. Elizabeth Wenk, Principal and Managing Director, and Nick Seaver, Senior Vice President and Co-Director of Training Programs at Burness, will share new insights from message testing about SNAP that highlights messaging that moves audiences, insights on which arguments resonate and counter opponents, and how different groups respond to these messages. The State Innovation Exchange (SiX) Food, Agriculture, and Rural Economies team will also share what they are hearing from state legislators advocating for SNAP, and how funders can support state policymakers’ efforts to protect the program.

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