Behavioral Health for All

Behavioral health conditions, which include both mental health and substance-use disorders, are among the biggest health problems our country faces. Roughly 50 percent of the population will be affected by these conditions at some point in their lives.

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St. David’s Foundation

Learn more about St. David’s Foundation’s mission, vision, and approach in this Grantmaker Focus profile.

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Reforming School Discipline Policies to Improve Children’s Success

n recent years, Atlantic deliberately honed its investments and focused its grantmaking on a small number of big bets with potential for significant impact. One of these priorities was the over-use of “zero tolerance” suspensions, arrests, and expulsions, and their role in pushing children of color into the justice system.

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Building Our Way to Better Health

Kaiser Permanente of Georgia’s Community Benefit program has invested a total of $5 million since 2010 in Atlanta’s largest, most dynamic urban redevelopment project – the Atlanta BeltLine.

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The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation

Learn more about Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation’s mission, vision, and approach in this Grantmaker Focus profile.

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Gail Christopher to Be Honored with Terrance Keenan Award

Gail Christopher, Vice President for Policy and Senior Advisor at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, will receive GIH’s 2015 Terrance Keenan Leadership Award in Health Philanthropy.

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Aetna Foundation

Learn more about Aetna Foundation’s mission, vision, and approach in this Grantmaker Focus profile.

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Building the Evidence: Investing in Research Supporting the Need for Healthy and Active Schools

Those leading our education system today face an enormous amount of pressure, from funding issues to curriculum changes, from absenteeism to state assessment scores. With so much to consider and so much to fit into each school day, leaders are often forced to make decisions that de-prioritize an important aspect of a child’s development: physical activity. Following discussions with numerous stakeholders, the Kansas Health Foundation found that a critical missing piece in making the case for the importance of physical activity at school was timely, state-specific data linking student fitness and academics.

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GIH Announces New Board Members

Antony Chiang, Jacqueline Martinez Garcel, Garth Graham, and Brenda Sharpe have been elected to its board of directors. Their terms begin immediately after the GIH annual conference in March.

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Demonstrating Behavioral Health Impact Using Intensive Community-Based Services

Individuals experiencing an acute episode of mental illness often face challenges navigating a fragmented health care delivery system and overcoming barriers to access appropriate medical and mental health services.

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