Pandemic Policy Playbook: Assessing Legal Responses to COVID-19
The Network for Public Health Law has joined with public health law partners to produce a report that includes critical analyses and recommendations from 50 national experts convened to assess the U.S. policy response to the crisis to date. This new report offers policy recommendations on 35 wide-ranging topics, including pandemic preparedness, access to health care, voter health and safety, protections for essential workers, food insecurity and immigration policy.
Pacing Ourselves for the Struggle of a Lifetime
As we head into Fall, let us take a moment to rest, recharge, and to care for one another so that we are prepared to meet the challenges ahead. Let us also remain hopeful, knowing that together we can accomplish anything.
Philanthropy @ Work – Transitions – August 2020
The latest on transitions from the field.
Episcopal Health Foundation: August 2020
A recent survey of low-income Californians and communities of color reveals widespread concern about the health and economic impacts of COVID-19.
Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation of Massachusetts: August 2020
A recent survey of low-income Californians and communities of color reveals widespread concern about the health and economic impacts of COVID-19.
Philanthropy @ Work – Grants and Programs – August 2020
The latest on grants and programs from the field.
COVID-19 Grants and Programs – August 2020
The latest on COVID-19 grants and programs from the field.
Cedars-Sinai
The beauty of philanthropy lies in its inherent flexibility and ability to adapt. We have an obligation to “meet this moment”—a moment of dual public health crises: COVID-19 and race equity—and an opportunity to change the landscape, dynamics, culture, and outcomes of our field. In times of crisis, where innovation and collaboration across systems are enhanced, I am reminded why I chose public health as a career and am committed to adapt, listen, andcontinue support for the most vulnerable.
Rethink, Reorient, Reimagine Health and Housing
The pandemic has blatantly exposed the longstanding inequities in America due to institutional and systemic racism that people of color have experienced for far too long. It has brought to
light the need to urgently rethink and reorient our role in reimagi
ng the affordable housing
sector — one that brings health in reach for all.
Rural Food Insecurity: COVID-19 and Beyond
According to Feeding America, one in ten people and one in six children face hunger in our state (Feeding America 2020). As a foundation focused on the social and economic barriers to health, food insecurity has always been important to us