Posts Tagged ‘Healthy Eating and Active Living’
MetroWest Health Foundation: November 2023
The MetroWest Health Foundation released the 2023 Community Health Needs Assessment. The report provides updated health and demographic data that can be used to inform the work of local government and community health and social service programs within the 25-MetroWest communities served by the foundation.
Read More →Case Study Examines Early Learnings in Using Medicaid Payments for Food is Medicine
A new resource commissioned by the Fair Food Network examines the early learnings from the Healthy Opportunities Pilots effort in North Carolina to use federal 1115 Medicaid Demonstration Waiver funding to scale and sustain community-based implementation of a combination of produce prescription programs, medically tailored meal programs, and nutrition education.
Read More →Grantmakers In Health Position Statement: Nutrition Security in the 2023 Farm Bill
Grantmakers In Health firmly believes a Farm Bill that prioritizes a wholistic approach addressing both the roots causes of nutrition insecurity and the immediate needs of communities is of paramount importance to health and can lead to better health for all.
Read More →It’s Time to Move: Physical Activity as Medicine
Participants learned of the current achievements and milestones, the important next steps, and opportunities for philanthropy to lead the effort to integrate physical activity into America’s healthcare system. Speakers included Liz Joy of Sequelae and Lore Health, Cassandra Stish of Welld Health, and Laurie Whitsel of the American Heart Association.
Read More →2023 Fall Forum
The 2023 Fall Forum will provide policy-engaged funders with information on current issues, access to leading thinkers, and connections with grantmaking peers. This year’s theme is Feeding Hearts and Minds: Food as Medicine, Divided Media, and Implications for Public Policy.
Read More →Supporting Communities to Leverage Federal Food and Nutrition Opportunities
Leaders from the field explored the current federal options to support food access and nutrition and how philanthropy can better help support communities.
Read More →White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health – Funder Debrief Working Session
Join us to discover key action steps funders can take in follow-up to the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health.
Read More →Grantmakers In Health Statement on the 2022 White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health
Grantmakers in Health President and CEO Cara V. James issued the following statement after attending the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health on Wednesday, September 28, 2022: “Grantmakers…
Read More →New York Health Foundation: September 2022
Learn about the findings from the first-ever statewide survey on the connection between food and health.
Read More →Task Force Releases Report to Inform White House Conference
Authored by the Task Force on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health, “Ambitious, Actionable Recommendations to End Hunger, Advance Nutrition, and Improve Health in the United States” offers policy recommendations and actions to advance the goals of the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health to end hunger, improve nutrition, and reduce diet-related diseases in the United States by 2030.
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