Greater Rochester Health Foundation: September 2024
2023 Annual Highlights “Partnering for Healthier Communities” showcases the impactful work of the foundation’s grantee partners across various areas and efforts to improve health equity. In 2023, Greater Rochester Health Foundation committed more than $8.1 million to 85 organizations, addressing critical issues such as mental health, racial equity, and public health, with grant-funded work reaching more than 75,000 individuals.
The Commonwealth Fund: September 2024
This brief reports on responses from community health centers leaders who were surveyed about care delivery, technology, workforce, and more. Findings highlight critical staff shortages amid rising demand for care and limited resources.
The California Endowment: September 2024
The California Endowment released its 2024 Annual Report, which highlights the work and initiatives of the foundation and its grantees over the past year.
Missouri Foundation for Health: August 2024
Missouri Foundation for Health released the initial polling results from Speak Up MO, the Foundation’s inaugural public opinion poll aimed at understanding the views and experiences of Missourians on various health and community issues.
Health Foundation for Western & Central New York: August 2024
In this report, “How to Maximize Health Insurance Enrollment: Funding Local Marketing and Outreach Innovations by Community-Based Enrollment Agencies”, the Community Service Society of New York analyzed outcomes from a pilot program and the strategies deployed to enroll uninsured individuals who were eligible for affordable coverage.
The Commonwealth Fund: August 2024
The 2024 State Scorecard on Women’s Reproductive Health has been released based on the most recent data to assess how well the health care system is working for women in every U.S. state. It measures performance by 32 different metrics across three areas: health outcomes; health care quality and prevention; and coverage, access, and affordability.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation: August 2024
A report titled “Massachusetts Roadmap for Behavioral Health Reform: Overview and Implementation Update” examines the state’s implementation of the Roadmap for Behavioral Health Reform, a sweeping set of changes aimed at improving access to the outpatient mental health and substance use disorder treatment system for all Massachusetts residents.
Peterson Health Technology Institute: July 2024
Peterson Health Technology Institute (PHTI) recently released a report on virtual musculoskeletal solutions and care for adults with conditions such as low back, knee, hip, shoulder, and neck pain. The assessment outlines virtual, exercise-based physical therapy and recommendations for the health care system.
United Hospital Fund: May 2024
The United Hospital Fund of New York released a report, The Ripple Effects of the Adolescent Behavioral Health Crisis, which analyzes the behavioral health crisis in the United States and groups who are disproportionately affected. The report also quantifies the impact of the adolescent behavioral health crisis on medical costs, productivity, and wages.
The Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust: May 2024
The Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust recently published a 10-year evaluation of Healthy Places NC, its signature place-based initiative to improve health in rural NC communities. The Healthy Places NC evaluation provides insights for fellow funders in various sectors who want to shift norms, systems, power dynamics, and other conditions that produce inequity, particularly in rural communities.
In July of 2020, the Foundation worked with partners to conduct a survey of over 1,000 Missouri adults to understand firearm-related beliefs, attitudes, perceptions, and behaviors within the state with the intent of informing stakeholders interested in firearm injury and death prevention. Topics for the reports include firearm suicide beliefs and practices, perceptions and storage practices, background checks, and more.