HWHC: Asking the right questions

Healthy Voices

Here's what you'll read about in this issue of HWHC Healthy Voices:

New blog post: Transforming Communities, Reimagining Health
New funding opportunities from RWJF and CDC
What's new on Get-HWHC.org: resources including a report from The California Endowment Foundation and an interactive community map from IHI
Coming soon: HWHC workshop on key steps to a successful collaboration

Blog - Gillian Sealy, National Director, Clinton Health Matters Initiative

Check out our blog this month featuring Gillian Sealy of The Clinton Foundation. Gillian shares her thoughts on how the Foundation works with communities through a collective impact process to reframe the definition of health for the community and to develop partnerships with purpose. Read on.

Funding, Funding, Funding,

Check out these new funding opportunities related to healthy community work:

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has announced a call for proposals for Evidence for Action: Investigator-Initiated Research to Build a Culture of Health. The program supports "investigator-initiated research to develop the evidence base needed to build a national Culture of Health - in which everyone has the opportunity to live their healthiest life possible." Between five and 12 grants will be awarded each year, totaling approximately $2.2 million. (Letters of intent are being accepted on a rolling basis.)

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for Programs to Reduce Obesity in High Obesity Areas to Boost Prevention. States currently receiving funding through the program are not eligible. (Deadline: August 2nd)

New Workshop Coming Soon

We have received many comments from visitors to our website requesting educational opportunities. In response to these requests, we are in the process of creating an online workshop that will focus on key steps to successful collaboration. We will launch the workshop in late summer and it will be available to all website visitors.

New Resources are added to HWHC each month...this month's additions include:

Health Improvement and Economic Development (report) - The California Endowment Foundation has released a report focused on the relationship between community health improvement and economic development. The report includes strategies, examples of promising practices, measures and case studies, and is one in a series of reports that will be created to focus on community collaboration.

National Equity Atlas (website) - Offers data and insight into equity for health and other determinants at the city level. The website is for community leaders and collaborators who want to better understand and measure equity in their own community. Policy and policy impact is also included in the website information.

Interactive Community Map, this tool offers insight into collaboratives around the country through the "100 Million Healthier Lives" movement.
Blog: An RWJF on June 27th offers tips and advice to help communities use data to develop goal and assess their progress. You can access the blog here.

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