Meet the participants...

As we get closer to the event, we will be profiling the participating organizations. This week, we invite you to learn more about the Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut, the VA Center for Implementation Practice and Research Support and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

Mission: To serve as a catalyst that engages residents and communities in shaping a health system that provides universal access to quality health care and promotes health in Connecticut. We believe that health care is a fundamental right and that our work is part of a broader movement for social and economic justice.

Learn about SustiNet, a new Foundation proposal to control health care costs, save Connecticut’s families and businesses money, and make coverage available to everyone who needs it in the state.

The VA Center for Implementation Practice and Research Support (CIPRS) is a new QUERI resource center that aims to facilitate accelerated improvement in the quality and performance of the VA healthcare delivery system through enhanced VA implementation practice and research. CIPRS programs include education, technical assistance and consultation to VA implementation practitioners and researchers, and development of implementation theory and methods. CIPRS also facilitates better linkages and partnerships between VA implementation researchers and VA clinical practice and policy leaders. CIPRS collaborates with CIDER, HERC and VIReC in assessing and meeting the needs of the VA implementation community.

Mission: To support children, families, and communities as they strengthen and create conditions that propel vulnerable children to achieve success as individuals and as contributors to the larger community and society.

“We envision a nation that marshals its resources to assure that all children have an equitable and promising future – a nation in which all children thrive.”

Meet the participants...

As we get closer to the event, we will be profiling the participating organizations. This week, we invite you to learn more about Grantmakers in Health, the Health Research Alliance and the John A. Hartford Foundation.

Mission: To foster communication and collaboration among grantmakers and others, and to help strengthen the grantmaking community's knowledge, skills, and effectiveness.

GIH is seeking session proposals for their 2010 Annual Meeting on Health Philanthropy Taking Risks at a Critical Time. The meeting will take place in Orlando, FL on March 10-12 and will explore how grantmakers can sustain their roles as change agents while rethinking strategies, and how grantmakers can be bold, creative, and take risks in how they approach their work and understand their missions. Proposals must be received by 5:00 p.m. EST, Wednesday, July 1, 2009. Click here for more information.

Mission: To foster collaboration among not-for-profit, non-governmental funders to support the continuum of health research and training from biomedical science to applications that advance health, by improving communication and collaboration:

• Internally, among member organizations, to share data and best practices, informed by current information on the landscape of the health research enterprise; and


• Externally, by encouraging communication and collaboration among grantmakers and the broader health research and policymaking communities.
  

Founded in 1929, the John A. Hartford Foundation is a committed champion of health care training, research and service system innovations that will ensure the well-being and vitality of older adults. Its overall goal is to increase the nation’s capacity to provide effective, affordable care to its rapidly increasing older population. Today, the Foundation is America’s leading philanthropy with a sustained interest in aging and health.

Through its grantmaking, the John A. Hartford Foundation seeks specifically to:

• Enhance and expand the training of doctors, nurses, social workers and other health professionals who care for elders, and
• Promote innovations in the integration and delivery of services for all older people.

Meet the participants...

As we get closer to the event, we will be profiling the participating organizations. This week, we invite you to learn more about the Commonwealth Fund, the Fannie E. Rippel Foundation and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.

Mission: To promote a high performing health care system that achieves better access, improved quality, and greater efficiency, particularly for society's most vulnerable, including low-income people, the uninsured, minority Americans, young children, and elderly adults.

The Commonwealth Fund carries out this mandate by supporting independent research on health care issues and making grants to improve health care practice and policy. An international program in health policy is designed to stimulate innovative policies and practices in the United States and other industrialized countries.

Mission: To strategically invest our limited resources to seed innovation, catalyze change, and create model processes that will lead to improvements in health.

The Rippel Foundation seeks to have a direct impact on the incidence and treatment of heart disease and cancer, the quality of health and life for women and the elderly, and the viability of our nation’s hospitals and healthcare delivery system.

Mission: As responsible stewards of the resources entrusted to us, the Foundation forms and invests in partnerships to achieve significant, lasting and measurable results in environmental conservation, science and the San Francisco Bay Area.

The Foundation’s science-based, results-driven orientation stems from the principles and interests of Gordon and Betty Moore. The Foundation operates proactively in the three specific areas of focus named in their mission statement—environmental conservation, science, and the San Francisco Bay Area—where a significant and measurable impact can be achieved. Distinct Initiatives have been created within these three Program areas. Each Initiative employs a portfolio of grants that are expected to help achieve targeted, large-scale outcomes in a specific time frame.

Meet the Participants...

As we get closer to the event, we will be profiling the participating organizations. This week, we invite you to learn more about the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Avon Foundation and the California HealthCare Foundation.

Mission: To improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans.

Information from AHRQ's research helps people make more informed decisions and improve the quality of health care services. AHRQ's 2009 National Meeting will be held September 13-16, 2009 in Bethesda, MD. For more information on the meeting, click here.

Mission: To improve the lives of women, globally.

The Avon Foundation provides grants to organizations and institutions, predominantly 501(c)(3) or equivalent, in the following areas: breast cancer, domestic violence and emergency disaster relief. In 2005, the Avon Foundation celebrated 50 years of improving the lives of women and families.

Mission: To expand access to affordable, quality healthcare for underserved individuals and communities and to promote fundamental improvements in the health status of the people of California. The California HealthCare Foundation is an independent philanthropy committed to improving the way health care is delivered and financed in California. By promoting innovations in care and broader access to information, their goal is to ensure that all Californians can get the care they need, when they need it, at a price they can afford.