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The Vulnerable Populations Portfolio—and our grantees—creates new opportunities for better health by investing in health where it starts—where we live, learn, work, and play.
Grantee in the News
Violence as an Infectious Disease? A Program That Worked
Medscape features the TEDMED presentation of Cure Violence Executive Director Gary Slutkin. In his talk he described how patterns of violence are similar to those seen in an infectious disease.
Grantee News
Gary Slutkin at TEDMED 2013
Gary Slutkin, Executive Director of Cure Violence, spoke at this year's TEDMED asking the crowd gathered in DC, "What if we treated violence like a contagious disease?"
Grantee News: Webinar
Better Futures Enterprises Hosts Webinar
On May 16th, Better Futures Enterprises is hosting a webinar on their model that aims to improve employment opportunities and outcomes for justice-involved individuals.
Grantee in the News
Realigning Health with Care
Rebecca Onie, CEO of Health Leads, and Paul Farmer, co-founder of Partners in Health, share their thoughts on health care. “Broadening the healthcare product means acknowledging that it takes more than medicine to advance health—it also takes food, heat, housing, and other basics without which health radically declines.”
Grantee in the News
Doctors urged to help destigmatize childhood mental illness
American Medical News shares research from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and George Washington University’s Center for Health and Health Care In Schools on mental health. “A key role of primary care physicians is to help reduce the stigma around mental illness.”
About the Program
The Vulnerable Populations Portfolio creates new opportunities for better health by investing in health where it starts—in our homes, schools and jobs.
Our Grantees In the News
THE GREEN HOUSE® Project
April 8, 2013: "Dementia Will Take Toll on Health Care Spending" The Wall Street Journal features THE GREEN HOUSE® Project as a model that will slow the increase of expenses and improve the care of patients with dementia.
Learn more about THE GREEN HOUSE® ProjectCure Violence
April 7, 2013: "Gang Violence is Contagious" The Guardian highlights Cure Violence’s model of violence prevention and how violence is a public health issue.
Health Leads
March 22, 2013: "Addressing the Root Causes of Health Problems: Rebecca Onie of Health Leads" Health Affairs blog features the work of Health Leads in addressing the social determinants of health with patients.
Nurse-Family Partnership
January 21, 2013: "First-time, low-income mothers get help from successful Nurse-Family Partnership" Seattle Times features the work of the Nurse-Family Partnership.
What We're Reading
Vulnerable Populations News Releases
Vulnerable Populations Team Members: What we're saying
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All is Not Lost When a Merger Fails
In an interview on Glass Pockets' "Transparency Talk" blog, Wendy Yallowitz, program officer, shares how collaborative learning can help grantees scale even after merger talks don't materialize.
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Supporting the 'Promise' of Young Men of Color
Maisha Simmons, program officer, discusses the importance of encouraging young men of color to live their best lives in this post at Ebony magazine.
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Scaling Visionary Solutions to Improve the Health of Vulnerable Populations: The Case of the Green House Project
Jane Lowe, senior adviser for program development, shares how we grow visionary solutions to scale to improve the health of vulnerable populations in the current issue of Philadelphia Social Innovations Journal.
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Using Social Media to Expand Networks: A Q&A with Susan Promislo
Susan Promislo, senior communications officer, explains to Glass Pockets Transparency Talks how foundations can (and should) use social media to grow their networks.