The Vulnerable Populations portfolio creates new opportunities for better health by investing in health where it starts -- in our homes, schools and jobs.
At-risk and vulnerable people
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Using Native Values and Strengths to Help People Heal
Story
Victor Joseph was named an RWJF Community Health Leader in 2001 for his leadership of an addiction recovery program for Alaska Natives. Today he works to expand access to health care for the 42 tribes living in the interior of Alaska.
Supportive Housing
January 1, 2007 | Book
In this chapter of the Anthology, the Foundation's investments in housing is discussed, from its early efforts to provide health care services to homeless people, to its current support of the Corporation for Supportive Housing.
Promoting Physical, Mental, and Social Well-Being for Isolated Older Adults in Rural Colorado
June 28, 2013 | Program Results Report
The Northwest Colorado Visiting Nurse Association developed Aging Well, a program to help improve the physical, mental, and social health of older adults living in rural Routt and Moffat counties.
Butch and Leslie Cook and the Aging Well Program
June 28, 2013 | Program Results Report
This sidebar tells the story of Butch Cook and his wife who began attending senior wellness classes run by the Northwest Colorado Visiting Nurse Association of Steamboat Springs.
Finding a Nearby Fitness Class Makes all the Difference in Rural Colorado
June 28, 2013 | Program Results Report
This sidebar tells how Louise Iacovetto, age 88, benefits from a senior wellness class, part of Aging Well, a program run by the Northwest Colorado Visiting Nurse Association of Steamboat Springs.
Coming Home: Affordable Assisted Living
February 25, 2013 | Program Results Report
Coming Home: Affordable Assisted Living is a national program to develop affordable models of assisted living, with a focus on smaller and rural communities and low-income seniors.
Coming Home: Affordable Assisted Living
National Program
Program to provide grant support, technical assistance, and loan funds to states to create affordable models of assisted living targeted to low-income seniors and linked with existing community health care systems.
Carol Ann Bonds, PhD
February 28, 2002 | Story
Since winning the award, Dr. Bonds has expanded her health-related educational programs, particularly through the increased use of technology such as teleconferencing.
Post-Katrina, Mental Health Services Needed
February 15, 2012 | Program Results Report
Coastal Family Health Center staff was trained by Utah's Intermountain Healthcare on the "mental health integration model," which incorporates mental health care into primary care practice, and began to pilot the approach in its Gulf Coast clinics.
Advancing Public Health Practice and Policy Solutions
January 4, 2011 | Issue Brief
Under its Advancing Public Health Policy and Practice solicitation, RWJF funded 16 projects and the Center for Creative Leadership produced Knowledge Assets that synthesize the work and learnings from these projects.