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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Ladder to Leadership: Developing the Next Generation of Community Health Leaders
May 30, 2013 | Program Results Report
From 2007-2012, Ladder to Leadership: Developing the Next Generation of Health Care Leaders - a $3.6 million national program - provided training to 219 early-to-mid-career professionals working with vulnerable populations in eight communities.
Treating Depression in Single Black Mothers
June 4, 2013 | Story
RWJF Scholar seeks to improve mental health care for a population at risk.
New Jersey Health Initiatives
November 22, 2011 | Program Results Report
New Jersey Health Initiatives supports innovative projects by nonprofit, community-based organizations to improve the health and health care of the state's residents.
Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect in New Jersey Through a Home Visitation Program
July 14, 2010 | Program Results Report
Evidence-based home visitation refers to voluntary programs that meet federally mandated requirements for family-focused services - prenatally through early childhood - delivered in the home environment.
Neighborhood Perceptions and Active School Commuting in Low-Income Cities
October 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Improving neighborhood environments to make them more pleasant are likely to increse active travel to and from school.
Faith in Action Projects that Struggled or Closed
May 31, 2009 | Program Results Report
Of the 1,715 Faith in Action projects that RWJF funded, some 1,048 projects either closed or did not meet updated criteria for inclusion in the program.
Prenatal Care Helps At-Risk Pregnant Adolescents Deliver Healthy Babies
January 28, 2002 | Program Results Report
AD House addressed the special barriers to access to health and social services faced by inner-city pregnant teens.
Going Home From the Hospital: Project Supports Elderly, Chronically Ill Residents of Absecon Island, N.J. - and Develops a Regional Health Information Organization
October 17, 2008 | Program Results Report
Jewish Family Service of Atlantic County worked to improve home care for frail older residents of Absecon Island, in New Jersey, who were being discharged from hospitals and other care facilities.
Safe at Home: Treating Offenders and Their Victims
March 23, 2007 | Program Results Report
The Domestic Violence Initiative in Passaic County, N.J., worked to reduce domestic violence by educating domestic violence offenders as well as counseling and supporting their victims and children.
Supporting Families After Welfare Reform: Access to Medicaid, SCHIP and Food Stamps
National Program
Program to help states and large counties solve problems in eligibility processes that make it difficult for low-income families to access and retain Medicaid, the State Children's Health Insurance Program, or Food Stamps.