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The Vulnerable Populations portfolio creates new opportunities for better health by investing in health where it starts -- in our homes, schools and jobs.

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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.

Better Care, Better Health, Lower Cost

January 30, 2013 | Report

Cuyahoga County had fewer hospitalizations for ambulatory care sensitive conditions between 2009 and 2011 (a cost savings of $20 million.)

Growing Experience Corps

January 25, 2013 | Program Result

Experience Corps engages older volunteers to tutor - with a focus on reading - and mentor low-income kindergarten through third-grade students. It expanded and became an independent nonprofit organization.

Pipeline, Profession & Practice: Community-Based Dental Education

November 19, 2012 | Program Result

RWJF's Dental Pipeline Program helped dental schools increase access to dental care for underserved populations through expanded community-based education and recruitment of underrepresented minority and low-income students.

Fresh Ideas: Improving the Health of Immigrant and Refugee Communities

June 27, 2011 | Program Result

Fresh Ideas was a targeted solicitation for proposals that aimed to give immigrants and refugees the tools and support they need to improve and maintain their own health.

Raising the Flag for Community Health Workers

January 26, 2010 | Program Result

From 2006 to 2009, staff members at the Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, worked to raise the profile and influence of community health workers in the health care system and among policy-makers.

Dental Pipeline Program Graduate Becomes a Public Health Dentist

October 8, 2009 | Program Result

Leah Tate, DDS, grew up in Columbus, Ohio, and was an undergraduate biology major at Spelman College.

Ohio Circle of Friends Volunteers Reach Out to Rural Areas

May 31, 2009 | Program Result

When the Red Cross stopped providing rides to distant health appointments, a Faith in Action project in rural Ohio stepped in.

Cleveland Born to Learn(TM) Program Helps Toddlers Develop Cognitive and Behavioral Skills

November 1, 2005 | Program Result

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland conducted a randomized, controlled evaluation of the Cleveland Eastern Suburban Born to Learn™ Program between 1999 and 2005.

Ohio Volunteers Provide Health Care for Low-Income Patients

January 16, 2004 | Program Result

Reach Out of Montgomery Country, a non-profit corporation in Dayton, Ohio, provided free care for medically underserved low-income individuals, after hours, at two existing community health centers in Dayton.

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