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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 Report
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 Report
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 Report
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 Report
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 Report
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 Report
When the Red Cross stopped providing rides to distant health appointments, a Faith in Action project in rural Ohio stepped in.
Ohio Churches Replicate Volunteer Caregivers Model as Part of RWJF's Faith in Action Program
September 1, 2006 | Program Result Report
Northeast Columbus Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers recruited, trained and deployed volunteers to provide caregiver services locally to elderly people and people with disabilities.
Cleveland Born to Learn(TM) Program Helps Toddlers Develop Cognitive and Behavioral Skills
November 1, 2005 | Program Result Report
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.