At no cost to taxpayers, EHF is spearheading a research project in Harrison County that will take a closer look at the relationship of how the county spends funds and the health of those who live here. This project is one example of how we all need to change the conversation to improving health, not just healthcare across Texas.
Texas has the highest rate in the nation of uninsured children and is home to one in five of our nation’s uninsured kids. Even more concerning is that this rate has started to rise. We should be doing all we can to sign up the estimated 350,000 uninsured kids who are eligible but not enrolled in Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). And once we have kids enrolled, isn’t it our obligation to keep them covered?
The magnitude of the disaster forced philanthropies to learn quickly how to navigate complex public/private relief systems, flatten grantmaking processes, and work across sectors to identify and uphold nonprofits that provided relief for individuals and families, and to build the capacity of others that had the trust and knowledge of hard-to-reach communities such as immigrant and undocumented neighborhoods.
Medical care can help treat the symptoms, but medical care alone wasn’t the key to improving the nail workers’ health. Instead, the solution required addressing the root causes of their problems. That’s why we embarked on an effort to use our experience and influence to improve the working conditions that were having a direct impact on the health of these women.
Poverty and food insecurity are “just as worthy of our attention as headaches, diabetes and asthma” says Dr. Pritesh Gandhi at People’s Community Clinic in Austin. Read about his work with EHF’s $10 million Texas Community Centered Health Homes Initiative.
EHF’s Lexi Nolen writes about the development and importance of the Texas CCHH Initiative in the national Health Affairs blog.
Learn about EHF’s partnership with the Kaiser Family Foundation to highlight Texans with the greatest needs and fewest resources following Harvey.
In Health Affairs, Shao-Chee Sim writes about EHF’s research that’s aimed at informing discussions and decisions being made about Hurricane Harvey recovery efforts.
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