Thursday, June 28, 2012
The Convergence Partnership invites local and regional philanthropic institutions to submit proposals that will support the launch of new grant making initiatives designed to enhance the built environment and/or expand access to healthy food in low-income communities and communities of color in order to improve health and promote equity. The Innovation Fund provides 50% matching dollars, up to $200,000 total, for a three-year period. The goal is to engage philanthropic institutions in creating robust and sustainable support for multi-field, policy and environmental change efforts emphasizing equity and community partnership.
Local organizations can initiate the proposal by approaching their local foundations to discuss healthy, equitable built environment, and healthy food access opportunities. Applications, however, must be submitted by the local foundation. In the application review process, priority will be given to applicants who apply in partnership with equity focused community groups.
The deadline to submit proposals is Thursday, August 9, 2012, 5pm PT. To learn more details about this opportunity, and access the RFP, visit the Convergence Partnership website at www.convergencepartnership.org/InnovationFund.
Potential applicants are strongly encouraged to attend an informational webinar on either Thursday, June 28th at 12pm PT, or Tuesday, July 10th at 12:30pm PT. See the Request for Proposal for more information.
For questions, contact convergence-at-policylink.org.
Potential applicants are strongly encouraged to attend an informational webinar on either Thursday, June 28th at 12pm PT, or Tuesday, July 10th at 12:30pm PT. See the Request for Proposal for more information.
WHAT: On the day the Supreme Court announces its highly anticipated decision on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), The California Endowment and Health Access will host a media conference call with health, policy and legal experts on the potential impact of the Court's decision on the state of California and the nation.
WHEN: The call will be scheduled shortly after the Court issues its decision. Tentative dates are: Monday, June 25, 2012 at 12:00 PM PST - OR - Thursday, June 28, 2012 at 12:00 PM PST.
WHO:
- Daniel Zingale, Senior Vice President, The California Endowment
- Senator Ed Hernandez, California's 24th State Senate District
- Assemblyman Bill Monning, California's 27th Assembly District (TBD)
- Anthony Wright, Executive Director, Health Access California
- Vikram Amar, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Professor, UC Davis School of Law
WHERE: Conference Call Dial-In: 866-901-2585 or 404-835-7099.
WHY: The California Endowment and Health Access have been dedicated to implementation of the Affordable Care Act, a law with monumental impact on our state. With the largest number of uninsured persons in the country and an aggressive enrollment and implementation plan already underway, California has the most to lose if some or all of the Affordable Care Act is found to be unconstitutional.
The California Endowment is engaged in a non-partisan, multi-million dollar statewide education effort to raise awareness of the facts, benefits, and newly established eligibility provisions contained in the new health care law. Health Access continues its commitment, at both the state and federal level, to comprehensive health care reform. Senator Hernandez and Assemblymember Monning chair the health committees of their respective houses and are authors of ACA implementation measures in California.
Join us and civic leaders from across the nation to discuss strategies to convert the power of the Weight of the Nation films and campaign assets into tangible action for healthier built, food, beverage, social and community environments. We will address the very practical matters of engaging your community, hosting screenings, leading community dialogues, and activating social media to catalyze action on the ground.
The Web Forum will highlight the key themes of the Institute of Medicine's (IOM) report, Accelerating Progress on Obesity Prevention, and provide methods you can use to help grow the movement for a healthier nation by mobilizing individuals, organizations, companies and place-based partnerships everywhere. The Web Forum will prepare you to host screenings events and actions that can:
• Start new conversations in homes, neighborhoods, worksites, clinical settings, faith settings, and schools.
• Deepen existing conversations and actions - particularly within the movement of place-based partnerships and collaboratives.
• Build a widespread constituency for targeted actions and environmental changes that support healthy living where we live, learn, work, play, worship, and vote.
HBO and IOM, in association with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and in partnership with the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation and Kaiser Permanente, launched THE WEIGHT OF THE NATION as a campaign to raise public awareness of the seriousness of the obesity epidemic. Over the course of three years, HBO worked with IOM and other researchers on the science and economics of obesity, talked to the country's leading experts on this issue, and traveled nationwide to meet hundreds of Americans who are struggling with obesity, and examined the strategies that are being employed to create a healthier nation.
