Grantee Stories & Videos

The BUILD Initiative convened champions and advocates from across the country to address health disparities affecting young children.

President Barack Obama recognizes Safe2Tell's violence prevention work and how it is creating stronger, safer communities.

Brian Smedley, PhD, Vice President and Director of the Health Policy Institute of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, explained how health is directly related to where we live, learn, work and play.

On June 6, 2013, Brian Smedley, PhD, a leading national expert on health equity, shared information about how states can address health equity through the Affordable Care Act, as well as other ways through which states and local communities can advance health equity.

Right now in Colorado, health care data is more plentiful and available than ever before. We expect health care providers to use all available data to inform their practice, and we should expect health care policymakers to be data-driven as well.

Trust Gives Annual Leadership Award to CCMU

Spark Policy Institute shares resources and tools to support early childhood and other systems-building efforts.

By Gretchen Hammer, Colorado Coalition for the Medically Underserved, and Susan Downs-Karkos, Consultant for Mercy Housing A convening grant brought Mercy Housing and the Colorado Coalition for the Medically Underserved together to listen to the health concerns of low-income Denver families.

Community-based organizations can play an important role in enrolling children in public health insurance.

Many of the benefits of the Affordable Care Act can only be realized by engaging communities currently underserved. The Trust’s environmental scan on health equity reflects the power of such community engagement.