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Florida Blue Foundation awards grant to Second Harvest to train healthcare workers on food insecurity

Florida Blue Foundation awards grant to Second Harvest to train healthcare workers on food insecurity

The $300,000 donation will help to expand hunger relief efforts by training local health care providers to screen patients for [...]

April 21, 2022

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Kathryn Lawler Discusses the Atlanta Regional Collaborative for Health Improvement

Kathryn Lawler Discusses the Atlanta Regional Collaborative for Health Improvement

In a new video, Executive Director for the Atlanta Regional Collaborative for Health Improvement (ARCHI) Kathryn Lawler talks about their [...]

January 13, 2022

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Ensuring that money intended for health equity is well spent

Ensuring that money intended for health equity is well spent

Last month, a group of policy officials, experts and thought leaders came together to discuss principles and guideposts for an [...]

December 9, 2021

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Housing is a health issue — a big one

Housing is a health issue — a big one

The Atlanta Regional Collaborative for Health Improvement (ARCHI) has been at the forefront of bringing together the right people and [...]

December 8, 2021

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Black blood donors are desperately needed, so I donated for the first time

Black blood donors are desperately needed, so I donated for the first time

95% of Black Americans don't donate blood. There aren’t enough donors of African descent in the United States. Just 5% give [...]

November 8, 2021

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Farm to early care and education advances community nutrition in Georgia

Farm to early care and education advances community nutrition in Georgia

Little Ones Learning Center, a Black- and family-owned child care center in metro Atlanta, introduced farm to early care and [...]

October 12, 2021

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Sickle cell research chair named for state Rep. Smyre threatened by budget squeeze

Sickle cell research chair named for state Rep. Smyre threatened by budget squeeze

A proposal that would boost research for sickle cell anemia in Georgia could offer an early glimpse of some of [...]

August 25, 2021

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We Mustn’t Drop the Ball on Childhood Obesity

We Mustn’t Drop the Ball on Childhood Obesity

The Annie E. Casey Foundation recently released its annual Kids Count Data Book. The report provides a yearly snapshot highlighting [...]

July 30, 2021

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Episcopal Health Foundation selects six communities to participate in $8 million Texas Accountable Communities for Health Initiative

Episcopal Health Foundation selects six communities to participate in $8 million Texas Accountable Communities for Health Initiative

The Texas Accountable Communities for Health Initiative (TACHI), launched by Episcopal Health Foundation (EHF), has announced that six local communities from [...]

July 21, 2021

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Active community voice effective tool for population health improvement, study reports

Active community voice effective tool for population health improvement, study reports

Health care providers and public health and social services agencies who include the community members they serve in collaborative activities, [...]

May 21, 2021