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Ciearra “CJ” Walker – Spark Prize 2025 Awardee Spotlight
This is the final article in our series recognizing each awardee of our new Spark Prize.The Spark Prize is a $200,000 award for individuals with outstanding vision, commitment, and promise to improve health and well-being in Missouri. The award is an investment in future impact, giving recipients the freedom to use the funding in whatever…
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31 of 32 Missouri Schools Announced as “America’s Healthiest” Have Taken Part in MFH’s Healthy Schools Healthy Communities Initiative
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Courtney Stewart Missouri Foundation for Health (314) 345-5505 cstewart@mffh.org 31 of 32 Missouri Schools Announced as “America’s Healthiest” Have Taken…
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Back to Basics: Ensuring our neighbors get food, shelter, and care
Over the last few months, we have learned that 127,000 people, more than 90,000 of them being children, have been dropped from Missouri’s Medicaid…
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Reflections on Ferguson: Five Years
August 9th should cause us all to take time for reflection. Michael Brown Jr.’s killing five years ago was a tragedy for his family,…
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Making Change – Capturing HRSA New Access Points Funding for Missouri
Our MoCAP program is a bit different from our other changemaking strategies. Through it we offer free grant-writing services and technical assistance to qualifying…
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Census Citizenship Question Banned for Now
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that the citizenship question cannot, for now, be added to the 2020 Census. This decision is encouraging and…
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We All Have a Safety Net
Recently, we’ve had no shortage of news reports about all the ways that the health and social safety net should be re-evaluated and strengthened.…
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Women’s Health in Missouri: Going in the Wrong Direction
When Governor Mike Parson signed House Bill 126 into law on May 24th, he stated this action signaled that Missouri stands for protecting women’s…
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Regional Leaders Gather to Discuss Strategy to “Get Out the Count” for the 2020 Census
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Courtney Stewart Missouri Foundation for Health (314) 345-5505 cstewart@mffh.org Regional Leaders Gather to Discuss Strategy to “Get Out the Count”…
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Medicaid Basics: Using the Fundamentals During a Time of Transformation
Last week, the Missouri General Assembly passed the 2020 budget including $34 million to transform and modernize Medicaid (referred to as MO HealthNet in…
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The Blueprint for a Healthier Missouri – 2018 Annual Report
Together with our collaborators and partners we’re laying the foundation for a healthier state. From a new headquarters to tackling new issues, 2018 was…
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Policy Work as a Tool of Change – Our Health Policy Journey
Our mission as a Foundation, to improve the health and well-being of people and communities most in need, is ambitious. Since our founding in…
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New Initiative Will Increase Access to Quality Contraceptive Services for Women in Missouri
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Leslie Pritchard Missouri Family Health Council (573) 694-4898 LPritchard@mfhc.org New Initiative Will Increase Access to Quality Contraceptive Services for Women in…