

Contact: info@speakupmo.org ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI – Missourians overwhelmingly agree that living a healthy life requires more than access to medical care. According to a statewide survey, Speak Up MO, commissioned by Missouri Foundation for Health, residents view good jobs, quality schools and libraries, low levels of crime, and treating people with respect as essential for

Good news from our state government! On July 5th, Governor Jay Nixon signed into law Senate Bill 865, a bill that allows the Missouri…

Childhood obesity rates in the U.S. are not improving. According to a recent study published by the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA),…

On June 16th the Health Resources and Services Administration announced awardees for their Oral Health Expansion Supplement funding program. Twenty organizations in Missouri received…

Missouri Foundation for Health’s childhood obesity initiative Healthy Schools Healthy Communities (HSHC) has released its year-two evaluation report as their work throughout the region…

A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of participating in a press conference in Joplin hosted by Ozark Center, the local community…

June 6th marked the arrival of two new program fellows at the Foundation, and for the first time they are joining us for two full years.…

Missouri Foundation for Health has designated up to $6 million toward addressing health issues highlighted in the Ferguson Commission’s 2015 report. The Foundation identified…

We are proud to announce that Vice President of Policy Ryan Barker, was appointed as one of the 14 inaugural members of the Midwest…

Missouri Foundation for Health has hired Jill Nowak as its chief financial officer. Nowak, a certified public accountant, will lead the finance and administration…

Most of you are aware that over the past three years, Missouri Foundation for Health has been evolving in various ways. What initially began…

We are proud to announce the first cohort of our new Health Leadership Program! This cadre of diverse, highly skilled leaders will spend the…

The connection between health and housing is a growing topic in the philanthropic community, and it’s not difficult to understand why. Adequate housing is…