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Foundation Awards $1.5 Million to Spark Prize Recipients – A Bet on Them and Their Work
Today, Missouri Foundation for Health (MFH) announced $1.5 million to 12 individuals working to break down barriers to good health in the region. Six 2026 Spark Prize awardees will receive $200,000 in unrestricted funding to power their leadership and vision. In addition, six “Leaders to Watch” will receive $50,000 each.
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The Future of Universal Health Insurance (Deja Vu)
When I was working at Bellevue Hospital in New York City after college, it felt like national health insurance was “just around the corner.”…
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Partnerships and New Strategies Expand Our Show Me Healthy Housing Work
Our pilot program Show Me Healthy Housing continues to expand in size and scope. The effort provides funding to health-related nonprofit agencies for the…
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Building a Culture of Health in Our Region
Missouri Foundation for Health is pleased to congratulate 24:1 Community for winning the Culture of Health Prize from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. In…
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Program Director Deidre Griffith Granted Prestigious Fellowship
We’re excited to announce that our very own Deidre Griffith, program director for our Healthy Schools Healthy Communities initiative, has been named a 2016…
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Health Insurance Equity: We need to do better in rural communities
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has been trending lately, and not for good reasons. You may recall that insurance provider UnitedHealth announced its decision…
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Michael Brown, Ferguson, and Health
Two years ago today, the shooting death of Michael Brown astounded a nation, and forever changed the way that we talk about race and…
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Social Security: a health program?
A new report and website highlights the vital role Social Security plays in the lives of Missourians. Social Security benefits collected in the state…
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Good News from Our State Government! Policy Update from Ryan Barker
Good news from our state government! On July 5th, Governor Jay Nixon signed into law Senate Bill 865, a bill that allows the Missouri…
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Missouri Foundation for Health Takes Stand Against Childhood Obesity
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),…
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Our MoCAP Program Helps Attract Federal Funds to Improve Oral Health Care Access
On June 16th the Health Resources and Services Administration announced awardees for their Oral Health Expansion Supplement funding program. Twenty organizations in Missouri received…
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Childhood Obesity Initiative Releases Progress Report as Work Continues
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…
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Helping the Ozark Center Help Kids
A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of participating in a press conference in Joplin hosted by Ozark Center, the local community…