You may have noticed that our website now includes a pop-up encouraging people to check their voter registration. Research consistently shows a strong connection between health and civic engagement, highlighting voting as a significant indicator of community involvement. The connection is reciprocal: individuals and communities with better health tend to engage more in voting and…
When we were first formed in the early 2000s, we were a fairly traditional grantmaker, supporting programs and services being provided by nonprofits across…
It’s Thanksgiving time, and for many of us that means unplugging from the stress of our everyday lives, stuffing ourselves with the very best…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Courtney Stewart Missouri Foundation for Health (314) 345-5505 cstewart@mffh.org Missouri Foundation for Health Announces New Executive Team The Foundation’s new…
By: Laura Ungar ST. LOUIS — Patricia Powers went a few years without health insurance and couldn’t afford regular doctor visits. So she had…
My mother recently passed away, and as I reflected on her life and thought about my work in women’s health, I couldn’t help but…
If you ask today’s analysts about the future of health, you’ll get a dismal response. They project runaway health care costs, inadequate health outcomes,…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…