The Communities Partner for Better Health in Oregon and Southwest Washington

Community-Based Participatory Research

Request for Proposals:  Preventing and Reducing Chronic Diseases Through Policy Using CBPR

Due: September 8th  Learn more.

Proposals sought to apply CBPR as a tool to generate meaningful information about community health and build the capacity of groups united by common challenges to organize and advocate for change. _______________________________________________________________________

NWHF and Oregon Department of Human Services

Request for Proposals:  Access and Effectiveness Health Care Delivery Grant Program

NWHF, on behalf of the Oregon Department of Human Services, is seeking proposals on innovative ways to improve access to, and the effectiveness of, health care delivery for families, in conjunction with House Bill 3626, Section 21.  Due September 2, 2008.  Learn more.

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More than 1,200 Oregonians weighed in about health reform through 15 community meetings in May and June, 2008.  Read the report to the Oregon Health Fund Board summarizing these community perspectives.

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NWHF Board Chair and President on Listening, Learning and Legacy: A Letter From Jim Hill and Thomas Aschenbrener

As our second decade approached, the board and staff of the Northwest Health Foundation felt a responsibility to learn from our first ten years of grantmaking to determine what sort of an impact we are achieving, the quality of our relationships with our community partners, and how we can improve our practices moving forward. [more...]

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