By Ross Jensby on December 22, 2020
Communications Associate
Health Forward Foundation
Welcome, listeners, to our newest adventure, the Forward Focus podcast. Before we get to the episode, a brief explainer: We’re starting this podcast to add to the ways we engage […]
By Health Forward Blog Team on December 21, 2020
We are rapidly approaching the end of what has seemed like a 600-day year. We are ready to turn the page on 2020 and approach the coming year with hope. […]
By Health Forward Policy Team on December 14, 2020
Health Forward Foundation
During the December board meeting, Health Forward Foundation adopted policy priorities for 2021 and 2022. We regard our policy and advocacy work as a necessary complement to our grantmaking. Absent […]
By Bradford T. Hart on December 9, 2020
Senior Program Officer
Health Forward Foundation
Shannon Morris
Senior Program Officer, Health Forward Foundation
Editor’s note: Senior program officers Bradford Hart and Shannon Morris celebrated their five-year anniversaries with Health Forward on the same day in late November. To commemorate their anniversary, they discussed […]
By Nancy Osborn, Ph.D. on December 3, 2020
Psychologist/Trainer
KC Healthy Kids
The pandemic has brought greater focus on the inequities that exist in our communities. It appears that the inequities are only getting worse. Many have lost their jobs and are […]
By Nancy Osborn, Ph.D. on December 2, 2020
Psychologist/Trainer
KC Healthy Kids
Early childhood education centers are among the hardest hit services during this current pandemic. Some have closed temporarily, and some have closed permanently. All of the centers have had to […]
By Joseph Lightner on November 19, 2020
Assistant Professor/Program Director
University of Missouri, Kansas City
Most new diagnoses of HIV are among people who struggle with low employment opportunities and housing insecurity. For those living with HIV, finding employment and housing can be a challenge. […]
By Anne Foley Rauth, MBA on November 11, 2020
Marketing and Development Director
Mercy and Truth Medical Missions
Mercy and Truth Medical Missions, along with the help from numerous community partners, hosted their third Annual Warm Up Wyandotte/Warm Up Shawnee community events. This year’s event was called: BOO […]
By Michael Kelley on November 10, 2020
Policy Coordinator
BikeWalkKC
Like towns and cities all over the world, Kansas City is experiencing a “bike boom” as the novel coronavirus rages on. With people working from home, kids attending school online, […]
By McClain Bryant Macklin on November 2, 2020
Director of Policy and Strategic Initiatives
Health Forward Foundation
The digital divide is considered a “super determinant of health” because of its impact on a person’s ability to access critical resources like education, economic mobility, workforce opportunities, and health […]
