Contact: Jennifer Sykes Phone: (816) 241-7006 Kansas City, MO — The Health Forward Foundation (Health Forward) has announced 15 new participants in its Healthy Communities Leadership Academy. The leadership academy is a yearlong program focused on adaptive and civic leadership development for up to 15 individuals currently working on (or interested in working on) policy […]

Contact: Jennifer Sykes Phone: (816) 241-7006 Kansas City, MO — The Health Forward Foundation recently received a $125,000 grant from the Convergence Partnership Fund of Tides Foundation. The funding will help diverse partners use storytelling to advance policies that will transform the regional food system, including passage and implementation of the 2018 Farm Bill and […]

Date: June 27, 2018 Contact: Jennifer Sykes Kansas City, MO — The Health Forward Foundation (Health Forward) is proud to award $3 million in grants to 27 nonprofit organizations through our 2018 Healthy Communities funding. These programs support environments and policies that promote equitable opportunities for healthy eating, active living, and tobacco use prevention. “We are […]