The demand for Georgia’s nonprofit health organizations is greatest during a severe economic downturn. Through it all Georgia’s nonprofit health organizations have not only survived, but in many ways have thrived due to strong individual and organizational leadership. The Foundation’s seventh year of grantmaking featured 54 awards totaling $5,560,470, including grants to the health safety net, Satcher Health Leadership Institute, trauma care and evaluation.

Recommended Citation: 2008 Annual Report, Leadership in Difficult Economic Times, Healthcare Georgia Foundation, Publication #32, September 2009

A recent Healthcare Georgia Foundation poll sought to learn Georgian’s views on the importance of a diverse health care workforce and its role in addressing health disparities in the state. This issue of HealthVoices highlights the findings of that poll to amplify the voices of health consumers and their views on ways to improve access to affordable, high quality health care. The poll was conducted by the Survey Research Center at the University of Georgia.

Recommended Citation: HealthVoices: “Achieving Greater Health Equity: Georgians Support Workforce Diversity,” Healthcare Georgia Foundation, Publication #30, January 2009

Catalyst is a semi-annual online newsletter designed to Advance people and organizations that produce positive change, Promote programs and policies that improve health and healthcare, and Connect people, programs and resources across Georgia. Catalyst amplifies the voice of nonprofit health organizations and efforts to promote better health and health care in Georgia.

Features of this issue include the Foundation's Advancing Public Health Campaign, Connections 2010: Leadership in Difficult Economic Times, a Call for Proposals from Georgia's schools of public health and medicine with the intent on documenting the economic impact of high disparity health conditions at the local level, and the creation of an Evaluation Resource Center.

Recommended Citation: Catalyst, Volume 3, Number 1, Publication #38, February 2010

Healthcare Georgia Foundation announces nonpartisan publication designed to inform both voters and candidates, and to encourage leadership by all elected officials in efforts to address our state's most pressing health challenges.

Recommended Citation: Georgia's Gubernatorial Candidates Address Our State's Most Critical Health Issues - Election Guide 2010, Healthcare Georgia Foundation, Publication #39, February 2010

Georgia is experiencing a crisis in the capacity of the state’s trauma centers to care for those who are seriously injured throughout the state. These issues are common in states across the nation, and particularly in the South and Southwest where there are high proportions of uninsured and large rural areas.

Bishop + Associates, with grant support from Healthcare Georgia Foundation, has compiled a comprehensive report identifying the key issues and ideas for planning Georgia’s trauma system for the many challenges that lie ahead over the next few decades.

Recommended Citation: Ideas From & For Georgia’s Trauma System, Greg Bishop, Kelly Gallipeau and Ann Lin, Bishop + Associates, January 2009

While the national stage is focused on who has access to care and who is going to pay for it, we know that the more robust discussion–the depth and breadth of the issues impacting the health of our neighbors–is happening at the community level. As a Foundation with a commitment to understanding and working with communities, we sought to actively engage with leaders across the state in a discussion about the health of their communities, the health care issues facing their neighbors, and their community’s efforts and capacity to continue to make an impact.

The Foundation will use insights gained from this Tour to be deliberate and focused on providing community-based solutions that promote sustainability and the enhancement of the health of all Georgians.

Recommended Citation: Voices of the Community: Listening Tour 2010, Porter Novelli, Healthcare Georgia Foundation, Publication #42, June 2010