News and Events

• The People of Color Fund Announces Grant Writing Workshop and Information Session Details.  more...
  
• MeHAF Taps Social Networks in Funding Community Health Solutions
  MeHAF awards $149,473 in new grant funding to three community-based programs that focus on improving health in ways that reach beyond seeing the doctor.  more...
  
• Dr. Wendy Wolf Appointed to GIH Board of Directors
  Grantmakers In Health (GIH) is pleased to announce the addition of Anne Beal (Aetna Foundation), Billie Hall (Sunflower Foundation: Health Care for Kansans), Chet Hewitt (Sierra Health Foundation), Anne Warhover (The Colorado Health Foundation), and Wendy Wolf (Maine Health Access Foundation) to its board of directors.   more...
  
• MeHAF Awards $1.4 million to Integrate Health Care Delivery
  Maine programs improve patient care through more seamless approaches to providing primary care and mental health services.  more...
  
• MeHAF Grantees Recognized for Savings Recommendations
  
• Maine Critical Access Hospital Collaborative Wins President's Award from New England Rural Health Roundtable
  The New England Rural Health Roundtable has awarded its annual President's Award to a collaborative of Maine Critical Access Hospitals focused on improving medication practices and safety.  The collaborative will receive the award at the 12th NERHR annual symposium October 30th at the Portland Marriott.  more...
  
• MeHAF's Use of Facebook Highlighted on New National Philanthropy Blog.  more...
  
• MeHAF on Maine Watch
  The October 8th edition of Maine Watch, hosted by Jennifer Rooks, focused on the issues of promoting better oral health in rural Maine.  The program highlighted the work of oral and dental health care organizations that have received MeHAF grant funding, with a special emphasis on the Washington County-based Tooth Ferry.  Drs. Wendy Wolf, William Alto of the Maine Dartmouth Family Residency Program, and Timothy Oh of the Maine Coast Community Dental Clinic in Ellsworth shared their perspectives on how oral health in Maine can be improved by expanding Maine's dental workforce, improving reimbursement through the MaineCare program, expanding the role of other health providers in oral health care, and ensuring primary prevention is a high priority for Maine's children and adults.   more... 
  
• Need for More Dentists Extends Statewide
  Maine has far fewer than the US per-capita average, but there is hope in health care reform.  more...
  
• The Role of Philanthropy in Health Care
  A Capitol Hill briefing, "Reform in Action: Philanthropy's Role in Meeting the Healthcare Needs of Underserved Communities," was sponsored by the Council on Foundations (COF) and Grantmakers In Health (GIH) 24 September 2009.  more...
  
• MeHAF Funds Scholarships for Emerging Health Leaders
  MeHAF will provide scholarship funding to Maine's statewide Health Leadership Development program over the next three years to support greater collaboration among future leaders across the state.  more...
  
• MeHAF Grants $220,500 to Expand Oral Health Services for Rural and Low-Income People Across Maine
  The Maine Health Access Foundation, Maine's largest health funder, announced $220,500 in new grant funding to eight nonprofit oral  health provider organizations across the state that specifically serve Maine people with limited options for oral health care.  more...
  
• Rising Rate of Obesity Endangers Health Reform  more...
  
• Local Programs Provide Free or Low-cost Medications
  While the national health care debate heats up, Maine hospitals have been quietly offering the uninsured and the underinsured help to get the medications they need for free or at low cost.  more...
  
• An Introduction to Payment Reform: Issues and Options.  more...
  
• Maine Business Should Back Health Care Reform...Bangor Daily News Guest Op-Ed, July 16, 2009
  As the political debate on health reform heats up, it's helpful to examine why businesses across Maine should get behind the push for reform now.  more...
  
• An Open Letter to Maine's Congressional Delegation
  As the national debate on health reform unfolds, MeHAF is interested in sharing the lessons learned from our grant initiatives to strengthen Maine's safety net, promote patient and family-centered care and advance health reform... more...