The Episcopal Health Foundation believes all Texans deserve to be healthy. As we move into EHF’s Next Chapter, we’ve incorporated our core values, our commitment to the principle of equity, and what we’ve learned over our first three years to carefully develop a new strategic plan that sharpens our focus to improve health, not just healthcare in Texas.

We’re zeroing in on working upstream and building an equitable, accessible health system for every Texan. We’re activating communities and congregations to create healthy communities and influence the health system. And we’re placing a refined emphasis on building the foundation for a healthy life by investing in early child brain development. With this renewed focus, our new plan targets four specific outcomes we believe are key to addressing the underlying causes of poor health for the 11 million Texans living in our service area.

EHF remains dedicated to going beyond grantmaking to put our research, community engagement and partnerships with Episcopal churches to work. We continue to use all of our efforts to transform communities by transforming the systems that influence and shape the health of our residents.

Rooted in faith and active in hope, it is with gratitude, optimism, and humility that we present our new plan, A New Chapter: Episcopal Health Foundation’s Strategic Plan for 2018-2023.