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EHF announces $5.3 million commitment to support Texas organizations that are raising community voices to influence health
New investment is aimed at activating communities to address health-related opportunities and challenges affecting their neighborhoods.
Your Shot Texas awards more than $1.4 million in second round of grants to raise confidence and increase access to COVID-19 vaccines in Texas
Learn about the latest grants, plus see how initial results from Your Shot Texas projects funded in June show progress in helping populations who have been most affected by the virus
EHF’s Healthy Places Toolkit gives practical ideas for clinics and communities to address health through facilities, open spaces, policies and more
Many Texans live in neighborhoods with unwalkable streets, few grocery stores, and unhealthy pollution. EHF’s award-winning Healthy Places Toolkit provides clinics and communities with ideas on how they can improve health outcomes by addressing many of these issues that are influenced by the places where we live.
EHF launches Collaborating for Healthy Communities Initiative
Learn about the new capacity-building effort that aims to strengthen existing community groups that are working to improve health in Texas.
Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on social determinants of health in Texas
EHF’s Shao-Chee Sim and Jennifer Meier examine the disparate impact that COVID-19 had on non-medical factors affecting Black and Hispanic Texans compared to White Texans, confirming findings from a statewide survey of Texans’ views on the pandemic, and call for state leaders to take action to confront structural racial inequities.
EHF selects six communities to participate in $8 million Texas Accountable Communities for Health Initiative
EHF’s Texas Accountable Communities for Health Initiative (TACHI) has announced that six local communities from across the state have received funding as part of an $8 million project to go beyond the doctor’s office to improve the health and well-being of Texans.