A new, first-of-it’s-kind partnership between the Episcopal Health Foundation (EHF) and Seminary of the Southwest in Austin is working to increase access to desperately needed mental health services for disadvantaged and underserved families in rural East Texas.

(Houston) – August 26, 2015 — The Episcopal Health Foundation (EHF) has been selected as one of four foundations from across the country to participate in the inaugural Change Incubator program by Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO).

Texans without health insurance are twice as likely to skip seeking primary and mental health care because of cost. That’s one of the findings of a new survey released by the Episcopal Health Foundation and Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.

Texas’ uninsured population remains primarily Hispanic, middle-aged, with low incomes and without a college degree, according to a new report released today by the Episcopal Health Foundation and Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.

The Episcopal Health Foundation announced today it has approved $2.9 million to benefit 15 new grant partners working to transform community health.

Hispanics and women in Texas showed the largest percentage of reductions in rates of uninsured since enrollment began in the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Health Insurance Marketplace, according to a new report released today by the Episcopal Health Foundation and Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.

The Episcopal Health Foundation announced today it has approved more than $2.4 million to benefit grant partners working to improve community health across 57 Texas counties. These grants are the first
to be awarded by the Board of Directors under the Foundation’s ambitious
strategic plan adopted in 2014.

The percentage of Texans without health insurance dropped 31% since enrollment began in the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Health Insurance Marketplace, according to a new report released today by the Episcopal Health Foundation and Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.