Tag: COVID-19

Previously funded projects have reached 500,000+ Texans hesitant to vaccines with trusted information; Access efforts have directly vaccinated almost 20,000 people outside the health system.

Half of Texans say they’ve suffered financially because of COVID-19 and for many groups the economic impact is severe. Those are just some of the findings from Episcopal Health Foundation’s latest 2021 statewide survey on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic across the state.

For work to address the challenges experienced and disparities made apparent by the COVID-19 pandemic, Philanthropy Southwest announced that EHF is the winner of its first-ever Groundbreaker Award.

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 has invested $15 million in new grants in 2021 to help community-based clinics in Texas continue to provide crucial preventive care services, but also find new ways to address non-medical factors that impact health.

The philanthropy collaborative created by EHF and other foundations across Texas focuses its new vaccine uptake effort on populations who have been most affected by the virus.

Learn how EHF and the OneStar Foundation worked together during COVID-19 to use data to identify regions heavily impacted by the virus that were less likely to have sufficient resources to respond to the economic, social, and health challenges posed by the pandemic.

The pandemic has hit low-income communities of color particularly hard. WATCH NOW to see how EHF doubled down on efforts to improve community conditions so everyone can have a fair shot at a healthy life. Learn more in our new short film about our work: