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News and Updates
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Amparo Cid Joins Sierra Health Foundation
Please join us in welcoming Amparo Cid as the new San Joaquin Valley Health Fund Program Officer! Amparo will be based out of the Sierra Health Foundation Center for Health Program Management’s Merced office.
You may reach her by e-mail or call (209) 600-7030. Learn more about Amparo.
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San Joaquin Valley Health Fund 2015 Application Materials Now Online
Grants of up to $20,000 are available for nonprofits and public agencies working in eight San Joaquin Valley counties – Fresno, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus and Tulare. Applications are due by Dec. 1 and awards will be announced in March. Applicants are encouraged to participate in a proposers’ conference or webinar. Learn more and register online.
We soon will announce a renewal process for current grantees. Please be on the lookout for instructions and the renewal application form. If you do not hear from us by October 31, contact Amparo. In the meantime, please share information about the funding opportunity with your non-SJVHF grantee colleagues who are doing systems-change work.
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Grantee Meeting Set for November 6 in Merced
We will gather at the Merced Multicultural Arts Center for our next grantee meeting on Friday, November 6, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. As a reminder, this is a required meeting and you may send up to three people from your organization. We will start off with lunch with funding partners, hear from experts who are doing work in California on civic engagement, learn more about a regional policy strategy from the San Joaquin Valley Health Fund Policy Committee and more. We will send additional details soon. If you know who from your organization will attend, please register online now.
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Caroline Ferrell Uplifting Issues Related to Environmental Justice
On October 1, Caroline Ferrell, Executive Director of Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment, will be on a webinar panel to discuss the Pope’s position and its bearing on global efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions. This will be a free webinar offered by the Environmental Law Institute and a wonderful opportunity for the Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment, a San Joaquin Valley Health Fund grantee, to highlight the important environmental justice issues facing the Valley. Get more information and register for the webinar on the Environmental Law Institute web site.
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Resources
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2015 School Food Poll Results
W.K. Kellogg Foundation released 2015 School Food Poll results. Overall, the results suggest that many people in the U.S. really care about kids eating healthy meals at school to best support their learning. Learn more on the W.K. Kellogg Foundation web site.
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We Want to Hear From You!
The San Joaquin Valley Health Fund e-newsletter is published in January, March, May, July, September and November and aims to serve as a vehicle for communication among the funding partners and grantees. Please send us news and information that you’d like to share with your colleagues in the San Joaquin Valley.
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