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Health Network Resource Page

Welcome to the resource page for Health Funders for Housing Justice. This hidden page contains recordings and notes from previous meetings, along with resources shared by members. To suggest a new resource, email Michael Durham. 

New members to the Network have access to the recordings from the first cohort below but should respect that any information shared in those meetings was not necessarily public. 

Roster

Altman Foundation Arlene & Michael Rosen Foundation Cafritz Foundation
California Community Foundation California Health Care Foundation Cedars-Sinai
CommonSpirit Health Denver Basic Income Project Anthem Blue Cross 
Episcopal Impact Fund Health Foundation of South Florida Healthspark Foundation 
Healthy Communities Foundation Kaiser Permanente May & Stanley Smith Charitable Trust
Michael Reese Health Trust Mile High United Way Orange County United Way
Partners for Health Foundation Piedmont Health Foundation Polk Bros Foundation
Pritzker (JB and MK) Family Foundation United Way of Broward County United Way of Greater Dallas
United Way of Massachusetts Bay & Merrimack Valley UnitedHealthCare  


Cohort 2 Meetings, 2023-2025

December 9, 2024

Highlight: guest presentation from Homebase and feature of new health-system-driven pooled fund in Sacramento. 

October 21, 2024

Highlight: guest presentation from National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership 

August 12, 2024

Highlight: guest presentation from Human Impact Partners on health harms of corporate landlords

 

June 10, 2024

Highlight: discussion on opportunities for health funders to combat intersecting forms of criminalization. 

 

April 8, 2024

Highlight: webinar on harm reduction and drug policy.

February 12, 2024 

Highlight: presentation of new visualization of homelessness prevention and response and how housing-justice values apply throughout. 

December 11, 2023

Highlight: "wise friend" presentations from United Way of Metro Dallas and Cedars Sinai.

 

October 16, 2023

Highlight: "wise friend" presentations from HealthSpark Foundation and California Health Care Foundation. 

 

August 14, 2023

Highlight: "wise friend" presentations from California Community Foundation and Polk Bros. Foundation. 

 

  • Slides (California Community Foundation's presentation) 
  • Notes 

June 12, 2023

Highlight: overview of redesigned network structure, vision, and values. 

 

May 15, 2023 | Kickoff Convening in Baltimore, MD

 


Resources 

The following materials feature Health Funders for Housing Justice members, were shared by them, or may be relevant otherwise. Suggest new materials to Michael Durham at [email protected]. 

 

Cohort 1 Meetings, 2021-2022

 

Medical Respite Working Group Meetings

Medical-Legal Partnerships Working Group Meetings

November 2022 | Health Systems for Housing Justice Full Network

During the November meeting of the full Health Systems network, Michael summarized the key aspects of the plan for next year.

August 2022 | Racial Equity Training

The August 22 full-network meeting was dedicated to a training by Liberation House on racial equity and liberation. 

June 2022 | Health Systems for Housing Justice Full Network

The June 27 meeting of the Health Systems for Housing Justice network reconvened the full network to touch base on each member’s investments related to homelessness/housing and set priorities for the next six months.

May 2022 | Centering Investments in Community-Based Needs

During the May meeting of the full health systems network, we welcomed Funders Together’s new Director of Networks, Michael Durham, who brings nine years of experience on the intersection of homelessness and health.

February 2022 | Medical Respite (Julia Dobbins)

During this month's meeting, Julia Dobbins from National Institute for Medical Respite Care joined us to discuss the work they are doing, as well as possible gaps for funders to invest in this impactful strategy. 

December 2021 | Health System Funders in the New Year

During this month's meeting, participants will be provided some time to complete a survey to determine their placements within the working groups. We will discuss additional areas of learning and discuss our expansion into work groups in the coming year.

November 2021 | Health System Funders Mapping

During this month's meeting, we completed a mapping exercise to help narrow down which areas of focus we would like to engage in as a network.

October 2021 | LASHA Data Match and National Work

During this month's meeting, we were joined by Cheryl Winter from CSH. During our data conversation, we heard a bit about their work with the LASHA data match.

September 2021 | Policy and Advocacy at the Intersection of Health, Homelessness, and Housing 

During this month's meeting, we will be joined by Jennifer Sullivan and Anna Bailey from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. They will provide some updates on policies and advocacy opportunities at the intersection of health and homelessness and housing.

August 2021 | Emerging Issues

During this month's meeting, we discussed some of the emerging issues that have arisen since we have started this network.

June 2021 | How can health systems apply a more strategic lens to their investments?

During this month's meeting, we delved into the question of how health systems can apply a more strategic lens to their investments. We shared the key areas you all found missing in creating strategic investment to effectively help people experiencing homelessness.

May 2021 | How can data collection within Health Systems and across community efforts be strengthened?

During this month's meeting, we will be explored the question, " how can data collection with Health Systems and across community efforts be strengthened?" We heard from Meghan Arsenault, Senior Manager of Catalytic Projects at Community Solutions. She shared the themes and gaps they are discovering around data in the Health Care and Homelessness Pilot Initiative. 

April 2021 | How are health systems addressing equity?

During this month's meeting, we focused on the question, "How are health systems addressing racial equity in context of their housing investments?" We engaged in a reflective exercise that explores the successes, challenges, and opportunities for health systems to advance racial equity. 

February 2021 | Themes and Opportunities for the Network

During this month's meeting, we reviewed the themes we found during our conversations with members of the network. Participants were able to prioritize the questions they would be focusing on in the coming months as a group. 

January 2021 | Kicking Off Health System Funders for Housing Justice

We held our virtual convening over two days (January 25-26). During this time, we kicked off our network with quick introductions and set the table for the work ahead. Community Solutions presented their upcoming pilot, The Health Care and Homelessness Pilot Initiative. Participants were able to engage in conversation about possible things they would like to learn as this pilot develops. Additionally, participants engaged in discussion around advocacy and policy efforts at this intersection.  

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We joined Funders Together because we believe in the power of philanthropy to play a major role in ending homelessness, and we know we have much to learn from funders across the country.

-Christine Marge, Director of Housing and Financial Stability at United Way of Greater Los Angeles

I am thankful for the local partnerships here in the Pacific Northwest that we’ve been able to create and nurture thanks to the work of Funders Together. Having so many of the right players at the table makes our conversations – and all of our efforts – all the richer and more effective.

-David Wertheimer, Deputy Director at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Very often a lack of jobs and money is not the cause of poverty, but the symptom. The cause may lie deeper in our failure to give our fellow citizens a fair chance to develop their own capacities, in a lack of education and training, in a lack of medical care and housing, in a lack of decent communities in which to live and bring up their children.

-President Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964 State of the Union Address

Funders Together has given me a platform to engage the other funders in my community. Our local funding community has improved greatly to support housing first models and align of resources towards ending homelessness.

-Leslie Strnisha, Vice President at Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland

Our family foundation convenes local funders and key community stakeholders around strategies to end homelessness in Houston. Funders Together members have been invaluable mentors to us in this effort, traveling to our community to share their expertise and examples of best practices from around the nation.

-Nancy Frees Fountain, Managing Director at The Frees Foundation


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