September 3, 2025 | 2:00pm ET, 1:00pm CT, 12:00pm MT, 11:00am PT

While it was never the pathway to ensuring health care as a human right, Medicaid saves lives. Millions would be homeless if it were not for the services Medicaid supports, and many who experience homelessness rely on it to survive. But the federal government has drastically threatened Medicaid’s impact by essentially defunding the program and creating harmful provisions for those who utilize it.

Join Grantmakers In Health and Funders Together for Housing Justice for this timely discussion on how Medicaid prevents and helps to end homelessness, the status of federal funding for Medicaid, what state-level opportunities exist for organizing, and what philanthropy can do to mitigate harms of defunding this crucial component of the social safety net.

Speakers 

• Michael Durham | Director of Networks, Funders Together for Housing Justice (moderator)  
• Arpita Jindani | Senior Program Director for Health Equity, Grantmakers In Health (moderator)  
• Ann Rodgers | Program Director, Grantmakers In Health  
• Bobby Watts | CEO, National Health Care for the Homeless Council  
• Michelle Schneidermann | Director, People-Centered Care, California Health Care Foundation  

Learning Objectives 

1. Articulate how Medicaid helps prevent homelessness and how those who are already homeless depend on it for survival  
2. Comprehend the latest updates on federal action against Medicaid   
3. Explain how philanthropy can support advocacy to protect, strengthen, and expand Medicaid’s services 

Registration  

Please RSVP for this webinar using the button below. You will receive your unique Zoom link once a Funders Together staff person has approved your registration.  

Participation Eligibility

Please note: Participation in Funders Together programming is limited to foundations, United Ways, corporate giving programs, philanthropy-serving organizations, and members of Funders Together. Government funder and staff at organizations where grantmaking is not the primary function are not eligible to participate. If you have any questions about your eligibility to participate, please email Rachelle A. Matthews, Director of Membership and Programs.   

Technology 

This webinar will take place via Zoom meetings. Registration will be open until September 3. If you do not receive your Zoom link or have technical issues logging into this call, please reach out to Michael Durham: [email protected]  

This call will last 60 minutes.