CATALYST
[Healthcare Georgia Foundation is pleased to introduce Notes from the Field,
an online feature on healthcaregeorgia.org that offers personal insights on
healthcare and the social determinants of health that affect all Georgians.]
L
et’s face it. There are numerous health challenges in Georgia and
health disparities that at times, seem almost insurmountable. As a
funder, Healthcare Georgia Foundation acknowledges our
privilege and responsibility to ensure that we remain good stewards of
our grantmaking dollars to accomplish our mission to advance the health
of all Georgians and to expand access to affordable, quality healthcare
services for underserved individuals and communities.
Andrea Young Kellum
is Senior Program
Officer at Healthcare
Georgia Foundation
Recently, the Foundation also has become keenly aware that in order to
accomplish our mission, we need to take a more upstream, rather than downstream approach, by
addressing the social determinants (e.g. poverty, education, employment, transportation) that impact
health. Our current funding strategies reflects the Foundation’s values and commitment to place-
based grantmaking and to supporting programs that address health equity, thereby reducing health
disparities.
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The most exciting part
of this program is
seeing all of the
relationships that
have been formed
or strengthened.
HEALTHCARE GEORGIA FOUNDATION
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