– The work to build healthier communities cannot be done alone. As the COVID-19 vaccination rollout offers hope to us all, so do the trusting relationships that partners across communities have strengthened to collectively provide support to those with the greatest needs,…
– The grantees and their community partners will focus on improving health and health equity over the next two years Camden, NJ (November 11, 2020) – New Jersey Health Initiatives (NJHI) announced today 10 grantees as part of a new funding…
– From the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in New Jersey, community-based organizations responded heroically — even as they suffered the pandemic’s impact too. With staffs depleted by illness and a falling economy threatening their budgets, non-profits pooled their resources, shifted…
– From the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in New Jersey, the phone calls kept coming. Grantees wanted New Jersey Health Initiatives’ (NJHI) permission to shift their grant money from their NJHI-funded projects to meet their communities’ needs, which were endless….
– Throughout our state, communities’ unwavering commitment to caring for everyone in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic shows how we can move forward, together. At New Jersey Health Initiatives (NJHI), we are inspired by the ways non-profit organizations we support…
– With a focus on small New Jersey communities and geographic areas of the state that have less access to funding, New Jersey Health Initiatives (NJHI) – a statewide grantmaking program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) – recently selected…
– Recognizing that small towns and big cities share many of the same concerns, New Jersey Health Initiatives (NJHI) is focused on providing resources that small communities (< 50,000 residents) are less likely to have access to when making decisions that…
– Some of the foremost nonpartisan health, nutrition, and economic organizations in the United States — including the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the American Heart Association, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, the Food Research & Action Center, and Feeding America…
– As a partner in the New Jersey Healthy Communities Network (NJHCN) statewide funding collaborative, New Jersey Health Initiatives (NJHI) is able to support five communities in working to ensure every New Jersey resident has a fair and just opportunity for…
– By Bob Atkins, PhD, RN, FAAN, Director of New Jersey Health Initiatives and Diane Hagerman, MA, Deputy Director of Programs at New Jersey Health Initiatives “When I was a boy and would see scary things in the news, my mother…
– To our project directors, partners and colleagues, During these unprecedented times, New Jersey Health Initiatives’ (NJHI) commitment to our grantees remains our top priority while also caring for the safety and health of our team and our communities. We at…
– “One way to tackle today’s upstream health challenges and create tomorrow’s civically-engaged residents is to make youth part of the solution,” wrote Bob Atkins, PhD, RN, FAAN, and Director of New Jersey Health Initiatives and Dan Hart, PhD, Professor and…