– 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…
– Every New Jerseyan should have a fair and just opportunity to live the healthiest life possible, and throughout the state, communities are building on their collaborative work to improve health where we live, learn, work and play. In 2019, New…
– Middle Township Police Chief Christopher Leusner to Share Lessons and Lead Conversation Exploring Collaborative Practices to Reduce the Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences On Thursday, December 5, 2019, at the Building a Culture of Health in New Jersey Conference, Middle…
– Since 2017, more than 250 New Jersey youth ages 14-21 have worked to improve health and well-being for their families, friends and neighbors through New Jersey Health Initiatives’ (NJHI) Next Generation Community Leaders initiative. Two cohorts of youth from 10…