– New Jerseyans with the greatest needs have experienced the heaviest burdens since long before the pandemic. Over the past year, the value of the trusting relationships that community-based organizations, health care personnel, municipal agencies, school administrators, houses of worship, law…
– Communities’ human, social, and financial assets determine their residents’ opportunities to enjoy safe parks and playgrounds, live in affordable housing, drink clean water, and shop in stores that sell healthy and affordable food. These community characteristics do not just influence…
– Public health leaders expect the pace of COVID-19 vaccine administration will speed up as more vaccine becomes available and more vaccine sites are established. They think most New Jerseyans will get their shots at mega-sites, hospital or healthcare system-based sites,…
– By Bob Atkins and Diane Hagerman Collaboration among organizations with diverse missions, goals and constituents is one of the most important ways we can overcome the devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic and continue our work to build a Culture of…
– 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….
– 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…