The Colorado Health Foundation: Healthy Living and Health Coverage Advocacy Funding Available

“The Colorado Health Foundation is dedicated to making Colorado the healthiest state in the nation. We understand that many policy changes are necessary at the school, neighborhood, city and state level to achieve our goal. We also believe that in order to create lasting and positive change, Coloradan's voices should be represented in the health policy decisions that affect them.

Healthy Living (new)

• Leadership Development: Designed to cultivate and support passionate advocates for healthy living policies.
• Organizational Capacity Building: Supports organizations working to advance or preserve policies that create social, physical, and economic environments that promote health.
• Long-Term Policy Initiatives: Advances or preserves policies that create social, physical, and economic environments that promote health.

Health Coverage & Healthy Living (new)

• Rapid Response: Funding for short-term initiatives (three to nine months in length) focused on one or more policy priorities related to Health Coverage or Healthy Living.

Health Coverage (in progress)

• Consumer Advocacy: Ensuring public policy adequately addresses Colorado consumers’ need for a health insurance system that is stable, affordable and adequate.” [Source: TCHF]