WKKF: All News

Achieving Equity in Health Care Reform

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST

(June 23, 2009) Brian D. Smedley, Ph.D., vice president and Director, Health Policy Institute , Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies will testify today at the Health Subcommittee hearing on the draft proposal for health care reform developed ...

Nation's Volunteer Leaders Gather to Launch New Era of Service

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST

(June 22, 2009) The W.K. Kellogg Foundation has announced a $1.6 million investment to leverage activities related to United We Serve , President Obama's call to service challenging all Americans to help lay a new foundation for growth by engaging in ...

1st Summit on Breastfeeding Brings Together Leaders in Health Care, Health Policy, Foundations, Nonprofits and Business

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST

With funding from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation the Honorable Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY) and other leaders in health care and health policy met in Washington, D.C. June 11-12th for the 1st Annual Summit on Breastfeeding, “First Food: The ...

Kellogg Foundation Revises Delivery Model for Southern Africa

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST

(June 1, 2009) In light of the continuing effects the global economic downturn has had on its asset base, the W. K. Kellogg Foundation has undertaken a significant review of its program implementation model and has decided to adopt a more cost-effective ...

Kellogg Health Scholars Program Announces 2009-2011 Class

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST

The Kellogg Health Scholars Program recently announced its 2009-2011 recipients. Through this program, leaders emerge with the competence to undertake research about the nature of social disparities in health and about interventions to reduce those ...

Help Wanted: A Policy Maker's Guide to New Dental Providers

Thu, 28 May 2009 00:00:00 EST

Help Wanted: A Policy Maker’s Guide to New Dental Providers reviews three proposed providers—dental therapist, community dental health coordinator and advanced dental hygiene practitioner—along with implementation steps for state policy makers to ...

Students Cook Up Healthier School Food with White House Chef

Mon, 11 May 2009 00:00:00 EST

Six culinary students from Chicago’s Richards Career Academy prepared a special healthy lunch with White House assistant chef Sam Kass in honor of the Healthy Schools Campaign’s Cooking Up Change , a nationwide effort and model to bring better food into ...

Experts Convene for Change in Early Learning and Education

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EST

The W.K. Kellogg Foundation is hosting local and national education experts April 27-28, 2009 in Albuquerque, New Mexico to explore the link between civic and community engagement, and an increased awareness of the critical importance of early learning ...

School-Based Health Centers Included in the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EST

The inclusion of a definition of school-based health centers in the reauthorized SCHIP legislation was the first time ever that school-based health centers have been included in a federal health insurance reimbursement program. The validation of ...

Gathering for Good Food, 2009 Food and Society Conference

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EST

The W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the Wallace Center at Winrock International is holding its ninth annual Food and Society initiative conference April 21-23, 2009. This conference provides an opportunity for participants to work together to identify ...

Food & Society Policy Fellow wins Peabody Award

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EST

King Corn produced by Food and Society Policy Fellow Curt Ellis has won the 2008 Peabody Award for broadcast journalism. Mr. Ellis co-created and appeared in the Mosaic Films feature documentary King Corn, which was released theatrically in 2007 and ...

Ready Kids and Ready Schools Featured on C-SPAN

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST

(March 30, 2009) C-SPAN's Washington Journal featured Sterling Speirn in preparation for the March 31st Forum on Linking Ready Kids and Ready Schools. This national forum was a gathering of leaders from 200 communities in 35 states, to focus on policies ...

The Field of Philanthropy Gets a Review

Sat, 28 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST

Winter 2009 marks the first quarterly issue of The Foundation Review - a peer reviewed journal devoted specifically to philanthropy. This journal reports about the field of philanthropy and the workings and results of foundation-funded efforts. This ...

First National Forum: Linking Ready Kids to Ready Schools

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST

A national forum on Linking Ready Kids to Ready Schools will bring together more than 200 community leaders, education and early learning experts and other policymakers from 35 states on Monday, March 30, 2009 in Washington, D.C. Funded by the W.K. ...

Asian American Communities and Health: Context, Research, Policy, and Action

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST

Asian American Communities and Health: Context, Research, Policy, and Action is an excellent resource for those who are actively engaged or have an interest in the movement to improve the health of Asian Americans. The book provides an overview of the ...

APIAHF CEO Dr. Ho Luong Tran Receives Trailblazer Award at National Summit on Health Disparities

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST

Dr. Ho Luong Tran, president and chief executive officer of the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF), was awarded the Office of Minority Health 's (OMH) 2009 Minority Health Community Trailblazer Award for her outstanding ...

Investing to Generate Both Social and Financial Returns

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST

A new report , developed with support from the Civic and Philanthropic Engagement team at the Kellogg Foundation, describes the opportunities and challenges of making investments that generate social and financial returns and has the potential to ...

Television Program Raises Issues and Opportunities for Rural Communities

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST

(February 2009) " A Hidden America: The Children of the Mountains " a recently aired segment on ABC's 20/20 program focusing on vulnerable children and families in Appalachia, was one of the highest rated shows from ABC's 20/20 program in the past five ...

Economic Downturn Sees Increase in Malnourished Children

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST

(February 2009) C-SNAP founder, Dr. Deborah A. Frank, recently spoke before the U. S. House of Representatives Committee on the Budget about child hunger and the importance of investing in children. Her testimony came at a very important time as the ...

Nine New Food & Society Policy Fellows Named

Sun, 08 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST

The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy's Food & Society Policy Fellows program named nine new Fellows with backgrounds in farming, public health, filmmaking and policy research, to promote strategies for achieving a more sustainable, healthy ...