Bethesda Inc., creator of bi3, announces Kathy Kelly as Board of Trustees Chair
Cincinnati, July 23, 2018 — Bethesda Inc., co-sponsor of TriHealth and creator of grantmaking initiative bi3, announced its board elected Kathy Kelly as new incoming Chair, replacing Mark Holcomb following completion of his term. Bethesda Inc. also appointed Robert...
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GRANTEE SPOTLIGHT: First Step Home
In 2017, bi3 awarded a one-year planning grant to First Step Home to develop a maternal addiction program at the Terry Schoenling Home for Mothers and Infants to provide comprehensive services for opiate-exposed mothers and infants in the first...
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bi3 announces $415,000 in New Grants to Tackle Addiction, Advance Care for Pregnant Women
bi3, Bethesda Inc.’s grants initiative to transform health, today announced it will award more than $415,000 in new grants to spur innovation in addictions treatment and advance a new care model for disadvantaged pregnant women, according to Jill Miller,...
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Learn more about StartStrong
bi3 awarded a $3.2 million, three-year grant to a first-ever collaboration between Every Child Succeeds, Cincinnati Children’s and TriHealth to tackle infant mortality rates in Hamilton County – one of America’s highest. The resulting program, StartStrong, developed a unique...
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Grantmakers in Health features bi3
Grantmakers in Health’s (GIH) new “Views from the Field” series profiles bi3’s work with the StartStrong initiative to reduce infant mortality in the Avondale neighborhood of Cincinnati. GIH is a national organization that develops best practices and recognizes outstanding...
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GRANT SPOTLIGHT: PARENT CONNEXT
Early intervention is reducing toxic stress and improving child health Did you know that half of Greater Cincinnati’s children have experienced at least one adverse childhood experience (ACE), and more than 20 percent of children have experienced two or...
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Grantee Spotlight: Good Samaritan Free Health Center empowers behavioral health patients through better nutrition
Forming new healthy habits are hard for everyone. It is particularly difficult for patients with chronic health conditions living in challenging environments. Is it possible for nutrition counseling to lead to behavioral change in order to treat health conditions...
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Grantee Spotlight: “Benny” Makes Immediate Impact
Nonprofit health systems provide benefits like charity care or mobile clinics to enhance the health of their communities. Tracking these important benefits across large health care systems is difficult. Current technology doesn’t include the features needed for comprehensive and...
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Unprecedented Collaboration Key Factor in Reducing Infant Mortality
New Care Model Shows Success in High-Risk Population Cincinnati, March 26, 2018 — bi3, Bethesda Inc.’s forward-looking grantmaking initiative to transform health, today released a new report from the StartStrong project, an initiative that has proven to reduce preterm...
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WCPO Profiles Innovative StartStrong Program
WCPO’s Kristyn Hartman and Lucy May recently spent time with StartStrong mom Cessalea Moore and her new baby, Cessamier, to demonstrate how the project is working to ensure the health of moms and babies to reduce infant mortality. Cessalea Moore was...
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