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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M-HeLP: Resolving Social Barriers for Pregnant Women to Improve Health
Many different factors can negatively affect someone’s health – including environmental, legal and other issues. That’s why the Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati was awarded an $875,000, three-year grant from bi3 in late 2016 to develop the Maternal...
Read moreOur New Year’s Resolutions
The start of a new year inspires resolutions and possibilities for our future. It is a time for reflecting on past learnings and experiences and for developing new opportunities. We began the year by opening a new chapter on...
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