Social Determinants of Health

1889 Foundation and United Way partnership makes significant impact during COVID-19

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COVID-19 quickly became a massive obstacle for many local nonprofits and health and human service organizations across Cambria and Somerset Counties. At the height of the pandemic, uncertainty of what was to come was a common theme plaguing residents in our area, with health and human service needs notably revolving around shelter and/or food, or […]

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1889 Foundation awarded $100,000 Aetna Foundation grant to advance health equity in Cambria County

/ Center for Population Health, News, Social Determinants of Health

1889 Foundation today announced it has been selected to receive a grant as part of the Healthiest Cities & Counties Challenge, a program funded by the Aetna Foundation, together with the American Public Health Association (APHA) and the National Association of Counties (NACo), supporting communities that are changing the way they work together across sectors

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1889 Foundation collaborates with three additional funders on unified COVID-19 response

/ News, Physical Health & Wellness, Social Determinants of Health, United Way

1889 Foundation has always approached our mission, which is to support “innovative programs and initiatives that improve and transform the overall health and wellness of our region,” with an emphasis on collaboration, and we are delighted to be working together with the United Way of the Laurel Highlands, Community Foundation for the Alleghenies, and Lee

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1889 funds blight alleviation project in Johnstown’s West End

/ Community & Economic Development, News, Social Determinants of Health

1889 Foundation is a major funder of a blight alleviation project in Johnstown’s West End that was announced at a June 20 press conference above (pictured above: Melissa Komar, left, Johnstown Redevelopment Authority executive director, accepts 1889 Foundation’s check from Susan Mann, 1889 president.) The project will enable the Johnstown Redevelopment Authority (JRA), Cambria County

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1889 Foundation increases the impact of United Way’s funded programs

/ Childhood Development, Social Determinants of Health, United Way

1889 Foundation has been partnering with the United Way of the Laurel Highlands for five years, and has invested more than two million dollars to increase the impact of the United Way’s funded programs. The brief video below, which details exactly what that funding has meant for our community, was shown during the United Way’s

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Center for Population Health announces major diabetes initiative

/ Center for Population Health, Physical Health & Wellness, Social Determinants of Health

The 1889 Jefferson Center for Population Health is asking national organizations for proposals to bring proven community interventions against diabetes to Cambria and Somerset Counties. As a Tribune-Democrat article about the initiative states, “In its initial research, the population health center has identified education, health literacy, social support, employment, worksite wellness and access to healthy

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