60th Annual Conference

Marriott Marquis | Atlanta, GA | May 4–6, 2009

Last Update: Thu, December 11, 2008

Description
Poll after poll shows that adequate health care is a key concern. How can foundations collaborate to galvanize public support for solutions and, specifically, expand insurance to cover pervasive and costly chronic diseases? This session will highlight a national initiative that is using local demonstration sites to build complementary education/advocacy campaigns to close the addiction treatment gap. It will explore how foundations can support data collection and monitoring, an integrated communications strategy, and a learning collaborative to make advocacy efforts more rigorous and strategic, translate local work into a national campaign, and make progress toward expanding public funding for health care.
Session Detail
Time:	Mon, May 04, 2009 10:15 am - 11:45 am
Presenter(s):	David Riemer Speaker Director of Policy & Planning Community Advocates, Inc. Diana L. Morris Moderator, Session Designer Director Open Society Institute of Baltimore Gary D. Nelson Committee Liaison President Healthcare Georgia Foundation, Inc. Maryellen Burke Ph.D. Speaker Senior Program Officer New Hampshire Charitable Foundation Patricia N. Mathews Committee Liaison Executive Director Northern Virginia Health Foundation Victor Capoccia Speaker Director - Closing the Addiction Treatment Gap Open Society Institute of Baltimore