The Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin (AHW) endowment's new strategic plan launched in January and will guide the organization over the next five years. This plan will advance AHW's mission of working with community and academic partners to improve the state's health.
The MCW Consortium on Public and Community Health and the Medical College of Wisconsin Board of Trustees approved the plan which will, according to Cheryl Maurana, PhD, Director of the AHW Endowment, Vice President for Strategic Outreach, and Professor of Population Health, make an important shift in AHW's focus from grantmaking to changemaking.
"The 2014-2018 AHW Five-Year Plan builds from the knowledge and experience we have gathered over the past ten years of accomplishments while embracing the challenge of how we can have a greater impact for the future," Dr. Maurana said.
"The Plan includes the vision, mission and framework for AHW's funding strategies for 2014-2018, as well as describes the new emphasis on strategic, responsive and capacity-building strategies. As these strategies are implemented, AHW will be better able to catalyze changes in health outcomes and measure their impact on improved health in Wisconsin's communities."
In January, the Consortium began the implementation process of the AHW Five-Year Plan. Through the process, the Consortium will further develop the enhanced framework's new components. It is anticipated that the Plan components will be implemented on a rolling basis as priorities and processes are developed.
AHW will provide additional information as soon as new funding opportunities are ready to be released. |