ADVANCING A HEALTHIER WISCONSIN ENDOWMENT: COLLABORATE  INVEST  CHANGE
HEALTHIER WISCONSIN PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM
MARCH 12, 2015
Responsive component update

 

On March 5, 2015, seven partnership teams delivered pitch presentations to the MCW Consortium on Public and Community Health and external content experts. 
 

Based on the presentations and discussion of the proposed projects, the MCW Consortium invited six partnerships to advance to the final, full proposal stage. 
 

In the full proposal, partnership teams describe their initiative in further detail and respond to questions and suggestions from the brief proposal and pitch presentation phases. Projects will be selected for funding in May and begin in July.
 

Groups interested in submitting applications for the Responsive component's next open funding opportunity can anticipate that it will release in May 2015 with a brief proposal deadline of early July 2015.


For more info on the Responsive component

   
Recently completed projects addressed a variety of needs, from youth trauma to prenatal oral health care
  

Five 8th Funding Cycle Development projects recently completed. We welcome you to visit their HWPP project web pages to learn more about their health improvement work and accomplishments.

 

A social network approach for health and safety among rural intimate partner violence survivors

Partners successfully engaged rural intimate partner violence survivors in the programming and developed sustained connections between partners and participants. Pre/post evaluation results indicate improved levels of empowerment and social support and reduced self-silencing (a measure of women's depression) following participation in the programming.

 

Fostering Futures
Partners conducted shared-learning sessions in the three pilot communities resulting in improved knowledge of trauma-informed care (TIC), likeliness among participants to continue involvement with TIC-related work and implementation of TIC principles into participants' daily interactions.

 

Impacting Positive Youth Development in Rusk County Through Prevention and Intervention

Partners trained 35 Teen Intervene facilitators representing 12 organizations county-wide through five trainings making prevention services available to all 1,200 Rusk County youth.

 

Improving Access to Prenatal Oral Healthcare: Strategies and Sustainability

Project partners successfully provided sustainable oral health services and education to 256 at-risk pregnant African American and Hispanic women, exceeding their goal of 125 women. Analysis of the project and process demonstrated that the program is sustainable through insurance billing and volunteer support from professional caregivers.

 

The Sisters Project: Helping Women Exit the Violence of Prostitution

Outreach workers reached 212 women 1,004 times during the project period, helping bring in over 75 new participants to the drop-in program. Among drop-in participants, 70 percent of participants stayed in the program beyond six months and 21 percent self-reported exiting prostitution for at least one month.  

 
Learn more about awards from the 8th Funding Cycle

Registration open for MCW Community Engagement Week 

 

From April 13-17, 2015, MCW is hosting the Inaugural Community Engagement Week with a variety of learning and networking opportunities.

 

The Office of the Senior Associate Dean for Community Engagement and Community Engagement Key Function of the Clinical and Translational Science Institute are sponsoring this exciting week of events:


 

Date
Times
Location
Monday, April 13
8:30 AM - 1 PM

Medical College of Wisconsin

8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee 

Tuesday, April 14
9 AM - 1 PM

United Community Center

1028 South 9th Street, Milwaukee

Wednesday, April 15
7:15 AM - 12 PM

Medical College of Wisconsin

8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee 

Thursday, April 16
9 AM - 1 PM

Agape Community Center

6100 North 42nd Street, Milwaukee 

Friday, April 17
7:45 AM - 1 PM

Medical College of Wisconsin

8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee 

 

 

Community Engagement Week is open to community members and MCW staff members, faculty members, clinicians, and students.

 

Additional information and registration for Community Engagement week is now available.