
New designation recognizes Wisconsin’s healthiest communities

Wisconsin Partnership Program awards boost community-driven projects
The Wisconsin Partnership Program at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health has awarded nearly $400,000 to eight community-driven projects with innovative ideas to improve health equity in Wisconsin. The grants were awarded through the Partnership Program’s new Community Catalyst Grant Program, designed specifically to give a boost to new community-based ideas to improve health.

New awards from Wisconsin Partnership Program strengthen community organizations through funding and training
The Wisconsin Partnership Program at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health announces the recipients of its Community Collaboration Grants program, a new grant program designed specifically to strengthen community organizations’ ability to address health inequities through funding as well as training and technical assistance.

Partnership-funded Wisconsin School Garden Network project featured on Big Ten Network
The Wisconsin School Garden Network, supported by the Wisconsin Partnership Program since 2008, was recently featured on “Forward Motion,” a news magazine airing on the Big Ten Network that highlights the inspiration behind some of UW–Madison’s most innovative research and teaching.

‘Healthy Communities’ designation celebrates local efforts

Wisconsin Partnership Program awards $4 million to target health gaps
The Wisconsin Partnership Program at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health has awarded $4 million to four innovative community-based health projects aimed at promoting health equity in Wisconsin. The new projects were selected for their potential to create conditions, systems and policy changes that could lead to equitable and sustainable improvements in health.

New community grant programs promote health equity
The Wisconsin Partnership Program at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health is pleased to introduce two new community grant programs, both aimed at improving health equity in Wisconsin.

Wisconsin Partnership Program announces 2015 Community Impact Grant awards
Four new awards from the Wisconsin Partnership Program will support and extend innovative health projects that will affect the lives of Wisconsinites of all ages, races and backgrounds.