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December newsletter: A note from Nikki
Subscribe to our newsletter! A note from Nikki: Reflecting on our year of strategic planning To our Howard County family, It has been a challenging but inspiring year. As many of you know, the[...]
A farewell to Speak(easy) Howard
It is difficult to talk about a time when you would be unable to decide your own health care. Unless you are dealing with an emergency, most of us do not think about who you[...]
November newsletter: First Thursdays, faith leaders survey, housing equity and more!
Subscribe to our newsletter! As we prepare to launch our new strategic plan in the new year, the Foundation is reflecting on how grateful we are to be a part of this wonderful Howard County[...]
October newsletter: First Thursdays, strategic planning and more!
Subscribe to our newsletter! Connect with your community: Join us for First Thursdays! As many of you know, the Horizon Foundation has been hard at work over the past year engaging with the community in[...]
September newsletter: Grantee spotlight, school food survey, hiring and more!
Subscribe to our newsletter! Spotlight: Handing over the mic with CASA This Hispanic Heritage Month, we are proud to spotlight the Foundation's recent work with CASA, a prominent immigrants’ rights and services organization. “Horizon has a[...]
Spotlight: Handing over the mic with CASA
Grantee spotlight: Handing over the mic with CASA Trent Leon-Lierman has been working in the immigrants’ rights movement since 2004, including as a volunteer in Arizona that provided food and water to migrants crossing the[...]
Want to hear about what we’re learning from our strategic planning process? Register now for our upcoming webinars!
As many of you know, the Horizon Foundation has been hard at work over the past year engaging with the community in new ways to develop our new strategic plan. We've conducted one-on-one interviews with[...]
August newsletter: Addressing longstanding disparities, school food survey, hiring and more!
Subscribe to our newsletter! Addressing longstanding disparities: Reflections from this year's Grantmakers in Health conference Earlier this summer, several of our staff were able to attend the Grantmakers in Health annual conference in Minneapolis. As[...]
Addressing longstanding disparities: Reflections from this year’s Grantmakers in Health conference
Earlier this summer, several of our staff were able to attend the Grantmakers in Health annual conference in Minneapolis. As always, it was an inspiring and energizing event, and a great opportunity for our team[...]
July newsletter: Creating healthier choices, policy victories, a bittersweet staff update and more!
Subscribe to our newsletter! Spotlight: Creating healthier choices with Alice Harris As a dedicated Howard County educator for many years, Alice Harris has a passion for helping young people and their families. Working on health[...]
Spotlight: Creating healthier choices with Alice Harris
As a dedicated Howard County educator for many years, Alice Harris has a passion for helping young people and their families. Working on health issues may not have been her focus from the start, but[...]
June newsletter: Catalysts for Change, school food survey, complete streets and more!
Subscribe to our newsletter! Check out our new report, Catalysts for Change As the Foundation continues its work this year towards launching a new strategic plan, it's important to take a look back and see how[...]
Catalysts for Change
Addressing public health challenges is not easy – and creating big, systemic change is even harder. But together, we can ensure that all people in Howard County can live long, healthy lives. That has been[...]
May newsletter: Public health victories, complete streets, community summit and more!
Subscribe to our newsletter! Record funding for public health in Howard County's FY 2024 budget On May 24, the Howard County Council voted to approve the FY 2024 budget, which includes critical investments in several important[...]
Record funding for public health in Howard County’s FY 2024 budget
On May 24, the Howard County Council voted to approve the FY 2024 budget, which includes a record level of funding for several important public health and racial equity initiatives. The Horizon Foundation, Howard County’s[...]
Howard County Wins Best in the Nation for “Complete Streets” Policy
Horizon Foundation has been a major supporter of campaign to reimagine streets to safely accommodate pedestrians, bikers, transit riders and people with disabilities Howard County’s policy to create “Complete Streets” that are safe for everyone[...]
April newsletter: Take action for complete streets, community summit sold out, public health victories during legislative session
Subscribe to our newsletter! Our community summit is officially sold out! Our community summit, Reimagining Good Health for All: Dismantling Systemic Racism in Howard County, featuring award-winning journalist and storyteller Soledad O'Brien, is officially sold[...]
Victories for public health from Annapolis!
The 2023 Maryland General Assembly session is officially a wrap! The Horizon Foundation and its statewide partners were busy this year, supporting scores of bills that would bolster the state’s mental health and behavioral health[...]
