The State of Ohio’s Health: 2023 Health Value Dashboard™

Monday, May 1, 2023
Forum: 10:30 AM – 4 PM
Reception: 4 PM-5:30 PM

The Grand Event Center at Grandview Yard
820 Goodale Boulevard
Grandview Heights, OH 43212

The Health Policy Institute of Ohio’s Health Value Dashboard lays a foundation for tracking Ohio’s progress towards health value – a composite measure of Ohio’s performance on population health outcomes and healthcare spending. This is the fifth edition of HPIO’s biennial Dashboard, which examines Ohio’s rank and trend performance relative to other states and highlights gaps in outcomes between groups of Ohioans.

Join us on Monday, May 1, 2023, from 10:30 a.m.- 4 p.m., for a forum focused on the 2023 Health Value Dashboard. This event will be held in-person at the Grand Event Center in Grandview/Columbus, OH. Speakers will discuss key findings from the Dashboard and provide evidence-informed strategies that can lead to improved population health, equity and reduced healthcare spending.

Throughout the forum, we will also celebrate HPIO’s 20th anniversary! In appreciation of all of our supporters and partners, we will host a reception immediately following the forum, from 4 p.m.- 5:30 p.m.

Speakers include:

• J. Nwando Olayiwola, MD, MPH, FAAFP, Chief Health Equity Officer & Senior Vice President, Health Equity and Social Impact, Humana Inc. Adjunct Professor, The Ohio State University College of Medicine Department of Family and Community Medicine & The Ohio State University College of Public Health

• January Angeles, Managing Director, Bailit Health Purchasing, LLC

• Kristopher Vilamaa, Chief Executive Officer, HealthCare Perspective

• Lori Criss, MSW, Director, Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services

Panelists include:

• Anna Novais, DM, Dental Director, Cincinnati Health Department 

• Jazmin Long, President & Chief Executive Officer, Birthing Beautiful Communities 

• Kate Sommerfeld, President, ProMedica Social Determinants of Health Institute, Corporate Vice President, Community Relations and Social Investment, ProMedica

• Lydia Dippre, Health Equity and Outreach Program Director, Hocking Athens Perry Community Action

• Shelly Douglas, Executive Director, Green Columbus

Registration information

• The general attendance fee is $80+ fees. For additional fee options, please see the registration page.

• Registration begins at 9:30 am, with program starting at 10:30 am.

• Lunch will be served, please select appropriate dietary restrictions when registering for this event and email Alana Clark-Kirk with additional restrictions

• If you require an accommodation participate in this event please email Alana Clark-Kirk (aclarkkirk@hpio.net)

MORPC's State of the Region Luncheon brings together individuals to celebrate our community's accomplishments and address challenges.

Join us for a day of collaborative discussions highlighting the opportunities and challenges facing Ohio’s housing supply, accessibility and affordability in relation to Ohio’s growing workforce needs.

Please feel free to contact Lindsey Perkins with any questions at (614) 629-0911.

Agenda

9:30 a.m. – Registration

10:00 a.m. – Welcome from Ohio Chamber CEO Steve Stivers

10:05-10:30 a.m. – Keynote Speaker

10:30-11:30 – LEGISLATIVE PANEL: 134th General Assembly Recap & 135th General Assembly Preview

11:30-12:15 – LUNCH

12:15-1:00 – PANEL: The Ohio Housing Finance Authority & Ohio Housing

1:00-1:15 – Networking Break

1:15-2:15 – PANEL: Best Practices in Housing; Ohio Compared to Other Markets

2:15-2:30 – Networking Break

2:30-3:30 – PANEL: Creative Tools to Add Housing Stock

On Friday, January 27, 2023 from 11am - 12pm, GOPC Director of Strategic Engagement Jason Warner will provide an overview of Ohio’s state budget process. Participants will learn more about when and how Ohio lawmakers will enact two of the state’s primary budgets: the state Transportation Budget and the Main Operating Budget. Following the presentation, participants will be able to ask questions.

You must register in advance for the webinar. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. 

On Friday, January 27, 2023 from 11am - 12pm, GOPC Director of Strategic Engagement Jason Warner will provide an overview of Ohio’s state budget process. Participants will learn more about when and how Ohio lawmakers will enact two of the state’s primary budgets: the state Transportation Budget and the Main Operating Budget. Following the presentation, participants will be able to ask questions.

You must register in advance for the webinar. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. 

As climate change continues to spur extreme weather events, the challenges for housing to incorporate disaster resilience have grown. The impact of hurricanes, flooding, earthquakes, and wildfires on communities is devastating, and oftentimes felt much harder in disadvantaged communities that do not have a resilient infrastructure in place. Panelists will discuss environmentally conscious building and green retrofitting to help prevent catastrophic damage, the policy changes needed to make disaster responses timely and equitable and address systematic failures, and best practices for comprehensive recovery efforts to help communities rebuild after a natural disaster.

This is the sixth webinar in our webinar series sponsored by NeighborWorks America

Stephanie Gidigbi Jenkins (Moderator) – Stephanie Gidigbi Jenkins champions public policy solutions that promote economic, social, and environmental benefits for communities. She fosters strategic partnerships to advance federal campaigns, coalition efforts, social equity, and climate justice. She also coordinates NRDC’s effort in advancing a federal plan for 21st Century infrastructure investments and elevating social system change strategies as Policy Director for the Strong, Prosperous, And Resilient Communities Challenge (SPARCC) initiative. Gidigbi Jenkins previously served as a political appointee in the Obama Administration, where she advanced the administration’s economic opportunity agenda at the U.S. Department of Transportation. She was also previously appointed as the New Jersey Director for Public Engagement, overseeing the Hurricane Sandy Taskforce, under the leadership of the U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to support the federal disaster response in the region. She began her career on Capitol Hill and served as a liaison for the Congressional Black Caucus International Task Force, coordinating the response for the 2010 Haiti Earthquake Recovery. Gidigbi Jenkins brings over a decade of international, federal, state, and local government experience working with elected, business, and community leaders. She holds a master’s degree from Seton Hall University. She is based in NRDC’s Washington, D.C. office.

Peter Hainley- Peter Hainley has been with CASA of Oregon since 1992 and its executive director since 1997.Prior to joining CASA, he spent a couple years in the Peace Corps in the Dominican Republic where he met the love of his life.  He has three sons.  Peter moved to Sherwood in 2004 and CASA moved their offices from Newberg to  Sherwood in 2007.Mr. Hainley is a CPA (inactive).  He earned a bachelors degree from Portland State University and was a US Bank Work/College Trainee. He serves on the boards of National Community Reinvestment Coalition, Community Housing Fund and the National Farmworker Housing Directors Association.

Veronica Beaty – Veronica Beaty is the Director of Policy & Research at the California Coalition for Rural Housing. She has been an advocate for sustainable communities and housing justice in California for over a decade on issues ranging from transportation planning to rent stabilization. She received her master’s degree in Public Policy from Mills College in Oakland, California.

Joan Straussman Brandon – Joanie Straussman Brandon became Regional Vice-President of the NeighborWorks America Northeast Region May 2017 after serving in an interim capacity since July 2016. Prior to that she was the Senior Director of the Northeast Region since September 2013. She had been with NeighborWorks® America for twenty-five years before becoming a private consultant in 2006. During Joanie’s first 25 years with NeighborWorks®, seven were with Field Operations and eighteen with the Organizational Assessment Division (OAD). In Field Operations Joanie was responsible for the development and/or expansion of several NeighborWorks® organizations. For three years she worked exclusively on developing Mutual Housing Associations. In OAD, Joan managed organizational assessments and was involved in the development of the PROMPT® review system. She is fluent in Spanish. Joanie has a Bachelor’s Degree from Clark University. and a Masters Degree in Social Work with a concentration in Planning and Community Organizing from Boston College. Joanie is a certified coach through Leadership That Works and the International Coaching Federation (ICF)..

Join us as we discuss the strides and struggles connected to wealth building in the Black community.

• How does the Black middle class keep momentum in their wealth building journey?

• How do we address trauma associated with expectations of financial assistance, institutional betrayal and economic advancement deferred?

• What will it mean to have wealth in the next 5, 10, 20 years?

We will be joined by a panel of financial industry leaders and economic empowerment consultants, moderated by behavioral health expert, Jewel Woods.

Panelists

-Stephanie Green, SVP, Director Private Bank, Fifth Third Bank

- Brandon Nelson, Market Executive, Commercial Banking, JPMorgan Chase & Co.

-Nyima Porter, MSW, Empowerment Consultant, Concrete Dreamers

-Isiah Williams, Managing Director & Financial Advisor, Northwestern Mutual

With the success of Part 1, you don’t want to miss this!

Refreshments and open bar available when doors open. Space is limited, registration is required.

This event will also livestream on Columbus Urban League's YouTube Channel

Thank you to our event sponsors JPMorgan Chase & Co. & CoverMyMeds

On Thursday, November 3, 2022, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York will host an in-person event centered on investments in affordable housing by healthcare systems and health insurers. Speakers will explore how partnerships between community development organizations and healthcare systems are building and maintaining affordable housing to improve population health outcomes and address health inequities.

About this event

* Distinguishing between Employees, Independent Contractors and Volunteers

* Labor Union Organizing

* Remote Work Issues

* Nonprofit Advocacy vs Lobbying

* Using a Relation 501(c)(4) to Engage in Lobbying

* Q&A

Improving community health, achieving equity and promoting sustainable healthcare spending is a shared responsibility between public and private partners. One way to advance community health is through intentional partnerships between public and private entities, often part of community benefit strategy and programs.

This forum will highlight programs that hospitals and healthcare systems use to improve community health, with a particular emphasis on cross-sector partnerships that improve health, achieve equity and promote sustainable healthcare spending.

For 37 years, we’ve gathered during lunch to honor a select group of Columbus women who have made extraordinary contributions to their families, workplaces, and communities. This spring, we will honor local leaders who are Advocates for All – women who pave and protect the path for others, support and promote their neighbors across the community, and serve as champions of dignity for all. Tickets are now on sale!

PURCHASE A PASS

The State of the Region is one of Central Ohio’s most significant events of the year. During the State of the Region, we highlight community accomplishments and showcase upcoming plans for leading our region into the future. It is attended by the region’s top political, business, and civic leaders as the year’s premier event.

The 2022 State of the Region will be held at the Greater Columbus Convention Center on March 16 from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. More details about the event will be shared soon.

If your organization is interested in sponsoring the State of the Region, contact Amanda McEldowney at amceldowney@morpc.org.

This event offers attendees the opportunity to connect with mentors who are among the most influential women in the business community for small group coaching sessions.

Sacrificing Urban Youth for the Growth Machine: A Case Analysis of the Tension Between Development Policies and Urban Education in Columbus

Thursday, February 17

11:00 a.m. EST

Jason Reece, PhD

Assistant Professor, Knowlton School

The Ohio State University

No Struggle, No Progress: Social Justice Organizing in the 21st Century

Thursday, February 3

11:00 a.m. EST

Hasan Kwame Jeffries, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of History

The Ohio State University

Employee Handbooks establish the working agreement between nonprofit employees and the organization. They spell out rights, responsibilities, and benefits. This foundational document is an important building block to create equity within an organization. Equity comes into play in a multitude of areas within Employee Handbooks including benefits, conflict resolution, facilities, internal power dynamics, and more.

This interactive session will give participants 45 practical suggestions for nonprofit organizations to make their employee policies more equitable - whether they are drafting their first policies or updating their handbook. Registrants will receive access to an employee handbook self assessment tool after the training.

This session will be facilitated by Jodi Segal of Big Change Consulting. She has supported justice-oriented nonprofit organizations in fundraising and operations for 25 years. She has done extensive research and writing on employee handbooks including on issues of equity, work from home, political activity, PTO, and safety. She’s created flexible and customized procedures for multiple small and mid-sized nonprofits to give them the foundation they need to be successful not only at the early stages but also while they grow.

January 20 , 2:00 Pm EST – 3:00 Pm EST

Join Nonprofit Quarterly in its upcoming event: Remaking the Economy: Advocacy and Community, the Delicate Balance.

Building viable economic alternatives requires both project-based community economic development work and advocacy to access public resources and make changes to laws and regulations that get in the way. In this Remaking the Economy webinar, panelists will discuss how their organizations and the economic justice movements that they support strike a balance these two imperatives. Our panelists are:

• Rudy Espinoza, Executive Director of Inclusive Action in the City, a Los Angeles-based community organization that advocates for street vendors, fights gentrification, and makes micro-loans for immigrant businesses.

• Nia Evans, Executive Director of Boston Ujima Project, a nonprofit committed to building a community-controlled economy through building an ecosystem of grassroots community engaged investment and participatory governance.

• Julia Ho is the Founder of Solidarity Economy St. Louis; co-founder of STL Mutual Aid, a network of over 2,500 neighbors; and a board member of the New Economy Coalition.

This webinar will explore:

• How does a nonprofit advocate for policy change at the City Hall, while remaining responsive to its membership?

• What kind of ecosystem of support is needed to advance economic justice goals? If you don’t have that support, how do you build it?

• What stages are involved in developing a mutual aid network? How do you sustain the work over the long haul?

• What was required to legalize the status of street vendors in Los Angeles? What resistance did the campaign encounter? How was it overcome?

• How was a $5-million, community-controlled loan fund developed in Boston? What were the key steps that made this dream a reality?

• How do you balance project-based work and advocacy with larger visions of community building and economic transformation?

Register to learn how nonprofits and movement activists are advancing strategies to address the economic and social inequalities of our time!

Whether you’re a social movement activist, nonprofit leader, board member, or engaged in community-based organizing, this webinar will provide you with real-life examples and lessons learned that can inform your work in your own community.

The moderator for this webinar is NPQ senior editor and economic justice program director Steve Dubb. Steve has worked with cooperatives and nonprofits for over two decades and has been both a student and practitioner in the field of community economic development.    

You can send your questions to webinar@npqmag.org to have them answered during the web event.

*The recording and slides of this webinar will be available on the NPQ website 2-3 days after the live event. 

Our third Forum will elaborate on several key topics that emerged throughout the pages of Issue 03, “Envisioning Equity,” for which we brought together a range of voices to weigh in on how the concept of equity might be thought through and applied to our lives.

A word and idea that is often misconstrued, equity, at its simplest, is about ownership of a portion of a total value. While equality implies that every individual or group receives the same portion, equity considers varying circumstances and needs, and instead allocates the portion necessary to reach an equal outcome.

As in years past, the Forum will take place as three live virtual conversations, each addressing a distinct theme—interdependence, neurodiversity, and motherhood—and engaging Issue 03 contributors alongside a few special guests. These sessions will be held on January 20, January 27, and February 3 at 12PM EST; captioning and ASL interpretation will be available and each session will be streamed via Youtube.

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SESSION 01_ INTERDEPENDENCE

Session One will consider the necessity of relationality and connectedness to the wellbeing of all lifeforms. This discussion will feature guests Mia Birdsong, Taeyoon Choi, and Zenat Begum, and will be moderated by Ari Melenciano.

Guests—

Taeyoon Choi (he/him) is a Seoul-based artist who works with drawing, painting, computer programming, performance art, and video. He is the co-founder of the School for Poetic Computation in New York City.

Mia Birdsong (she/her/auntie) is a pathfinder, writer, and facilitator. She is the author of “How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community” the founder and steward of Next River: An Institute For Practicing the Future, and a Senior Fellow of the Economic Security Project.

Zenat Begum (she/her) is a native New Yorker, owner of Playground Coffee Shop, founder of Playground Youth, and an alumni of The New School. She intentionally seeks to center BIPOC, marginalized bodies, the arts, and community engagement in order to foster change in a shapeshifting and gentrifying BedStuy.

Ari Melenciano (she/her) is a designer, creative technologist, and researcher who is passionate about exploring the relationships between various forms of design and sentient experiences. She is a creative technologist at Google's Creative Lab, professor at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Graduate Program, and founder of Afrotectopia.

Watch Next City’s Senior Economics Correspondent Oscar Perry Abello in the latest webinar series that goes beyond the issues of equitable economic development to talk to the people who do the work.

On Wednesday, January 19, at 1 p.m. Eastern, join Next City’s Senior Economics Correspondent Oscar Perry Abello for the latest in a webinar series that goes beyond the issues of equitable economic development to talk to the people who do the work.

The Federal Reserve is one of the most powerful yet least understood economic institutions in the world. How does it make its most important decisions, and how do those decisions affect communities of color?

We’ll hear from two guests with particular insight on the Fed’s inner workings and impact. Claudia Sahm, founder of Stay-at-Home Macro (SAHM) Consulting, is a former section chief in the Division of Consumer and Community Affairs at the Fed. She has intimate knowledge of how the Fed leadership makes decisions, and who participates in those discussions. And we’ll also hear from Andre Perry, senior fellow in the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution, whose research centers on Black communities and the impact that economic institutions such as the Fed have on them. (Perry is also a Next City board member.)

The Fed faces a rare moment. Its senior leadership — members of the Fed’s board of governors and bank presidents — are 100% white and 83% white respectively. But with three of seven seats to fill on the Fed’s board of governors over the next few months, the Biden-Harris Administration could dramatically shift diversity at the central banking system’s highest level.

Next City’s series “The Bottom Line” explores scalable solutions for problems related to affordability, inclusive economic growth and access to capital. The series is made possible with support from Citi.

January 18 , 3:00 Pm EST – 4:00 Pm EST

Join The W.K. Kellogg Foundation for the live premiere of the National Day of Racial Healing on Jan. 18 at 3 p.m. EST

Creating a brighter future for everyone starts with racial healing. We have an opportunity to transform the systems that disrupt so many lives. It’s about bringing communities together to create new ones built on foundations of: Relationship-building, truth-telling and racial equity; Healing and solidarity; Transformative action.

That work begins with us – with each individual, group and community. You can help chart the path forward toward racial equity in your own community and beyond. Start by downloading our resources for action below.

The National Homelessness Law Center is excited to share its newest report on the criminalization of homelessness: Housing Not Handcuffs 2021 – State Law Supplement. While the Law Center has tracked close to 200 cities for their laws criminalizing homelessness, finding dramatic increases over the past decade, we previously had not tracked statewide laws that perform the same function. This supplement to our last Housing Not Handcuffs 2019 report fills in that gap, finding that 48 out of 50 states & DC have some form of law criminalizing homelessness at the state level. To hear more about the experience of people with criminalization, the findings of the report, concerning trends, and exciting efforts to repeal state laws please join us:

Wednesday, December 1, 2021
2-3 ET/1-2 CT/12-1 MT/11-12 PT

Confirmed speakers include:
Rajan Bal, report lead author, formerly with the National Homelessness Law Center, now at Children’s Law Center
Delaware State Rep. Eric Morrison, (RD-27)

Other speakers to be announced.

Corporate America is facing the question of how to create an actionable plan to achieve the shared goals of the community and company. While it can be challenging to know where to begin or what to do, taking one step at a time both in the company and in the community can initiate a journey of discovery and learning. This Community Conversations event will discuss constructive steps companies can take to begin the work of connection and to build positive relationships within the community.

Moderated by Jerry Revish, Retired News Anchor - WBNS-10TV. Panelists include: Robert “Bo” Chilton, IMPACT Community Action; Denise Robinson, Alvis, Inc.; Devin K. Schaffer, Cardinal Health; Mike LaRocco, State Auto Insurance

This event is free and open to the public.

The American Rescue Plan includes billions of dollars for the housing and education needs of children, youth, and families experiencing homelessness through the Treasury Department’s Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) Program and the Education Department’s Homeless Children and Youth (ARP-HCY) and Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ARP-ESSER) funds. This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to significantly reduce homelessness in some communities and end it in others.

In this USICH webinar, presenters will cover:
• An overview of the ERA program;
• An overview of the ARP-ESSER and ARP-HCY funds;
• Promising state and local partnerships between the ERA and the K12 systems; and
• Recommendations for developing these partnerships.

Presenters will include:
• Staff from the departments of Education and Treasury, and the National Center for Homeless Education;
• Leaders from state and local communities with promising partnerships, including Connecticut and Columbus, Ohio; and
• Anthony Love, interim executive director of the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH).

Who should attend?
• State Coordinators for Homeless Education
• Local homeless education liaisons
• Other school and district personnel (school counselors, school social workers, teachers, and administrators)
• Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) administrators and practitioners
• Continuum of Care staff
• Child welfare workers

Want to make sure all your questions are answered? Take this 1-minute survey to inform the webinar content: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SX8BNV8.

Date: Friday, October 15, 2021Time: 1:15-2:15 pm ET

Location: Virtual

Speaker(s): Samara Scheckler

A growing number of older homeowners are still paying off mortgages, leading to concerns that these obligations are constraining their spending on healthcare. In this presentation, Samara Scheckler, a Center postdoctoral fellow, will discuss a forthcoming paper (co-authored with Jennifer Molinsky, Chris Herbert, and Kacie Dragan) assessing the size and extent of these tradeoffs. She will present findings indicating that out-of-pocket spending on pharmaceuticals increased substantially after households – particularly those headed by people in their 50s and early 60s – paid off their mortgages.

Registration required

You will need Zoom to attend this event.

The recently released U.S. Census revealed fascinating facts about the population and shifting demographics of the City of Columbus and Franklin County. Join us to learn where, how and why the Columbus metro area is outperforming the state, region and nation with robust population growth. We'll discuss what the changes mean for our community, and how we can continue to work together to create a stronger, more equitable central Ohio for everyone who lives here.

September 29, 2021 Columbus Metropolitan Club Forum (Virtual and In Person, 12:00-1:00 pm)

National Speaker: Richard Kahlenberg, Senior Fellow, The Century Foundation

Moderator: Kim Campbell, Mount Carmel College of Nursing

Panelists:
Calvin Cooper, CEO & Co-Founder, Rhove
Lori Ann Feibel, President, Bexley City Council