Curious about our Advocacy Grants Program? Check out the answers to these FAQs below. What kinds of advocacy do you fund? The Trust funds systems change advocacy, meaning advocacy that is directed towards institutions and organizations to change policy, procedures and practice to improve access to health care services and/or the prevention and mitigation of Adverse Childhood Experiences. The institutions/organizations …
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While having a small shop can be challenging, size doesn’t have to prevent you from doing great work. Check out these 5 tips from our Program and Communications Officer, Jennifer Oldham.
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Our long- time CFO, Matt Deeb, is leaving The Trust in early May to work for a local investment firm. His career began with the then Baptist Healing Trust on March 1, 2004. Many of you know Matt as a patient budget coach, a financial guru, and as the lone male on our staff. Around the office, Matt is known …
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An Unexpected Call October 22, 2012 started a new journey for me – one as a widow and a single mom. In the prior nine months, my husband Jim and I adopted a newborn baby girl, moved from California to Nashville, bought a house, and started new jobs – me with the State and Jim teaching in Williamson County. Jim …
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As a college and graduate student, I have been told that internships are important and can open crucial doors for my career. “Get an internship and all the doors will be open,” they said. But is it really that simple and straightforward? I am a full-time graduate student with an internship and a part time job who is trying to …
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In many non-profit and ministry settings, employees need a diverse skill set. Working on the ground, especially in communities where resources are limited, requires wearing many hats and being prepared for the unexpected. I came to my internship at The Healing Trust as a third-year divinity school student, with experience in community organizing, chaplaincy, and congregational ministry. Although I have …
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When I was Board Chair of a nonprofit, I remember the conversations about needing a succession plan for our CEO. We struggled as an organization to develop one because we didn’t really know what a succession plan was. In our experience, staff transitions went like this: someone gives a two weeks’ notice, the organization posts the job, someone interviews candidates, …
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2017 was a busy year for advocates in our state. Check out the top moments from our grantees.
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