Promoting community health by building capacity in grassroots harm reduction organizations

In partnership with Vital Strategies and the Patricia Kind Family Foundation, the Scattergood Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of the Community Health Capacity Initiative (CHCI), a new $440,000+ investment in strengthening grassroots harm reduction organizations across Pennsylvania. Harm reduction organizations provide critical, community-based services to people who use drugs, often while operating with […]

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Ethical Reentry Simulation Highlights Need for Reform

The Scattergood Foundation was proud to sponsor the University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy’s Ethical Reentry Simulation & Policy Catalyst, an experiential event examining the realities people face during the first month after returning home from incarceration. We entered the simulation knowing that reentry would cause stress, frustration, and potentially desperation. […]

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