RWJF announces 2023 Culture of Health Prize winners
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has announced the nine communities chosen to receive the 2023 RWJF Culture of Health Prize, which celebrates communities across the country where members and organizations are collaborating to build solutions to barriers that have created unequal opportunities for health and well-being.
Each winning community will receive $250,000 in support of efforts to inspire others to act and create a healthier future for everyone’s children and grandchildren. Since partnership within communities is at the heart of the prize, it is awarded to whole cities, towns, tribes, reservations, and counties. This year’s recipients include Austin, Texas; Baltimore, Maryland; Detroit, Michigan; Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Reservation, Michigan; Houston, Texas; Los Angeles County, California; Ramsey County, Minnesota; Tacoma, Washington; and Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico.
“The work of our current and past prize winners highlights the real staying power of community-born solutions, and their success inspires greater collaboration across public and private sectors,” said RWJF executive vice president Julie Morita. “This year’s winners demonstrate what’s possible when we work in partnership and ensure that community members with lived experience take the lead to identify and dismantle barriers to health and well-being.”
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