- Initiatives
- Opportunities
Opportunities
Learn more about what opportunities mean at KHF, including for both funding and participation.
Current Opportunities
At any given time, we may have multiple available opportunities. This could include grants, sponsorships or when we seek your opinions.
- News & Views
News
See the latest news releases from KHF, including information on initiatives, opportunities and people.
Blog
Whether it's our staff or our board, the people associated with KHF have unique expertise and insights. Through this blog, you can read more about the topics that are important to us.
Stories
Want to know about the impact our partners are having across the state? Here, we try and share stories of impact and effort taking place each day.
- About Us
Who We Are
See a high-level overview of our work, our strategies, our team and our history.
Our Team
Learn more about the people that make KHF a place of both impact and enjoyment.
Financial Information
We try to always be effective stewards of the KHF endowment. Learn more about our finances and how they're managed.
Careers
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Upward Mobility
OVERVIEW
When we talk about upward mobility, we mean the ability to stabilize, thrive, and make choices over time without losing connection to culture, community, or self. We want every Kansan to have the opportunity to succeed, regardless of their starting point in life.
Upward mobility is shaped by many factors, including access to good jobs, pathways to careers, entrepreneurship supports, quality child care, affordable housing, opportunities to build wealth and climb out of debt and more. Research shows that economic conditions are one of the strongest drivers of health outcomes.
At the Kansas Health Foundation (KHF), upward mobility is a health priority. Over the next several years, we are working with partners across the state through listening efforts, interviews, convenings, and grantmaking to support long-term, sustainable change. This page highlights what we’ve learned so far and what’s ahead.
RESOURCES
Explore resources and reports that explain KHF’s approach to this issue and highlight key findings.
Interested in a quick overview of the data? Read an executive summary of a landscape analysis conducted by the Kansas Health Institute highlighting key aspects of upward mobility in Kansas.
MEDIA
More of a visual person? At these videos below, you can both see and hear how KHF thinks of upward mobility. The first video was taken at a music festival where people shared their “wish” for someone struggling to make ends meet. The second is a promo video on upward mobility shown at our annual HealthRise event.