In the spring of 2005 marked a difficult time for program managers to improve access to health care for thousands of people living in poverty, isolated settlements to the north of the Mexican border in the lower Rio Grande Valley, as well as for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which presented program with a four-run grant, which expires in a few months. Project leaders wanted to keep the Integrated Health Outreach System (IHOS) alive, but were not sure how to finance it. In addition, the design aspects of the project are disappointed, they wanted to reorganize and refocus the program. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, meanwhile, has gone through internal organizational changes that have significantly changed the way RWJF to charity. In general, the Fund has no financial "safety net" programs like IHOS, but moved to a larger, systemic, collaborative efforts to address the root causes of ill health in vulnerable populations. But RWJF administrators acknowledged that the plight of customers IHOS no bounds. In addition, they knew that the resources at the border was not enough. In practical terms, this meant that the fund did not want to cut off funding IHOS at least until IHOS can stand on its own feet. HKS Case Number 1852.0 "Hide
by Pamela Varley, Christine W. Letts 25 pages. Publication Date: December 14, 2006. Prod. #: HKS342-PDF-ENG
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