New Jersey Health Initiatives
Working to help build a Culture of Health in our home state.
New Jersey Health Initiatives (NJHI) supports innovations and collaboration to build healthier communities across New Jersey.
The state-wide grantmaking program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, NJHI supports projects that develop new approaches to resolving the state's health care needs.
NJHI’s mission mirrors that of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation—to improve the health and health care of all Americans. Against that backdrop, the program works to help address the many health challenges of New Jersey’s diverse populations and communities, and afford everyone in the state the opportunity to live the healthiest life possible
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