141st APHA Annual Meeting

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3113.1
The First Prevention Trust Fund: The Massachusetts Experience

Monday, November 4, 2013: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Oral
Session Objectives: Explain what the Prevention and Wellness Trust Fund is and how it functions, including where the funds come from and how they are distributed. Explain how building coalition through the ActFRESH campaign built the political momentum to pass such a comprehensive piece of legislation. Describe the importance and strategy behind using the ActFRESH members at the grassroots level to organize residents in communities.
Moderator:
Toby Fisher, MBA MSW
Organizer:
Toby Fisher, MBA MSW

10:50am
How The Massachusetts Public Health Association Created the Nation’s First $60 Million Prevention Trust
Andrea Freeman, Masters of Science, Natural Resource Policy & Planning

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