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December 4, 2012 -- An advocacy coalition of healthcare and public health organizations is seeking legislative support next session on a proposal to spend Oregon’s share of the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) funds on prevention and community based-health initiatives. The Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement, signed by Oregon and 45 other states in 1998, was designed to help states recover some of the tobacco-related healthcare costs and to prevent tobacco from taking even more lives.

December 1, 2012 -- In 2006, Tracy Oseran was driving home from work and heard a news story on the radio about a New England nonprofit called Food For Free, which delivers fresh produce to food pantries, meals-on-wheels programs and other services that deliver food to people in need.

December 3, 2012 -- Oregon’s leading public health and health care organizations see progress and room for improvement in the Governor’s balanced budget proposal released Friday. The proposed budget includes allocating Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (TMSA) funds to investments in coordinated care organizations and Oregon’s health systems transformation efforts.

December 3, 2012 -- According to the 2012 Progress Report: The Status of Children in Oregon, released today by the nonpartisan group Children First for Oregon, the state continues to make strides in children’s access to health services, despite a steady increase in child poverty.