Welcome to State Health Access Reform Evaluation (SHARE), a $7 million National Program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation created to support evaluations of health policy reform at the state level and to develop an evidence-based resource to inform future state health reform efforts. The SHARE Program began in December 2006 and will run four years, awarding $5.4 million in grant funding over that term.
SHARE was developed in response to increased state legislative activity to address health care access concerns.  Program goals include:

• To help develop a coordinated approach to the evaluation of current state health reform efforts.
• To identify and fill gaps in research.
• To organize and disseminate meaningful, user-friendly findings for state policy makers, state agencies, and researchers.

SHARE Awards $5 Million in Grant Funding

SHARE is pleased to announce 15 grant awards totaling $5 million. The topics include a wide variety of reform interventions across the country.  For more information about the grant process and the awarded proposals, please click here.

Program Information
The aim of SHARE is to provide evidence to state policy makers on specific mechanisms that contribute to successful state health reform efforts. The program operates out of the State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC), an RWJF-funded research center in the Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota.

During the first five months of 2007, SHARE worked with a Technical Advisory Group to develop a conceptual framework to guide the research focus and the approach to grant making.

In August, 2007 SHARE released a Call for Proposals soliciting  proposals to evaluate health coverage initiatives related to affordability, sustainability and administrative efficiency.  SHARE received 62 brief proposals covering a wide range of topics and disciplines. 

26 applicants were invited to submit a full proposal.  The full proposals were reviewed by a Proposal Advisory Group. Based on their recommendations, 15 proposals were selected to receive funding. Awards will begin in April and May and will run between one and two years.