ST. LOUIS
,
Jan. 27
$7,500
grant to The Center for
Black Women’s Wellness, Inc. (CBWW) to support Journey to Wellness, a program
designed to address the disparity of mental health among black women.
Through education and advocacy, the program uses nontraditional modes such
as drama, movie nights with discussion sessions, and tea parties to provide
culturally appropriate opportunities for women to address fears associated
with accessing mental Read the rest of this entry »

ST. LOUIS
,
Jan. 27
$7,500
grant to The Center for
Black Women’s Wellness, Inc. (CBWW) to support Journey to Wellness, a program
designed to address the disparity of mental health among black women.
Through education and advocacy, the program uses nontraditional modes such
as drama, movie nights with discussion sessions, and tea parties to provide
culturally appropriate opportunities for women to address fears associated
with accessing Read the rest of this entry »

The Ravenswood Family Health Center in East Palo Alto has been given a $100,000 grant from the Palo Alto Medical Foundation and its parent company, Sutter Health, so the clinic can expand its diabetes management program.
The number of diabetes patients at the East Palo Alto clinic has increased more than 100 percent in the last four years, with the clinic currently treating more than 1,000 adults with diabetes. Of those patients, 58 percent are Read the rest of this entry »

LONG BRANCH — The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey has awarded over $2 million in grants to hospitals throughout the state, including the Monmouth Family Health Center in Long Branch.
The funds were awarded as part of the foundation’s $5 million, five-year grant initiative created to expand access to health care for thousands of uninsured and underinsured individuals throughout New Jersey, according to a press release from Horizon.
“Health Read the rest of this entry »

“Even in the face of dwindling government revenues, we need to make critical investments to ensure that people don’t go hungry and families receive proper health care that is centered on prevention,” Paterson said.
declined to comment.
Paterson also will propose expanding the state’s Family Health Plus insurance to more people and eliminating vetting requirements for Medicaid applicants such as fingerprinting and in-person interviews. “This will Read the rest of this entry »

ETOWAH – Pardee Hospital Foundation, on behalf of Pardee Hospital, recently received approval for a $38,880 grant from the N.C. Office of Rural Health and Community Care.
The grant is awarded from the Community Health Grant funds and will support, for the third year in a row, patient costs at Hendersonville Family Health Center in Etowah.
The center operates in collaboration with MAHEC’s Family Residency Program and Pardee Hospital.
The grant Read the rest of this entry »

RED BANK — The Parker Family Health Center has received a $2,500 grant from the Investors Savings Bank Charitable Foundation, which provides charitable funding to not-for-profit programs in the communities the bank serves.
The Parker Family Health Center, located on Shrewsbury Avenue, and its staff of volunteer doctors and medical professionals provide free health-care services to low-income community residents who do not have any type of Read the rest of this entry »

in Tazewell, Tenn., has received a$62,300 grant from the USDA Rural Development program.
The grant, which was awarded under the distance learning and telemedicine grant program, will be used to implement a distance learning program that will provide continuing medical education credits for physicians, nurses and other direct care staff.
The system will also provide professional development, disease management and regular healthcare education opportunities Read the rest of this entry »

A health study of 5,000 Michigan children from birth to age 21 won a $57-million grant from the National Institutes of Health.
As part of the National Children’s Study, local researchers will select women in July 2010 who are pregnant or planning to become pregnant. They will follow subsequent children for both genetic and environmental factors that contribute to a range of issues, including asthma, autism, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, Read the rest of this entry »

The Ravenswood Family Health Center in East Palo Alto has been given a $100,000 grant from the Palo Alto Medical Foundation and its parent company, Sutter Health, so the clinic can expand its diabetes management program.
The number of diabetes patients at the East Palo Alto clinic has increased more than 100 percent in the last four years, with the clinic currently treating more than 1,000 adults with diabetes. Of those patients, 58 percent are Read the rest of this entry »