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(HEALTH WORKFORCE) AL Builds on Loan Repayment Grant

Alabama's Public Health Dept. moves to increase the number of healthcare professionals practicing in underserved areas through the use of an educational loan repayment program, making available up to 20 loan repayment awards for qualified healthcare professionals. Under the program, the loan repaym...

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(DISABILITIES) Center Will Provide Technical Assistance in Eight States

The center will oversee efforts in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Texas.

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MINORITY HEALTH: Funds Back HIV Prevention in AL, LA, MS

An applicant must represent a multi-state collaborative partnership to address health disparities and gaps in health services across the Delta Region States of Mississippi, Louisiana, and Alabama.

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PHYSICAL EDUCATION: Coca-Cola to Fund Projects in Alabama

Program submissions must be focused on access to physical activity and nutrition education through a summer program targeted to sedentary youth in the state of Alabama.

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DISABILITIES: Chatlos Supports Faith-Based Efforts, Disabilities

Although the Chatlos Foundation concentrates a great deal of its giving on religious causes, it also makes room in its budget for medical and social concerns, often funding programs and services designed to help people with disabilities.

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New $15M RWJF Initiative Will Help States with Medicaid/SCHIP Enrollment

RWJF's Maximizing Enrollment for Kids, a four-year initiative, will provide funding and technical support to eight states--AL, IL, LA, MA, NY, UT, VA and WI.

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New Award Winners Will Stand Out In Future Grants Competitions

Agency: Health & Human Services Dept. (Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Admin., SAMHSA); Program: Science & Service Awards; Eligibility: Both public sector (state, local, territorial, tribal) and private sector organizations (including community-based organizations and/or coal...

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Study: Covering Uninsured With Medicare Least Costly Option

Allowing 45 million uninsured Americans to buy into Medicare rather than a private health insurance policy would be the most cost effective way to provide universal healthcare. According to the new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report, the annual premium for single coverage in 2011 would be ...

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Lawsuit Claims Thousands Of Veterans Denied Treatment For Trauma

A class-action lawsuit filed in U.S. Court of Federal Claims in Washington, D.C., alleges that the Department of Defense illegally denied medical and disability benefits to veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan who were diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. The suit, filed on beh...

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Sen. Grassley Zeros In On Non-Profit Hosptials

Senate Finance Committee ranking member Chuck Grassley (R-IO) might propose legislation in the first quarter of 2009 that would attempt to hold non-profit hospitals accountable for the billions of dollars in tax exemptions they receive annually, according to members of Grassley's staff. Gra...

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