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Florida: Grants Help Improve Health, Nutrition Choices

The Florida Blue Foundation awards 15 grants totaling $75,000 to organizations participating in the Florida’s Literacy Coalition’s effort to include health education into family literacy and English for Speakers of Other Languages programs.

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New Funding Opportunity in South Florida

This is a new competition for funds that help nonprofits improve the health status of residents in Broward, Miami-Dade and Monroe counties.

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Florida Foundation Awards $20,000 for Outdoor Fitness Program

The Miami Foundation awards the Opa-locka Community Development Corporation a $20,000 grant through its 2015 Community Grants Program.

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Feds OK Florida's Low-Income Pool for Healthcare Coverage

Federal officials have finally signed off an agreement that will continue Florida's Low Income Pool program for two years. The program is designed to provide some level of health insurance coverage for those unable to obtain coverage in other ways. Low-income pools are an important part of HR 2300...

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Florida Lawmakers, Governor Reach Agreement on Healthcare

Florida lawmakers and Gov. Rick Scott (R) have reached a tentative budget deal designed to end a stalemate with the Obama administration over federal health funding.

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Funds for Florida Healthcare Literacy

The Florida Blue Foundation continues its effort to promote health literacy, awarding 17 grants of $5,000 to help promote health literacy among populations with limited English speaking skills.

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Rick Scott and Florida's Medicaid Debacle

The flash point between the Obama administration and opponents of the Affordable Care Act looks to be Florida, where state officials have actually asked local providers not to accept funds that are associated with the ACA.

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Home Visit Formula Funds Available (for FL, ND, WY)

The Health Resources and Services Administration is offering grants through the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting formula grant program to nonprofits in a few, selected state.

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(WHAT'S AHEAD) Florida Foundation Looks for New Head of Grants programs

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida is looking for a new director of its foundation grants program

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(HEALTH) CDC Offers $9M for Data Collection Grants

Agency: Health & Human Services Dept. (HHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); Program: Supplemental Funding for Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS); (CFDA Number: 93.283 and 93.520) (Funding Opportunity Number: CDC-RFA-DP09-90103-SUPP10); Eligib...

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