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Select Foundations Provide Regional Grants

Here are some state-level foundations that offer healthcare-related grants.

(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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(HEALTH IT) Georgia Begins New HIE Initiative

Georgia's Dept. of Community Health (DCH) uses federal funding to start Health E-Connect, an initiative to develop and implement certified electronic health records and a statewide health information exchange (HIE). The initiative will serve Georgia's 1.5 million Medicaid enrollees and the physici...

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(MEDICAID) GA Care Management Program Saves State $140M

New numbers show Georgia's Medicaid/Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Care Management Program (CMO) has saved the state between $123 and $140 million over the past fiscal year. The CMO program directs beneficiaries from Medicaid and PeachCare for Kids--Georgia's CHIP program--to managed ca...

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(HIV/AIDS) Generations Offers Grants for Women's HIV Programs

The program will award grants to community-based organizations for evidence-based HIV/AIDS prevention interventions for at-risk women and girls. Priority areas are urban epicenters and other highly impacted regions in states including AL, CA, FL, GA, IL, LA, MI, MS, NY, NJ, NC, SC and DC.

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(HEALTH CARE) Healthcare GA Honors Health Nonprofit Volunteers

The Healthcare Georgia Foundation's Joseph D. Greene Community Service Award honors extraordinary individuals and nonprofit organizations that are committed to improving the quality of health and health care of those they serve.

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(CHILDREN'S HEALTH) Grants Fund Obesity Literacy Programs in Selected States

The UnitedHealth Heroes grant program is available to schools and youth-focused community center-based programs in AL, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, IL, IN, KY, GA, HI, LA, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, NV, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, WA, WI, and DC.

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EMERGENCY SERVICES: St. Mary's Offers EMS Vehicles in GA, Beyond

St. Mary's Health Care System in Athens, GA, is offering to donate eight "as is" emergency vehicles it no longer is able to use to organizations in need.

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CDC to Test Hemophilia/HIV/AIDS Messages

The goal of is to determine whether the materials and messages that have been developed are meeting the needs of the audiences they were intended to serve. Participants will be recruited in Detroit, Atlanta, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Milwaukee, Houston, Boston, and San Diego.

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HEALTH CARE: Aetna to Back Obesity, Health Literacy in Selected Regions

Through its Regional Community Health Grants Program, the Aetna Foundation will award grants in support of philanthropic initiatives focused on fighting obesity and increasing health literacy in selected communities across the country.

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