Hawaii Stories | Community Health Funding Report

(CALIFORNIA, HAWAII) Family Foundation Supports Healthcare

The Joseph & Vera Long Foundation's primary purpose is to support nonprofit organizations in California and Hawaii. The foundation has a special interest in programs which benefit women, families, and seniors, or contribute to the conservation of the natural environment

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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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(RURAL HEALTH) HI Gets $200K for Capacity Building, Asthma Treatment

Officials at the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) say they plan to award $200,000 in non-competitive funds directly to the Hawaii Dept. of Health for the Childhood Rural Asthma Project. The funds are part of the appropriations Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-HI) has earmarked for projects in...

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(GRANT TIP) HI Treatment Facilities Merge Services, Win Grants

Three substance abuse treatment facilities in Hawaii show how the act of combining services can be reason itself to request and win grant funding. Aloha House, Maui Youth & Family Services (MYFS) and Malama Family Recovery Center partnered in 2008 to streamline services and cut costs--and this ...

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(HEALTHCARE) Weinberg Will Prioritize Health Centers in 2010

The Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Foundation refocuses its healthcare giving for FY 2010-2012, putting emphasis on community health centers in MD, Northeast PA and HI.

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(DISABILITIES) Weinberg to Focus on Intellectual Disabilities in 2010

The Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Foundation supports disability and other healthcare services in HI, MD, Northeastern PA and NY.

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SUBSTANCE ABUSE: Funds Available for Safe & Drug Free Schools Programs in HI

Program: Safe & Drug-Free Schools and Communities (SDFSC) Programs for Native Hawaiians.

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HEALTH CARE: Weinberg Foundation to Restart Aug. 1

The foundation supports disability, substance abuse, mental health and general health care services in Maryland, Hawaii, Northeastern Pennsylvania and New York.

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HEALTH CARE: $11M for Native Hawaiian Health Care

Funding is limited to entities designated in the Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act, as amended.

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New Poll Shows Boomers Worried About Rising Healthcare Costs

A new AARP survey of Americans age 45-plus survey showed significant concern among all age groups about future healthcare bills. More than one in five Americans age 45 to 64 (21%) reported being not very, or not at all, confident that they could afford medical care in 2009. The survey also showe...

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