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KY Health Foundation Continues Implementing New Health Challenge Program

Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky continues to implement its Investing in Kentucky's Future initiative, looking for a program officer to help run the program. IKF

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(MINORITIES) NSF Provides $7.2M in Diversity Grants

Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF); Program: Opportunities for Enhancing Diversity in the Geosciences (OEDG); (CFDA Number: 47.050) (Funding Opportunity Number: 10-599); Eligibility: K-12 schools and/or districts, two-year colleges, four-year colleges and universities, graduate-d...

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(RURAL HEALTH) $7.2M to Fund 15 Black Lung Clinic Projects

HRSA's Office of Rural Health Policy offers Black Lung Clinics Program (BLCP) funding for existing grantees (with project periods ending in FY 2010) or for those proposing to serve the same area or population an existing program is now serving.

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Kentucky, Indiana Work Together to Monitor Drug Purchases

Kentucky/Indiana--State officials partner to expand Kentucky's MethCheck electronic pseudoephedrine monitoring system to deter individuals from crossing state lines to purchase the main ingredient in methamphetamine or meth.

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KY Philanthropy Panel Explores Public-Private Partnerships

Kentucky – Gov. Steve Beshear (D) creates the Kentucky Commission on Philanthropy to explore the development of public-private partnerships to increase funding for the state's most pressing challenges. With the state struggling to close a $456 million budget deficit and nonprofits bracing for f...

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Humana Supports Disability Efforts in Company Areas

The Humana Foundation supports 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations in communities where the company has facilities in AZ, CO, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MI, MO, NC, OH, TN, TX & WI...Deadline: June 15; Deadline for those in the Louisville, KY, area: Jan. 15.

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Democrats Mulling Over Taxation of Health Benefits

As Democrats on the Hill search for new revenue to pay for an Obama-promised healthcare overhaul, some of them are signaling that they would have no problem eliminating healthcare tax exclusions for some employer-based healthcare plans. The current tax code that allows employers to deduct employ...

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Trend: Nonprofit Hospitals Moving From Cities to Suburbs

Non-profit hospitals moving from low-income areas of cities where the majority of patients are uninsured to more affluent areas, often in the suburbs, where a larger portion of patients have private coverage has become a growing srategy. Non-profit hospitals have closed facilities from Los A...

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(November) Appalachian Funds Low-Income Efforts (KY, TN, VA & WV)

Deadline: Nov. 1. The Appalachian Community Fund provides grants in the central region of Appalachia to address underlying causes of the economic and social distress of the region. Grants may go for specific projects or operational support. The average grant is $6,500, with appr...

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American Foundation/Suicide Prevention

Deadline: Dec. 1. The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention opens the application process for its 2008 multi-leveled Research Grants program. The purpose of this program is to increase understanding of the causes of suicide and factors related to suicide risk, or to test treatments and interve...

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