Community Health Funding Report

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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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(HEALTHCARE) RI Foundation to Focus on Primary Healthcare

Over the next few years, Rhode Island's largest philanthropic organization, the Rhode Island Foundation, is planning to refocus its funding priorities on public education and primary healthcare, CHF is told. The foundation, which formerly supported a broader range of programs, intends to focus its ...

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(AGING) Tufts Funds Senior Health & Wellness in MA & RI

The Tufts Health Plan Foundation makes it its mission to promote healthy lifestyles and the delivery of quality healthcare in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, with a focus on improving the lives of people age 60 and older.

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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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AGING: Tufts to Make Grants for Healthy Aging in MA and RI

The mission of the Tufts Health Plan Foundation is to promote healthy lifestyles and the delivery of quality health care in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

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States Poised to Take the Lead on Health IT Reform

As lawmakers on Capitol Hill sculpt the nation's next economic stimulus package, they're making sure an investment in health information technology (IT) is priority. And if these plans become a reality, states would be set to benefit, predicts the Nat'l Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL).

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New Collaborative Conveys Philanthropy's Benefits

Nonprofit and public sector officials create the Philanthropic Collaborative to educate federal and state policy makers about the benefits of philanthropic dollars to ensure that such funding is not restricted by new federal economic policies.

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Conrad, Whitehouse Call for GAO Health Reform Study

 With healthcare reform among Americans’ highest priorities for the next Congress, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-ND) and U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) have asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to study best practices used by states, hospitals, and othe...

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(COMMUNITIES) Nonprofits Merge to Meet Budget Woes (RI)

Many Rhode Island nonprofits are merging to cut costs and attract contributions in the current weak economy. The number of nonprofits in the state skyrocketed to more than 1,700 during the strong economy earlier in the decade, but many are having trouble surviving the current situation. Th...

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