Texas Stories | Community Health Funding Report

East Texas Healthcare Provider Shuts Down; No Funding

The East Texas Health Access Network, which for years provided services to low-income and uninsured rural residents in various East Texas counties, is closing its doors due to a lack of funding.

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Faith-based Funding in Texas

Awarded more than $2 million in grants.

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Community Health Centers: Here's How It's Done

A report by the Department of Health and Human Service's Inspector General finds that the Lone Star Circle of Care, a Texas-based community health center, fully complied with federal requirements governing Affordable Care Act funding of $5 million to build a new clinic.

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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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(REGIONAL) First Children's Finance

(IA, KS, MN, MO, ND, SD & TX) Deadline: Rolling. The Development Corporation for Children provides loans for childcare providers, childcare centers and early childhood education centers to cover the costs of start-up, expansion, leasehold improvements, supplies and equipment and working capita...

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(ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH) Efforts in AR, LA, NM, OK & TX Eligible

One of the priority areas is the training of healthcare professionals, community workers, and other trained individuals on environmental management of asthma so they can counsel people with asthma.

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(NUTRITION) Dannon to Fund Nutrition Education in NY, OH, TX & UT

The program will award grants of $30,000 each to four nonprofits from each of the following communities: Salt Lake County, UT; Tarrant County, TX; Westchester County, NY; and Shelby, Mercer, Darke and Auglaize counties in OH.

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(DISABILITIES) Center Will Provide Technical Assistance in Eight States

The center will oversee efforts in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Texas.

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(HIV/AIDS) Magic Johnson Funds Programs in Select Cities

The Magic Johnson Foundation makes $5,000-$25,000 grants to community-based HIV/AIDS programs that have a broad impact on underserved urban neighborhoods in Atlanta, GA, Chicago, IL, Cleveland, OH, Houston, TX, Northern & Southern CA and Washington DC.

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(MENTAL HEALTH) TX Adds $5M to Veterans' Services Coffer

Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) says he plans to add $5 million to the Texas Dept. of State Health Services (DSHS) budget to expand mental health treatment for veterans and their families. The funding will help to expand existing treatment and support initiatives and improve an informational website for ...

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