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- Foundation For A Healthy Kentucky Reports Putting 24 Percent More Money Into Grants Last Year Than In 2012
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky made grants totaling $2,355,838 in 2013, a 24 percent increase over the 2012 total of $1,903,660, according to the annual report it released yesterday. Last year was the first in which the foundation made grants for...
- Foundation For A Healthy Kentucky Reports Its 2013 Grants
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky invested just over $2 million in 2013 on programs, research and initiatives designed to inform and promote better health policy in Kentucky, it said in a news release Tuesday. It said the grants went to community-based...
- Seven Ky. Communities Get Grants To Reduce Risks For Chronic Diseases Among Children And 'invest In Kentucky's Future'
Seven diverse Kentucky communities are getting money to reduce the risk of chronic disease among Kentucky's youth. The initial grants announced Thursday are part of the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky's new Investing in Kentucky?s...
- Foundation For A Healthy Kentucky Looking For Grant Applications For Programs That Cut Chronic Disease Risk For School-age Kids
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky is looking for applications for grants that will fund innovative programs to reduce chronic disease risk for school-aged children. Because chronic disease occurs at higher rates in Kentucky than in surrounding areas,...
- Foundation Matches Social Innovation Fund Money To Create Grants For Improving Health Services In Seven Kentucky Counties
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky today announced four equal Social Innovation Fund grants totaling $1 million to improve access to health services, reduce health risks and disparities, and promote health equity in Jefferson, McCreary, Wolfe,...
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Almost $675,000 awarded to five facilities to improve health services, reduce disparities
Grants totaling nearly $675,000 will go from the Social Innovation Fund through the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky to help five Kentucky facilities improve access to health services, reduce health risks and disparities and prompt health equality in their respective communities. The recipients are:
? Meade Activity Center in Brandenburg ? $250,000 for physical activity programs for children and families, including after-school and summer activities such as golf, tennis, swimming and trail hiking.
? King's Daughters Medical Center in Ashland ? $124,548 for mobile health services to nearly 1,500 residents living in Elliott, Fleming, Floyd, Johnson, Lewis, Magoffin, Martin and Morgan counties.
? Oldham County Health Department in LaGrange ? $100,000 for Hope Health Clinic for the uninsured. Will help about 1,200 residents each year living in Carroll, Henry, Oldham and Trimble counties.
? St. Elizabeth Healthcare in Edgewood ? $100,000 for behavioral health consultations with mental health professionals for patients in Northern Kentucky who go to the emergency room to get mental health services.
? Norton Healthcare Centers for Prevention and Wellness in Louisville ? $100,000 to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and increase access to care for 2,200 low-income and uninsured residents each year living in Louisville and metropolitan areas.
"The Social Innovation Fund grant recipients are committed to meeting specific health care challenges in their communities, thereby promoting lasting change in Kentucky's rural and urban communities," said Susan Zepeda, president and CEO of the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky. "These five grants are part of a $12 million total investment in initiatives to address Kentucky's health challenges through the Social Innovation Fund and required matching grants." (Read more)
- Foundation For A Healthy Kentucky Reports Putting 24 Percent More Money Into Grants Last Year Than In 2012
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky made grants totaling $2,355,838 in 2013, a 24 percent increase over the 2012 total of $1,903,660, according to the annual report it released yesterday. Last year was the first in which the foundation made grants for...
- Foundation For A Healthy Kentucky Reports Its 2013 Grants
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky invested just over $2 million in 2013 on programs, research and initiatives designed to inform and promote better health policy in Kentucky, it said in a news release Tuesday. It said the grants went to community-based...
- Seven Ky. Communities Get Grants To Reduce Risks For Chronic Diseases Among Children And 'invest In Kentucky's Future'
Seven diverse Kentucky communities are getting money to reduce the risk of chronic disease among Kentucky's youth. The initial grants announced Thursday are part of the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky's new Investing in Kentucky?s...
- Foundation For A Healthy Kentucky Looking For Grant Applications For Programs That Cut Chronic Disease Risk For School-age Kids
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky is looking for applications for grants that will fund innovative programs to reduce chronic disease risk for school-aged children. Because chronic disease occurs at higher rates in Kentucky than in surrounding areas,...
- Foundation Matches Social Innovation Fund Money To Create Grants For Improving Health Services In Seven Kentucky Counties
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky today announced four equal Social Innovation Fund grants totaling $1 million to improve access to health services, reduce health risks and disparities, and promote health equity in Jefferson, McCreary, Wolfe,...