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- $3.5 Million In Grants Allocated Across State To Treat Heroin And Prescription Drug Addiction And Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
As part of the heroin legislation passed this year, community mental health centers and residential treatment facilities across the state will receive more than $3.5 million in grants to help treat prescription drug and heroin abuse, and address neonatal...
- Foundation For A Healthy Kentucky Receives $1 Million Grant In Addition To $2 Million Already Being Used For Matching Grants
A federal agency has given the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky $1 million, on top of an earlier $2 million, to make matching grants aimed at addressing the state's health challenges. The money comes from the Corporation for National and Community...
- Nine Breast Cancer Programs Get Total Of $360,000 From Komen
Nine programs in Central and Eastern Kentucky will share $360,000 for breast cancer screening, treatment, education and patient navigation. The grants go to breast cancer-specific projects of the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department;...
- Foundation For A Healthy Kentucky Awarded Nearly $3 Million In Grants In 2010
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky awarded nearly $3 million to community organizations, schools, government agencies and institutions in 2010. The funds, awarded in 80 grants, will support programs and policy development for health improvement and...
- 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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Local health care centers in Ky. get $16.5 million in federal grants
Kentucky recently received $16.5 million in grant for health care centers as part of the Affordable Care Act.
Recipients include Family Health Center Inc. in Louisville ($5 million); Cumberland Family Medical Center in Burkesville ($4.86 million); Grace Community Health Center Inc. in Knox County ($4.33 million); and Big Sandy Health Care Inc. in Prestonsburg ($977,375). The grants were made through a building-capacity program, reports Greg Kocher for the Lexington Herald-Leader.
Grants given under the "immediate facility improvement program" include $425,000 for Mountain Comprehensive Health Corp. in Whitesburg; $380,000 for Family Health Center Inc. in Louisville; $360,863 for Cumberland Family Medical Center in Burkesville; and $216,543 for Big Sandy Health Care in Prestonsburg.
The awards will help serve about 29,475 new patients, states a news release from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Nationwide, $728 million was awarded for renovation and construction projects. (Read more)
Recipients include Family Health Center Inc. in Louisville ($5 million); Cumberland Family Medical Center in Burkesville ($4.86 million); Grace Community Health Center Inc. in Knox County ($4.33 million); and Big Sandy Health Care Inc. in Prestonsburg ($977,375). The grants were made through a building-capacity program, reports Greg Kocher for the Lexington Herald-Leader.
Grants given under the "immediate facility improvement program" include $425,000 for Mountain Comprehensive Health Corp. in Whitesburg; $380,000 for Family Health Center Inc. in Louisville; $360,863 for Cumberland Family Medical Center in Burkesville; and $216,543 for Big Sandy Health Care in Prestonsburg.
The awards will help serve about 29,475 new patients, states a news release from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Nationwide, $728 million was awarded for renovation and construction projects. (Read more)
- $3.5 Million In Grants Allocated Across State To Treat Heroin And Prescription Drug Addiction And Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
As part of the heroin legislation passed this year, community mental health centers and residential treatment facilities across the state will receive more than $3.5 million in grants to help treat prescription drug and heroin abuse, and address neonatal...
- Foundation For A Healthy Kentucky Receives $1 Million Grant In Addition To $2 Million Already Being Used For Matching Grants
A federal agency has given the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky $1 million, on top of an earlier $2 million, to make matching grants aimed at addressing the state's health challenges. The money comes from the Corporation for National and Community...
- Nine Breast Cancer Programs Get Total Of $360,000 From Komen
Nine programs in Central and Eastern Kentucky will share $360,000 for breast cancer screening, treatment, education and patient navigation. The grants go to breast cancer-specific projects of the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department;...
- Foundation For A Healthy Kentucky Awarded Nearly $3 Million In Grants In 2010
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky awarded nearly $3 million to community organizations, schools, government agencies and institutions in 2010. The funds, awarded in 80 grants, will support programs and policy development for health improvement and...
- 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,...