Projects Funded

Since its inception, the Foundation has funded 120 grants at a total of over $1.4 million for programs promoting healthy lifestyles and improving community health status. Projects that have been funded include community health needs assessments and primary and dental care clinics as well as projects focusing on youth tobacco use prevention, childhood immunization, child abuse prevention, teen pregnancy, osteoporosis education and prescription assistance. Other focus areas included: parenting and families; the first-three-years-of-life care; elderly and end-of-life care; increasing physical activity; reducing the incidence of low-birth-weight babies; reducing the incidence of substance abuse; and reducing the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases. Check out a complete list and description of past projects or information on how to apply for a Healthy Hospitals grant.