Health grants awarded to 41 across nation
Foundation gives $360,000 to Harrison-based initiative
Monday, January 25, 2010
A Harrison-based health initiative has landed grants totaling nearly a half million dollars that it can begin using this month to tackle issues in Boone and Newton counties.
The health needs the grants address range from childhood obesity to older Arkansans’ self-management of chronic diseases.
The North Arkansas Partnership for Health Education was among 41 sites nationwide that shared $33 million in grants from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation of Princeton, N.J.
The foundation awarded the partnership $360,000 for Boone and Newton counties - the only Arkansas counties to get funding - for what it calls its “landmark” national program.
The “Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities” program aims to reverse the problem of childhood obesity by 2015. It backs local efforts ...
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Northwest Arkansas, Pages 7 on 01/25/2010
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