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Community Foundation of the Lake receives $10000 Rural Ozarks Health Initiative Grant

March 25, 2019 1:29 am Published by

Foundation: Community Foundation of the Ozarks, Missouri Foundation for Health
Community Foundation of the Lake receives $10,000 Rural Ozarks Health Initiative Grant | Community News aA Lake of the Ozarks | lakeexpo.com Caption IDs (left to right):A Amanda Fagan, CFL Board Chair; Jan Amos, CFL Coordinator; Jane Wright, CFL Grants Chair; Michelle Zollman, CFL Board Member;

Healthcare Partnership receives grant to pay for mammograms for women without health insurance

Healthcare Partnership receives grant to pay for mammograms for women without health insurance

March 6, 2019 2:48 am Published by

Foundation: Johnson Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
“High-risk women, anyone who has a relative with breast cancer, we’d like to start their screening 10 years prior to the age of diagnosis of the relative, so if the relative was diagnosed at, say, 43, we’d like the screening to start at 33.”
Manahan says that the earlier any cancer, but especially

GRAAHI preps initiative to diversify health care workforce

GRAAHI preps initiative to diversify health care workforce

March 3, 2019 1:41 am Published by

Foundation: Kellogg Foundation

GRAND RAPIDS Along with welcoming new leadership, the Grand Rapids African American Health Institute is preparing to launch a major initiative later this year to bring greater diversity to the region’s health care workforce. That evolution comes via the Pathways to Careers in Health