The grant is part of the “Invest Health” initiative by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and a Philadelphia organization named Reinvestment Fund.
Savannah received $60,000 to help low income neighborhoods throughout the city.
One of the poorest areas of the county — the southeast end of Canton — desperately requires the type of attention that a new planning grant will give it.
Canton is one of 50 cities nationwide that will receive the Invest Health grant. It will have 18 months to research and plan how best to address health issues in the low-income neighborhood. The $60,000 grant from the Philadelphia-based Reinvestment Fund, a community development financial institution, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, will bring together a team of community stakeholders. The onus will be on these officials to find practical solutions to some of the neighborhood’s problems. And those problems are many.
Four Michigan cities – Flint, Pontiac, Lansing and Grand Rapids – have received $60,000 grants each from theRobert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Reinvestment Fund to improve health in low-income neighborhoods.
Of the 50 cities in 31 states selected nationwide, the Invest Health initiative received applications from 170 communities for the $3 million total grants. Eligible cities range in populations from 50,000 to 400,000.
The city has been given a $60,000 grant for mid-size U.S. cities to create ways to improve public health.
Where you live impacts your health, and Spokane has been selected to receive a $60,000 grant to foster collaboration and innovation in the area of housing disparity.
Over the next 18 months they will join other Invest Health teams in sharing best practices and receiving technical assistance from expert advisors and coaches, along with engaging with other local stakeholders to encourage knowledge sharing.
The city has been given a $60,000 grant for mid-size U.S. cities to create ways to improve public health.
The city of Eau Claire has been chosen to be a part of a national health initiative.
Hartford has won a $60,000 grant as one of 50 mid-size U.S. cities chosen to participate in an 18-month project exploring ways to improve health and access for low-income residents.
The city was one of 180 teams from 170 communities with populations between 50,000 and 400,000 that applied to Philadelpha-based The Reinvestment Fund and New Jersey-based Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to participate in their Invest Health initiative, Hartford Mayor Luke Brunin announced Wednesday.