BID-Milton now accepting health grant apps
By Canton CitizenBeth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Milton (BID-Milton) is offering mini-grants in amounts ranging from $500 to $1,500 to local service agencies, nonprofit organizations, boards of health, coalitions and community groups to address specific community health needs outlined in the hospital’s 2014 Community Health Needs Assessment.
Last year the hospital provided $11,000 in mini-grants to eight local organizations, including Milton High School, Randolph Senior Center, Interfaith Social Services (Quincy), and the Simon Fireman Community Center (Randolph). The Canton Public Schools was the recipient of mini-grants in both 2010 and 2013.
Grant applications are available through the hospital, and applicants should submit proposals that use proven or promising practices to improve primary care, disease prevention, and/or health promotion for vulnerable populations with a focus on at least one of the following issue priorities:
* Provide access to affordable, community-based medical or preventive services, particularly for seniors
* Offer educational programs and/or screenings to address chronic disease prevention and education that impacts vulnerable populations
* Increase awareness of substance abuse as a growing health problem with a focus on education and prevention
* Enhance community knowledge of mental health as a primary health issue and promote available mental health resources and supports
* Develop programming that addresses health education around obesity and nutrition
* Improve access to care by promoting existing public transportation options
Applications must be for programs in BID-Milton’s market area of Milton, Canton, Randolph, Quincy, Dorchester, Hyde Park, Braintree or Weymouth, and are due Friday, May 1.
Grant applications may be downloaded from the hospital’s website at bidmilton.org. For more information, call Robert McCrystal, director of communications, at 617-313-1590.
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Posted by Canton Citizen
on Apr 17 2015. Filed under News.
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