New Health Programs to Give $58-Million
January 28, 1999 | Read Time: 1 minute
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has announced two new grant-making programs that will give away more than $58-million:
* “Covering Kids: A National Health Access Initiative for Low-Income, Uninsured Children.” The $47-million program is designed to encourage governments and private organizations to collaborate to help enroll children in the Medicaid or State Children’s Health Insurance Program.
* “Community-State Partnerships to Improve End-of-Life Care.” The new three-year program will give $11.25-million to as many as 25 statewide coalitions that are working to influence public policies that affect care for the terminally ill.
For more information on Covering Kids, contact Sarah Shuptrine, Director, Covering Kids National Program Office, Southern Institute on Children and Families, 620 Sims Avenue, Columbia, S.C. 29205; (803) 779-2607.
For details on End-of-Life Care, contact Myra Christopher, National Program Director, Community-State Partnerships to Improve End-of-Life Care, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 4041, Kansas City, Mo. 64105; (816) 221-1100.
