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Grants: Year 1992 Underserved
| RECIPIENT |
PURPOSE |
TOTAL AWARDS |
1992 PAYMENTS |
GRANTS PAYABLE
12/31/92 |
Association for Children for Enforcement
of Support
Toledo, OH |
To strengthen government regulations
requiring noncustodial parents with health insurance to provide coverage
for their children. |
$31,700 |
$31,700 |
|
Catholics for a Free Choice
Washington, DC |
To increase the participation of
national Hispanic organizations in the reproductive health debate. |
45,000 |
45,000 |
|
Center for Policy Alternatives
Washington, DC |
To support the Collaborative Project
on State Reproductive Health. |
37,500 |
37,500 |
|
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Washington, DC |
To increase participation in the
federallyfunded Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children. |
250,000 |
175,000 |
75,000 |
Children's Defense Fund*
Washington, DC
|
A two-year grant to improve state
implementation of the federal early prevention, screening, diagnosis, and
treatment program for lowincome children. |
100,000 |
50,000 |
|
Children's Defense Fund
Washington, DC |
To educate the public about children's
stake in national health care reform. |
50,000 |
50,000 |
|
Communications Consortium Media
Center
Washington, DC |
To increase the media visibility
of women of color in the reproductive health debate. |
50,000 |
50,000 |
|
Families USA Foundation
Washington, DC |
To document the extent to which
U.S. citizens travel to Mexico for lower cost health care services. |
30,000 |
30,000 |
|
Food Research and Action Center
Washington, DC |
To increase participation in the
federally funded School Breakfast and Summer Food Service Programs. |
75,000 |
75,000 |
|
George Washington University
Washington, DC |
To educate the public about children's
stake in national health care reform. |
25,000 |
25,000 |
|
Grantmakers In Health
Washington, DC |
General operahng support. |
3,000 |
3,000 |
|
Legal Action Center of the City
of New York*
New York, NY |
A two-year grant to provide drug
treatment centers with the information and training they need to offer effective
services to women. |
50,000 |
50,000 |
|
Mental Health Law Project*
Washington, DC |
A two-year grant to increase enrollment
of eligible lowincome children in the federal Social Security Income program. |
100,000 |
50,000 |
|
National Association of Community
Health Centers**
Washington, DC |
A three-year grant to recruit and
retain doctors and health care professionals. |
300,000 |
100,000 |
|
National Association of State-Based
Child Advocacy Organizations
Washington, DC |
To educate the public about children's
stake in national health care reform. |
75,000 |
75,000 |
|
National Black Women's Health Project
Atlanta, GA |
To support the walking for Wellness
Program. |
175,000 |
100,000 |
75,000 |
| National Council of Negro Women
Washington, DC |
To increase the capacity of national
AfricanAmerican women's organizations to engage in public education, outreach,
and service activities to improve the reproductive health of African American
women. |
45,000 |
45,000 |
|
National Network of Runaway and
Youth Services
Washington, DC |
To design a training program on
best practices which highlights model programs for youth service agencies. |
66,688 |
66,688 |
|
| Porcupine Clinic Health Board Porcupine,
SD |
General operahng support. |
50,000 |
50,000 |
|
Society for the Advancement of Women's
Health Research
Washington, DC |
General operating support. |
50,000 |
50,000 |
|
The Tides Foundation
San Francisco, CA |
To enable the leaders of five women
of color organizations which work on women's health to identify and resolve
common organizational development issues. |
34,200 |
34,200 |
|
University of Massachusetts
Worcester, MA |
To establish a stress reduction
clinic in a lowincome community and to evaluate the program's impact on
health. |
67,000 |
67,000 |
|
Mind / Body
| RECIPIENT |
PURPOSE |
TOTAL AWARDS |
1992 PAYMENTS |
GRANTS PAYABLE
12/31/92 |
Harvard Community Health Plan Foundation
Brookline, MA |
To evaluate the efficacy of mind/body
techniques as a treatment for functional bowl disease and to design and
deliver a mind/body curriculum for physicians. |
$150,000 |
$150,000 |
|
Harvard University
Boston, MA |
To clarify the ways social processes
in both natural and clinical settings transform mind/body relations to produce
healing. |
119,900 |
49,500 |
70,400 |
National Academy of Sciences*
Washington, DC |
To support an 18-month study by
the Institute of Medicine on mind, body. medicine. |
100,000 |
100,000 |
|
Policy Resource Center*
Washington, DC |
A three-year grant to establish
the Center for the Advancement of Health. |
400,000 |
150,000 |
150,000 |
University of Louisville School
of Medicine**
Louisville, KY |
To develop medical school curricula
on mind/body techniques and to encourage professional careers in mind/body
medicine. |
210,000 |
60,000 |
60,000 |
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY |
To evaluate whether communitybased
health professionals can be trained to deliver supportive group therapy,
as well as the impact of supportive group therapy on disease recurrence
in women with primary breast cancer. |
175,200 |
78,500 |
96,700 |
Wellness Community - National
Santa Monica, CA |
To enable the Wellness Community
National to obtain organizational development assistance. |
28,700 |
28,700 |
|
Cancer
| RECIPIENT |
PURPOSE |
TOTAL AWARDS |
1992 PAYMENTS |
GRANTS PAYABLE
12/31/92 |
American Lung Association
New York, NY |
To replicate a successful stop smoking
program for AfricanAmerican adults in 15 localities. |
$49,120 |
$49,120 |
|
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ |
For renovation and expansion of
the new building of the Cancer Research Institute. |
100,000 |
100,000 |
|
National Alliance of Breast Cancer
Organizations
New York, NY |
To provide leadership development
training and technical assistance to members of the Breast Cancer Coalition. |
50,000 |
50,000 |
|
Policy Resource Center
Washington, DC |
To design a cancer initiative to
increase support for research on cancer prevention and cancer treatment
from the perspective of the patient. |
100,000 |
100,000 |
|
Regents of the University of California
Los Angeles, CA |
To conduct a followup study on 55
cancer patients who participated in a 1985 study on the impact of a structured
psychiatric intervention on immune function. |
47,675 |
47,675 |
|
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ |
To write a book tentatively titled
"Nutrition and Exercise in the Prevention and Treatment of Breast Cancer." |
26,967 |
26,967 |
|
University of Arizona Foundation
Tucson, AZ |
For the Herbert K. Cummings Endowment
for Basic Research in Cancer Prevention. |
90,000 |
90,000 |
|
University of Arkansas
Little Rock, AR |
To evaluate the impact of visual
imagery and psychotherapy on tumor shrinkage in patients with advanced adenoid
cystic carcinoma. |
47,750 |
47,750 |
|
| TOTAL |
|
$3,405,400 |
$2,363,300 |
$527,100 |
*Award autthorized in 1991.
**Award authorized in 1990.
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