Kresge Foundation commits $2M to Detroit s COVID-19 vaccination effort
Detroit The Kresge Foundation is committing $2 million to bolster access to COVID-19 vaccines and support services in Detroit.
The foundation said Thursday it will direct half of the funding toward health equity efforts in Detroit through community health centers, neighborhood development groups and human service agencies. Kresge has committed the other $1 million to grants to support various organizations with vaccination efforts. Those will be awarded in the coming weeks.
“COVID-19 is not over, especially in Black and Brown communities, Wendy Lewis Jackson, managing director of the Kresge Foundation’s Detroit Program, said in a news release. Community organizations are telling us that there’s more to be done to get out the word in neighborhoods that vaccines are readily available, safe and save lives, and to help connect residents to them.
Leading Authority on American Indian and Alaska Native Health Spero Manson Receives 2021 Elizabeth Fries Health Education Award
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ATLANTA, April 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Spero M. Manson, PhD, a leading authority with respect to American Indian and Alaska Native health, today was awarded the 2021 Elizabeth Fries Health Education Award. Manson is a distinguished professor and the Colorado Trust Chair in American Indian Health at the Colorado School of Public Health, at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus where he directs the Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health.
This year s award was presented virtually to Manson at the annual meeting of the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE). Due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) emergency, SOPHE held their annual conference virtually. The CDC Foundation with the James F. and Sarah T. Fries Foundation honored Manson for his outstanding contributions to America
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Three Central Coast-based health centers are expecting to receive more than $11 million in federal funding this month.
The money will be distributed from American Rescue Plan funds to expand COVID-19 vaccinations, testing and treatment, and deliver preventive and primary health care services to vulnerable populations.
$11.6 million is being distributed locally to American Indian Health and Services, Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics and the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department.
This is part of a $6 billion investment President Joe Biden announced he would take from the American Rescue Plan to fund nearly 1,400 community health centers across the United States.
Local U.S. Congressional Representative Salud Carbajal supports the American Rescue Plan. He said this funding addresses equity issues in the underserved communities that these health centers support.
DeAnna Porter gives vax to mom, Cheryl Ford (Tenet Health Central Coast)
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. - A new infusion of funds for community health centers on the Central Coast is on its way.
The announcement was made Thursday by the office of Rep. Salud Carbajal.
$11.6 million will be divvied up between three agencies: American Indian Health and Services, Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics and the County of Santa Barbara.
The county will receive the lionshare with more than $5 million.
“Our community health centers have been key partners in keeping our community safe and healthy during the pandemic,” said Rep. Carbajal. “I’m glad to see over $11 million will be used to enhance our ability to get vaccines into the arms of Central Coast residents as quickly, equitably, and effectively as possible.”