HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — A dozen community-based organizations have been given mini-grants from the Marshall University Minority Health Institute in West Virginia, the school said.
The awards are for as much as $5,000 and are intended to help groups that work to promote health equity and predominantly serve racial or ethnic minorities in West Virginia.
The groups receiving the awards are Ebenezer Medical Outreach, Economic Development Greater East, Reset incorporated, Dunbar School Foundation, Connection to the Connection Inc., Sheba International Inc., South Central Educational Development Inc., Positive People Association Inc., African American Community Association of Jefferson County, The Healing House Inc., Aspire Achievement Project and A More Excellent Way of Life Center Church.
The National Association of Chronic Disease Directors and the Sisters of St. Joseph Health and Wellness Foundation provided funds, and the West Virginia State Office of Rural Health matched the funds.
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