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SMALL
GRANT PROGRAMS
What is the Status of Health Small Grants program?
The
Status of Health program awards small grants to community groups,
for health promotion around the issues of cardiovascular disease
prevention and decreasing obesity. The grants must address the
health behaviors of physical activity and nutrition.
Criteria
for grants include forming partnerships among community groups,
proposing a creative and effective prevention approach and demonstrating
an efficient use of funds.
Volunteers
are involved in all aspects of the program including evaluating
applications, making award decisions, providing technical assistance
to grantees and monitoring projects.
Since
1993, approximately $1,200,000 has been invested in 260 health
promotion programs in DeKalb.
Applicants
are non-profit community groups such as civic associations, PTA's,
schools, faith organizations, undergraduate and graduate students,
neighborhood associations, etc.
SOME SUCCESS
STORIES
Bosom
Buddies
Bosom Buddies provides breast health education, information,
increased awareness and access to mammography to the under-served
at-risk women in DeKalb County between the ages of 35 and
50. Bosom Buddies provides services to all races and both
genders. In 1999, the organization served approximately 3000
women in DeKalb County.
Contact: Frances Ward (770) 396-7995.
Africa’s
Children’s Fund
With a focus on reducing teen pregnancy rates in DeKalb
County, Africa’s Children’s Fund focuses on “at-risk”
middle and high school students. The staff, almost entirely
volunteers and interns, directs programs that educate and
provide structure to the students’ lives. Recently,
Africa’s Children’s Fund has broadened its focus
to include entire communities through bi-weekly workshops,
open forums and providing parenting training.
Contact: Victor Mbaba, 404.577.4388
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RECENT
COOPERATIVE GRANT RECIPIENTS
Cooperative Grants are given to a groups that partner with
one or more organizations to promote healthy living in DeKalb
County.
Children's
Health Care of Atlanta, Inc.
1680 Tullie Circle
Atlanta, GA 30329
Contact: Alice Smith, 404-417-5672
Hughes
Spalding Children's Hospital
35 Butler Street
Box 26020
Atlanta, GA 30303
Contact: Ben Selassie, 404-616-1303
Israel
Missionary Baptist Church
13 Sycamore Square
Decatur, GA 30030
Contact: Selma Morris, 404-616-5379
Oakhurst
Community Garden Project
529 Adams Street
Decatur, GA 30030
Contact: Sally Wylde, 404-370-1645
Reaching
Out to Senior Adults (Rosa)
3013 Rainbow Drive, Suite 125
Atlanta, GA 30302
Contact: Normal Phillips, 404-212-7900
RECENT
MINI-GRANT RECIPIENTS
Mini-grants are given to independent groups who work to promote
healthy living in DeKalb County.
Avondale
Pattillo United Methodist Church
3260 Covington Highway
Decatur, GA 30032
Contact: Tavye Morgan, (404) 294-4063
Decatur
High School PTSA
310 N. McDonough Street
Decatur, GA 30030
Contact: Rena Glass-Dixon, (404) 370-4420 x115
Georgia
State University Research Foundation
700 Kell Hall Universioty Plaza
Atlanta, GA 30303
Contact: Leslie Taylor, (404) 651-3075
Newcomers
Network
3647 Market Street
Clarkston, GA 30021
Contact: Bobby King, (404) 299-6217
Nutrition
Connection
2320 North Eiffel Court
Decatur, GA 30032
Contact: Vera Green, (404) 241-2465
Positive
Growth, Inc
4036 E. Ponce de Leon Avenue
Clarkston, GA 30021
Contact: Keith Dawson, (404) 292-6420
Robert
Shaw Traditional Theme School PTA
385 Glendale Road
Scottdale, GA 30079
Contact: Sharon Sutton, (404) 297-8930
Ronald
E. McNair Senior High School
1952 Rollingwood Drive
Atlanta, GA 30316
Contact: Deirdre P. Pierce, (404) 243-8960
Sisters…By
Choice
4150 Snapfinger Woods Drive, Suite 100
Decatur, GA 30035
Contact: Rogsbert F. Phillips, M.D., (404) 289-5408
Stone
Mountain Youth Soccer Association
3466 Centerville Lane
Snellville, GA 30039
Contact: Dexter Owen, (770) 489-4775
Student
Athletes for Education, Inc.
2778 Cumberland Blvd., Suite 172
Symrna, GA 30080
Contact: Jeffrey Bryant, (404) 412-5032
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