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New Grants and Donations for Community Health Services - Mays
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Success By Six grant (Sept. 07 - Aug. 08) in the amount of $60,000. $15,000 was appropriated in LCFY07 and $45,000 needs to be appropriated for LCFY08. The funds will be used to assist parents in improving/maximizing their family's health and development; enhance parent/child interactions, and provide tools to improve child's readiness for families who are considered to have factors that put them at risk for poor health and low kindergarten readiness. This grant will finance the following:
? Full Time Nurse
? Office Supplies
? Travel
Success By Six grant (Sept. 08 - Aug. 09) in the amount of $25,000. $6,250 will be appropriated in LCFY08 and the difference is currently budgeted in LCFY09. The funds will be used to assist parents in improving/maximizing their family's health and development; enhance parent/child interactions, and provide tools to improve child's readiness for families who are considered to have factors that put them at risk for poor health and low kindergarten readiness. This grant will finance the following:
? Full Time Nurse
Healthy Highland Park fund in the amount of $33,904. The Healthy Highland Park Task Force, established by the Mayor and City Council, aims to foster well-being, health, and a healthy life style among the citizens of Highland Park. After receiving a local grant from the Healthcare Foundation of Highland Park to produce an anti-tobacco media campaign, Healthy Highland Park approached the Tobacco Free Lake County program to collaborate on a campaign together. By pooling funding and resources, a county-wide mass media campaign was produced to highlight the benefits of Smoke-Free Illinois and offer tobacco cessation resources. Quotes from Lake County residents on why they like Smoke-Free Illinois were featured in newspaper ads, radio ads, billboards, on the World No Tobacco Day Walk T-shirts, and on a “Celebrate Smoke-Free Illinois” quilt disp...
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