Healthcare Georgia Foundation has launched a statewide Georgia Childhood Asthma Management Program. This is a multi-year program designed to improve the delivery of comprehensive and integrated health services for Georgia’s children and adolescents living with asthma.
The Foundation's goals are to support organizations that:
- Improve asthma self-management among children.
- Improve access and quality of health services for children with asthma.
- Increase asthma awareness and knowledge among children with asthma, their parents/caregivers, and the general public.
- Support new or existing community partnerships and/or coalitions which implement and sustain comprehensive, integrated, and community-wide strategies.
- Reduce the prevalence of environmental triggers associated with the effective management of asthma.
- Reduce disparities in childhood asthma outcomes.
Important dates:
- Pre-application Conference Call: October 1, 2008
- Deadline for Letters of Inquiry (LOI): October 14, 2008
- Invitation to Submit Full Proposal: October 29, 2008
- Deadline for Full Proposal: January 14, 2009
Please read the RFP for more details. If you have questions about the LOI process, please contact Andrea Young Kellum, Program Officer at akellum@healthcaregeorgia.org or 404-653-0990.
The Foundation also is offering a related distance learning program on Oct. 10, Developing Written Asthma Action Plans using 2007 Guidelines. Click on the program title for more details and to register.
Sandy Pon, Reference Librarian, Foundation Center-Atlanta
Thanks for sharing this information. There are so many kids who are effected by asthma differently and the sooner it's can be treated the better.
Posted by: Healthy Atlanta | November 09, 2009 at 11:13 AM