| | Year | Organization | Location | Project Description | Project Results | Grant Amount |
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| 2003 | American Heart Assocation | Little Rock | Operation Heartbeat provides CPR training and placement of defibrillation devices in high traffic public areas. |
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| $78,800 |
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| 2003 | American Lung Association of Arkansas | Little Rock | Arkansas Asthma project focuses on teaching children how to gain control of their condition. |
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| $130,400 |
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3
| 2003 | Arkansas Center for Health Improvement | Little Rock | ACHI statewide study to examine policy, program, financial and other access-related determinants of the use of cost-effective alternatives to institutional long-term care. |
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| $150,000 |
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4
| 2003 | Arkansas Post Girl Scout Council | Pine Bluff | Fit for the Future project supports exercise and nutrition for Girl Scouts in the Pine Bluff area. |
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| $7,000 |
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5
| 2003 | BAPTIST HEALTH Foundation | Little Rock | Fund six nursing scholarships for graduates who wish to practice in the underserved areas of the Delta region of Arkansas. |
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| $30,000 |
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6
| 2003 | Boston Mountain Rural Health Center | Marshall | Healthy Lifestyles program serves Searcy, Van Buren, Stone and Madison counties. |
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| $42,000 |
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| 2003 | Family Network | Springdale | Health Education in Parenting program provides health education and access to affordable services in Springdale area. |
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| $98,000 |
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| 2003 | Guadalupe Prenatal Clinic | Little Rock | Clinic provides prenatal services to increasing numbers of immigrant Hispanic women in Central Arkansas who have limited resources for care. |
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| $50,000 |
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9
| 2003 | Safe Jonesboro Coalition | Jonesboro | Support the coalition’s mission to protect the young and the old by distributing child-safety seats and bike helmets and providing screenings and assessment to prevent falls among the elderly. |
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| $90,000 |
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10
| 2003 | UAMS Delta Area Health Education Center | Helena/W. Helena | Your Body, Your Health program designed to increase health knowledge and modify behavior patterns regarding hypertension, stroke, teen pregnancy, breast self-exams and sickle cell anemia. |
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| $70,000 |
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11
| 2003 | UAMS Department of Pediatrics KIDS FIRST | Little Rock | Addressing the Arkansas Epidemic program addresses statewide childhood obesity. |
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| $140,900 |
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12
| 2003 | YWCA Bess Chisum Stephens | Little Rock | EncorePlus program is designed to reduce the Arkansas mortality rate of breast and cervical cancer. |
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| $75,000 |
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13
| 2004 | American Lung Association of Arkansas | Little Rock | Arkansas Asthma Open Airways for Schools project. |
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| $132,010 |
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14
| 2004 | Arkansas Center for Addictions, Research Education and Services | Little Rock | Building Bridges Health Care project serves families affected by mother's addiction. |
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| $90,000 |
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15
| 2004 | Arkansas Center for Birth Defects Research and Prevention | Little Rock | Folic Acid Education program increases the knowledge and intake of folic acid among Arkansas women of childbearing age. |
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| $90,000 |
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16
| 2004 | Crowley's Ridge Development Council, Inc. | Jonesboro | CHOICES prevents early onset of drug use. |
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| $7,775 |
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| 2004 | Delta Memorial Hospital | Dumas | Link to Life program addresses breast health, osteoporosis, prenatal and infant care in southeast Arkansas. |
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| $95,000 |
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| 2004 | Focus, Inc. | Jonesboro | Provides paraprofessional training through Northwest Arkansas Disability Health Education Conference. |
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| $10,160 |
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| 2004 | Guadalupe Prenatal Clinic | Little Rock | Prenatal services for Hispanic women in Central Arkansas. |
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| $50,000 |
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| 2004 | Interfaith Clinic | El Dorado | Clinic provides dental services for underserved people in south Arkansas. |
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| $25,000 |
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| 2004 | Kiwanis Activities, Inc. | Little Rock | Physically Fit for Life program provides wellness information for Little Rock School District. |
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| $75,000 |
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22
| 2004 | Northwest Arkansas Radiation Therapy Institute | Springdale | Men's Healthcare Navigator (NARTI) provides educational support for men with cancer in northwest Arkansas. |
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| $70,750 |
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| 2004 | Safe Jonesboro Coalition | Jonesboro | SAFE KIDS of Northeast Arkansas program provides national child-passenger safety technical training for law enforcement officers, fall prevention medical check for the elderly and bicycle safety presentations and free helmet distribution to 2nd grade students. |
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| $78,824 |
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| 2004 | UAMS Department of Pediatrics KIDS FIRST | Little Rock | Childhood obesity curriculum development and distribution. |
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| $119,000 |
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| 2004 | University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension | Little Rock | Arkansas Body Walk program teaches K thru 4th grade students about healthy behaviors. |
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| $107,716 |
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| 2004 | YWCA Bess Chisum Stephens | Little Rock | EncorePlus program is designed to reduce the Arkansas mortality rate of breast and cervical cancer. |
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| $50,000 |
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| 2005 | Arkansas Center for Birth Defects Research and Prevention | Little Rock | Folic Acid Education program reduces the occurrence of foliate-preventable birth defects in Arkansas. |
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| $85,341 |
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| 2005 | Arkansas Children's Hospital Foundation | Little Rock | Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Little Rock program provides child safety restraints. |
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| $24,051 |
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| 2005 | Arkansas Educational Television Network Foundation | Conway | Fighting Fat monthly television program addresses health issues, healthy living tips and fitness ideas. |
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| $70,522 |
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| 2005 | Arkansas Human Development Corporation | Little Rock | Promotoras de Salud (Health Promoters) program assists the Hispanic and Latino community in Central Arkansas in learning healthy lifestyle skills. |
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| $73,304 |
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| 2005 | Arkansas Rice Depot | Little Rock | Food For Kids program provides schools with new backpacks of nutritious foods. |
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| $75,000 |
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| 2005 | BAPTIST HEALTH Foundation | Little Rock | Here's to Your Health: Childhood Obesity program serves an 11-county area with education and intervention. |
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| $66,401 |
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| 2005 | Community Clinic at St. Francis House | Springdale | Prenatal Access program serves low-income expectant mothers in Washington County. |
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| $94,673 |
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34
| 2005 | Crittenden Memorial Hospital | West Memphis | Children's Health Initiative addresses maternal health, child health and childhood obesity in Crittenden County. |
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| $30,890 |
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| 2005 | Crowley's Ridge Development Council, Inc. | Paragould | March into Fitness walking program serves Greene County. |
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| $44,438 |
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| 2005 | Daughters of Charity Services of Arkansas | Dumas | Pharmacy Assistance program helps patients obtain low-cost or free medications and are taught proper medication usage. |
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| $48,158 |
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| 2005 | Easter Seals Arkansas | Stuttgart | Serving the Delta region, the program initiates a car seat safety campaign, creates a parent resource library and provides training. |
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| $73,483 |
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| 2005 | Focus, Inc. | Jonesboro | 2005 Northeast Arkansas Health Education Conference. |
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| $10,000 |
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| 2005 | Greater Texarkana Peoples' Clinic, Inc | Texarkana | Clinic provides free medical treatment to uninsured residents of Miller County, AR and Bowie County, TX. |
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| $50,000 |
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| 2005 | Kiwanis Activities, Inc. | Little Rock | Physically Fit for Life program provides wellness information for Little Rock School District. |
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| $75,000 |
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| 2005 | North Arkansas Partnership for Health Education | Harrison | North Arkansas Wellness Initiative program provides education about risky lifestyle behaviors and health related costs for the youth, residents and workforce in north Central Arkansas. |
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| $112,418 |
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| 2005 | Pine Bluff Chapter of the Links, Inc. | Pine Bluff | Healthy Outcomes Promoted Through Education (HOPE) program provides obesity clinics for children. |
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| $39,200 |
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| 2005 | Southeast Arkansas Education Service Cooperative | Monticello | Wellness Academics, and You (WAY) program provides students with the knowledge and skills to make healthy lifestyle choices. |
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| $117,633 |
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| 2005 | St. Bernards Foundation | Jonesboro | Kids Camp program addresses childhood obesity. |
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| $68,739 |
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| 2005 | UAMS College of Public Health, UALR/W. Bowen School of Law | Little Rock | Symposium on legal and policy issues related to obesity. |
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| $30,000 |
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| 2005 | UAMS Delta Area Health Education Center | Helena/W. Helena | A Healthy Beginning program designed to focus intervention on expectant mothers in Phillips County. |
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| $69,154 |
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| 2005 | UAMS Department of Pediatrics KIDS FIRST | Little Rock | Childhood obesity in preschool and early elementary age children. |
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| $99,048 |
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| 2006 | Arkansas Children's Hospital Foundation | Little Rock | Community Focused School-based Obesity Prevention program provides the Little Rock School District with an obesity prevention curriculum. |
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| $149,974 |
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| 2006 | Arkansas Delta Rural Development Network, Ozark Mountain Health | Clinton | 2006 fall and spring Arkansas Institute on serving health and social needs of rural and impoverished Arkansans. |
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| $90,000 |
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| 2006 | Arkansas Educational Television Network Foundation | Conway | Enhance the monthly program, Fighting Fat, by adding Fitness Witness and Crazy, Busy, Fit! |
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| $107,510 |
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| 2006 | Arkansas Foodbank Network, Inc. | Little Rock | Kids Café Pine Bluff program provides nutritious snacks and meals to children participating in the Boys and Girls Clubs. |
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| $43,450 |
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| 2006 | Arkansas Human Development Corporation | Little Rock | Promotoras de Salud Community Focused School-based Obesity Prevention program addresses health concerns of Hispanics and Latinos. |
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| $84,957 |
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| 2006 | Christian Health Center | Camden | Community Cares Prescription Drug program helps poverty-level patients receive prescribed medications at no cost directly from the pharmaceutical companies. |
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| $34,640 |
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| 2006 | Coalition for Healthy Children | Jonesboro | Ready Set Go Camp provides a two-week summer camp for 4th and 5th grade students who are overweight. |
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| $61,409 |
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| 2006 | Committee for Healthier Children, Beebe Public Schools | Beebe | Beebe & Blue program provides a nine-month after-school program focusing on obesity among pre-K thru 9th grade students. |
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| $61,206 |
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| 2006 | Community Clinic at St. Francis House | Springdale | Prenatal Pathways program provides prenatal care for 1,500 Washington County women. |
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| $98,760 |
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| 2006 | Conway County Christian Clinic | Morrilton | Addresses medical needs for the uninsured residents of Conway and Perry counties. |
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| $44,000 |
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| 2006 | Crowley's Ridge Rural Health Coalition | Paragould | Medicine Assistance program helps patients receive medications they otherwise could not afford. |
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| $84,400 |
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| 2006 | Daughters of Charity Services of Arkansas | Dumas | Pharmacy Assistance program serves low-income clients from the Delta region. |
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| $43,212 |
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| 2006 | Easter Seals Arkansas | Stuttgart | Serves critical needs of obese children in the Mississippi River Delta region of Arkansas. |
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| $61,649 |
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| 2006 | Elkins Public Schools (Elementary) | Elkins | Integrated Change Activity and Nutrition (I CAN) program addresses obesity in 5th grade students in northwest Arkansas. |
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| $48,000 |
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| 2006 | Good Samaritan Clinic | Fort Smith | Coping with Hypertension and Diabetes program serves diabetic and hypertensive patients. |
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| $65,000 |
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| 2006 | Greater Texarkana Peoples' Clinic, Inc | Texarkana | Funding for GTPC medical staff. |
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| $150,000 |
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| 2006 | Ozark Health Medical Center | Clinton | Fit Families program provides a family obesity prevention program for the uninsured and underinsured. |
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| $68,292 |
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| 2006 | Parenting and Childbirth Education Services, Inc. | Jonesboro | PACES Coming Alongside program serves pregnant or parenting adolescent women. |
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| $44,200 |
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| 2006 | Safe Jonesboro Coalition | Jonesboro | Get Alarmed! program enables volunteers and firefighters to install smoke alarms or replace batteries at no cost to family. |
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| $25,974 |
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| 2006 | Southeast Arkansas Health Foundation | Monticello | Fit Kids, Healthy Kids program addresses childhood obesity in the Monticello School District. |
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| $16,789 |
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| 2006 | UAMS Helping Schools Help Themselves | Little Rock | Helping Schools Help Themselves - Resources for Schools program provides school guidelines for healthy eating, physical activity and obesity prevention required by state and federal legislation. |
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| $34,466 |
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| 2006 | University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension | Little Rock | Arkansas HOPE program provides nutrition and physical activity lessons for elementary schools in northwest and southwest Arkansas. |
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| $88,482 |
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