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Blue Cross Foundation Invests in Community Health
Date:12/6/2007

2008 funding available under Healthy Together initiative

EAGAN, Minn., Dec. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation recently awarded $1,151,700 in grants -- $810,000 under Growing Up Healthy: Kids and Communities, $206,700 for Healthy Together: Creating Community with New Americans, and $135,000 in related grants.

Growing Up Healthy, a 10-year funding effort, nurtures the healthy growth and development of children under age five by supporting partnerships in communities across the state that connect children's health with early childhood development opportunities, safe and affordable housing and the environment. Healthy Together is a statewide grants program that addresses the mental health, social adjustment and integration of immigrants and refugees.

"We know that everyone in the community benefits when each of us is healthier," said Joan Cleary, foundation vice president. "These initiatives improve health for all by focusing on our newest as well as our youngest residents."

Recent grants include:

Growing Up Healthy: Kids and Communities

Beltrami Wellness Education for Long Life, Bemidji, $60,000 for the Excellence in Wellness Certification program in collaboration with Bemidji State University, BiCap Headstart, and in- home licensed child care providers.

Carlton County Children and Family Services Collaborative, Cloquet, $60,000 to increase access to safe housing, promote clean physical environments and improve early childhood education opportunities in Carlton County.

East Side Neighborhood Development Company, St. Paul, $60,000 to improve the environmental quality of home and day care environments in the Payne- Phalen neighborhood.

Family Housing Fund, Minneapolis, $60,000 to improve environmental and physical safety of supportive housing for families in St. Paul.

Greater Minnesota Housing Fund, St. Paul, $60,000 to support a green, affordable hou
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