Availability of Funds for Grants To Provide Comprehensive Health Promotion, Disease Prevention, and Primary Health Care Services to Native Hawaiians

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The Health Resources and Services Administration announces the availability of approximately $3,143,000 for grants to qualified entities to provide comprehensive disease prevention and primary health services to Native Hawaiians. These grants will be awarded under the provisions of the Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act of 1992. Up to five grants may be awarded at a funding level ranging from $450,000 to $700,000 annually, depending on the number of persons targeted to be reached by the programs and the comprehensiveness of the programs. The project period will be three years. The Public Health Service (PHS) is committed to achieving the health promotion and disease prevention objectives of Healthy People 2000, a PHS-led national activity for setting priority areas. This program is related to the priority area of improving access to health services in underserved areas and the priority area of clinical preventive services and educational community-based programs. Potential applicants may obtain a copy of Healthy People 2000 (Full Report: Stock No. 017-001-00474-0) or Healthy People 2000 (Summary Report: Stock No. 017-001-00473-1) through the Superintendent of Documents, Go