Special Initiative: Healthy Places NC
Obesity Reduction in Beaufort County
Like many parts of the state, rural Healthy Places NC communities are working to address high obesity rates and food insecurity. To assist stakeholders in Beaufort in building a more equitable food system, the Trust will support efforts aimed at implementing local action plans.
Call-by date: January 17, 2020 | Application deadline: February 4, 2020
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Obesity Reduction in Halifax and Beaufort Counties
Like many parts of the state, rural Healthy Places NC communities are working to address high obesity rates and lack of access to active living resources. To assist stakeholders in Halifax and Beaufort counties, the Trust will support efforts that could include increasing recreational opportunities in underserved areas, conducting an equitable recreation master planning process, or promoting countywide recreation coordination.
Call-by date: January 17, 2020 | Application deadline: February 4, 2020
Building Partnerships and Organizational Capacity to Address Social Drivers of Poor Health
Achieving greater equity in health outcomes will require genuine partnership between hospitals and health systems and the community organizations that are embedded in underserved areas or led by residents with low incomes. The Trust is interested in hearing from organizations and collaboratives working to build these partnerships to address a specific social driver of poor health.
Call-by date: January 17, 2020 (for February 4 deadline) | Application deadline: February 4, 2020
Interested parties please contact the Trust’s liaison, Anita Gunn Shirley, Associate Director, Foundation Relations, Duke Medicine Development and Alumni Affairs at 919-385-3117 or anita.shirley@duke.edu prior to submitting a request.
