{"id":110472,"date":"2020-01-06T10:51:36","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T15:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=110472"},"modified":"2020-01-06T10:51:36","modified_gmt":"2020-01-06T15:51:36","slug":"applications-now-open-for-community-impact-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=110472","title":{"rendered":"Applications now open for Community Impact Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"163\" src=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/image003-300x163.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-97983\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/image003-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/image003-150x81.jpg 150w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/image003.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Applicants encouraged to attend American Heart Association grant application workshop<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The American Heart Association wants to help local\norganizations create a healthier Mohawk Valley. Applications are now open for\nthe American Heart Association\u2019s Community Impact Grants. The grants help local\ngroups start or continue projects aimed at improving the health of our\ncommunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The American Heart Association is looking for innovative programs that address social determinants of health and work to increase the consumption of healthful foods, increase the number of individuals who meet the recommended amount of physical activity, reduce tobacco use and increase access to blood pressure screenings and education that can be tied to health outcomes in the underserved populations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Healthful eating \u2013 improving access to and consumption of healthy foods<\/li><li>Physical activity \u2013 increasing percentage of youth and adults that meet physical activity guidelines<\/li><li>Tobacco use \u2013 eliminate tobacco and e-cigarette use and exposure to secondhand smoke<\/li><li>Blood pressure \u2013 reduce hypertension and improve blood pressure control rates in underserved populations<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Grants funding is available for up to $10,000 per project,\nwith a total of $40,000 available. The term of the proposed project is 12\nmonths from June 1, 2020, through May 31, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grant applications can be submitted online at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/heartofuticagrants.heart.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">heartofuticagrants.heart.org<\/a>.\nApplicants are strongly encouraged to attend the American Heart\nAssociation\u2019s&nbsp;grant application workshop Jan. 14 from 9 to 10 a.m.&nbsp;at\nthe Greater Utica Chamber of Commerce Landmark Building in Downtown Utica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Applicants can RSVP to&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:heartofutica@heart.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">heartofutica@heart.org<\/a>&nbsp;or\nby calling 315.580.3963.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 2011, the local American Heart Association has been\nable to award $290,000 with 72 grants to 32 deserving organizations who are\nworking to improve the health of the Mohawk Valley.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Applicants encouraged to attend American Heart Association grant application workshop The American Heart Association wants to help local organizations create a healthier Mohawk Valley. Applications are now open for the American Heart Association\u2019s Community Impact Grants. The grants help local groups start or continue projects aimed at improving the health of our community. The American [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":97983,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23810,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wellbeing","category-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=110472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110472\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/97983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=110472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=110472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=110472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}