Healthy Smiles, Healthy Children: Access to Care=20 Grants
Deadline: August 15, 2011 = (Letters of=20 Intent)
Sponsored by the=20 Foundation of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, these = matching grants=20 of up to $20,000 per year will be awarded to nonprofit organizations to = focus on=20 the delivery of services, education, and research that has potential to = improve=20 child oral health.

CVS=20 Caremark Charitable Trust Accepting Grant Applications for Programs = Serving=20 Children With Disabilities
Deadline: August 15,=20 2011
Grants of up to $50,000 will be awarded to = organizations=20 working to increase opportunities for success for children under the age = of 21=20 with disabilities as well as to improve the overall quality of health = and=20 well-being in underserved communities.

Reducing Risk Behaviors by Promoting Positive Youth=20 Development =
Deadline: September 7,=20 2011
This purpose of this funding opportunity = from the=20 National Institutes of Health (NIH) is to encourage Research Project = Grant=20 applications from institutions/ organizations that propose to enhance = our=20 understanding of effective positive youth development programs and the=20 mechanisms responsible for positive health and developmental=20 outcomes.

Community-Based Partnerships for Childhood Obesity = Prevention and=20 Control =
Deadline:=20 May 7,=20 2012
The purpose of this funding opportunity from the = NIH is=20 to enhance childhood obesity research by fostering the formation of = local,=20 state, or regional teams consisting of researchers, policymakers, and = other=20 relevant stakeholders (eg, community representatives, public health=20 practitioners or officials, educators) in order to identify research = questions=20 and hypotheses, design and implement the relevant research, and = translate the=20 research into evidence relevant to potential policy efforts in this = area.=20

HRSA=20 Public Health = Internship=20 Program =
Application Deadline:=20 Rolling
This Health Resources and Services = Administration=20 (HRSA) Public Health Internship Program enables graduate and = undergraduate=20 students to experience Federal service through a one semester rotation = at HRSA.=20 Participants have frequent contact with HRSA public health experts in = one of a=20 wide-range of disciplines including, but not limited to, rural health = policy,=20 HIV/AIDS, maternal and child health, health care systems, and program = analysis=20 and evaluation.

Robert Wood=20 Johnson Foundation Announces Call for Proposals for Public Health Law=20 Research
Deadline:=20 Open
Grants of up to $100,000 will be awarded to = public=20 entities, nonprofits, tribal groups, and affiliated entities working to=20 strengthen regulatory and policy approaches to improving public=20 health.

Michael & Susan Dell = Foundation
Deadline:=20 Rolling
The Michael and Susan Dell Foundation seeks = to fund=20 projects that directly serve or impact children living in urban poverty, = particularly in the areas of education, childhood health, and family = economic=20 stability.

Hearst=20 Foundations
Deadline:=20 Ongoing
The Hearst Foundations offer funding to = direct=20 medical services that promote wellness, prevention, and rehabilitation. = Specific=20 areas of interest include cancer, geriatrics, neonatology, perinatology, = pediatrics, women's health, and the disabled.

Healthy Community Grants Program and the Healthy = Community=20 Outreach Program, Aetna and Aetna Foundation
Deadline:=20 Ongoing
This program fund community-based initiatives = that=20 increase access to quality health care and improve overall wellness in = the areas=20 of depression and obesity. Proposals must incorporate and/or demonstrate = impact=20 on either expansion of primary caregiver role and/or community care = delivery.=20 Health professions training and support programs to address the growing = shortage=20 of skilled nurses and representation of racially and ethnically diverse = health=20 care professionals across the continuum as well as health care = professionals'=20 cultural competency. Program inquiries should be directed to the = Community=20 Grants program information line at 860/273-6747 or the Aetna Foundation = mailbox=20 at [log in to unmask].