McDowell County Commission On Aging, Inc. Archive

To reduce the tobacco use rate among African Americans in West Virginia by building the capacity of the West Virginia African American Tobacco Prevention Network

To support the West Virginia Chapter of Pediatricians to provide evidenced-based programming and to serve as advocates for children and families (over two years)

For the opening of a Pulmonary Center, seeking to be a part of a Grace Anne Dorney Koppel Pulmonary Network for communication, best practices, and training, within Montgomery General Hospital

To support the Center for Rural Health Development’s 30th Anniversary event to celebrate the work they have accomplished to address rural health issues in West Virginia

To establish a school-based health center in Taylor County, West Virginia

To support a Guaranteed Income pilot in partnership with Zion Child Development Center, serving low-income families in Charleston, West Virginia

To catalyze the West Virginia food ecosystem by evaluating and strengthening the capacity of Healthy Kids, Inc. and their Central Kitchen Project (over two years)

For the formative research phase of a statewide Community-Based Stigma Reduction Campaign in West Virginia, to reduce public stigmas against people with substance use disorder

To train emergency medical service personnel on Mindfulness-Based Resilience training aimed at mitigating occupational trauma and increasing resilience in this workforce

For the Appalachian Vision Outreach Program which addresses vision care to West Virginia adult patients that are financially or geographically isolated