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Healthcare disparities exist in Kansas City whether that means vaccine accessibility, food security, or mental health resources.
The health care disparity in Kansas City is largely shaped by where you live and how much money you make.
There are regions of the metro with quality access to health care and those without it. The Health Forward Foundation is fighting this by awarding $3.4 million in grants to 36 nonprofit organizations. The idea is to make people, especially in low-income neighborhoods, healthier. Two grant recipients share their goals for improving health care in the city.
Adriana Pecina, senior program officer, Health Forward
Health Forward Foundation awards $3.4M in grants to Kansas City-area nonprofits
Funds to address healthy eating, active living
Health Forward Foundation awards $3.4M in grants to Kansas City-area nonprofits
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The foundation said in a press release that the organizations receiving funding as part of its Healthy Communities Grant promote healthy eating and active living through policies, systems and environmental change.
Among the organizations is Kanbe s Markets, which will receive a $102,816 grant. Maxfield Kaniger, founder and CEO, said his nonprofit works to address food insecurity in many neighborhoods by providing fruits and vegetables for businesses like Anchor Island Coffee on Troost Avenue.
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