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Common Ground Health
Clinic |
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New Orleans,
Louisiana/$100,000 over
3 years |
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Nutrition is a key factor in the
management of chronic diseases
globally. This component of
Prescription for Healthy Living
aims to increase consumption of
fresh fruits and vegetables
among chronic disease patients
with uncontrolled diabetes and
high cholesterol by increasing
affordability and access to
fresh produce. Patients with
financial need will receive
vouchers to subsidize the cost
of fresh produce for themselves
and up to three additional
family members from the local
farmers market for up to 6
months. The health objectives
aim is to reduce the blood
pressure of a least 80% of
hypertensive clients. |
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The Fuller Center for
Housing of NWLA |
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(Homeownership Projects) |
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Shreveport,
Louisiana/$15,000 |
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Fuller NWLA promotes
collaborative and innovative
partnerships with individuals
and organization in a quest to
eradicate substandard housing
and provide decent and
affordable housing for families
living in poverty. Funding
assistance with closing costs
will save money on insurance,
thus freeing up resources that
can be used for additional new
construction. Recipients must
perform 350 hours of ‘sweat
equity’” attend a first-time
homebuyers’ worship, as well as
go through credit counseling and
other reviews in the
applications process. |
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The Fuller Center for
Housing of NWLA |
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(Fuller Grocery in
Allendale) |
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Shreveport,
Louisiana/$15,000 |
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Resident of Shreveport’s’
Allendale/Lakeside neighborhood
live within a food desert as
defined by the United States
Department of Agriculture. The
Fuller Grocery will sell staple
grocery items, most which are
currently unavailable to
Allendale/Lakeside residents
within their own neighborhood.
The grocery will provide a
vehicle for residents to
re-invest SNAP dollars in their
own neighborhood. The Fuller
Grocery will also generate 3-4
jobs, increase tax revenues,
improve property values, and
attract other commercial
development-all of which will
stimulate long-term growth and
stability to this economically
depressed neighborhood. |
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Louisiana Appleseed |
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New Orleans,
Louisiana/$15,000 |
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Louisiana charter
schools face a host of
legal and business
challenges, particularly
in the ever-chin
landscape of school
reform in our state.
Often, charter school
administrators turn to
their Boards of
Directors for advice and
strategic guidance,
particularly on legal
and compliance issues.
Louisiana Appleseed’s
goal is to advance
social justice by
effecting change at the
policy, or systemic,
level. The project seeks
to increase access to
education, opportunity
and justice. The goal of
this project is to
provide charter school
board members with an
online handbook that
addresses the legal and
compliance issues that
charter schools often
face. |
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Louisiana SPCA |
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New Orleans,
Louisiana/$15,000 |
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Chartered in 1888, the Louisiana
Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals (LA/SPCA) is
the oldest and most
comprehensive animal welfare
organization in the state,
providing care and medical
services for approximately
20,000 animals each year.
LA/SPCA’s mission is to advocate
for the animals of Louisiana by
advancing their welfare,
promoting their interests and
fostering the human /animal bond
through innovative programs
education and service.
Rebuilding the LA/SPCA
following, the total devastation
of its upper 9th Ward facility
in post-Katrina flooding is
planned. |
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The Nature
Conservancy-Louisiana
Chapter |
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Baton Rouge,
Louisiana/$15,000 |
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The human need to control the
ARB and to acquire its natural
resources (timber, oil and gas,
crawfish harvesting, hunting,
fishing, flood control,
navigation) has proven to be
unsustainable with current plant
communities, healthy populations
of terrestrial and aquatic fish
and wildlife species. Dr. Piazza
has compiled the State of the
Basin Report, which coupled with
other valuable science tools
will create the scientific
baseline for future
decision-making regarding
restoration and conservation. A
key goal is to engage science,
management, and educational
partners in the Atchafalaya
Basin. TNC believes these Ph.D.
students can move conservation
and restoration forward by
tackling the most pressing
questions in the ARB. |
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Northern and Central
Louisiana Interfaith |
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Shreveport,
Louisiana/$15,000 |
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Northern and Central Louisiana
Interfaith was started in 1998
in Monroe, LA and expanded into
Shreveport/Bossier about eight
years ago. Interfaith
intentionally crosses all the
lines of division that separate
our communities-race, class,
religion, party affiliation,
gender, geography, etc. We build
relationships of trust and then
advocate for the common good.
Interfaith is affiliated with
the Industrial Areas Foundation
(IAF) the oldest and largest
community organizing/training
institute in the country.
Funding will assist expanding a
NOVA like project in the
Shreveport/Bossier area. |
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Volunteers for Youth
Justice |
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Shreveport,
Louisiana/$10,000 |
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For over 30 years Volunteers for
Youth Justice (VYJ) has helped
thousands of children stay out
of the juvenile justice system.
The VYJ Jumpstart program
provides educational workshops
in a support group setting with
trained volunteer facilitators
These workshops educate children
regarding self-esteem, healthy
decision making, anger
management, and respect for
themselves and others.
Goals and objectives for the
youth are to hold them
accountable for their actions;
providing education
opportunities for offenders, and
helping 95% avoid further
re-entry into the juvenile court
system. |
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The Fuller Center for
Housing of NWLA |
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(Fuller Grocery in
Allendale) |
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Shreveport,
Louisiana/$15,000 |
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Resident of Shreveport’s’
Allendale/Lakeside neighborhood
live within a food desert as
defined by the United States
Department of Agriculture. The
Fuller Grocery will sell staple
grocery items, most which are
currently unavailable to
Allendale/Lakeside residents
within their own neighborhood.
The grocery will provide a
vehicle for residents to
re-invest SNAP dollars in their
own neighborhood. The Fuller
Grocery will also generate 3-4
jobs, increase tax revenues,
improve property values, and
attract other commercial
development-all of which will
stimulate long-term growth and
stability to this economically
depressed neighborhood. |
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