HCHY List: $1,000 UnitedHealth HEROES Service-Learning Grants

[Michael Minks]

A new mini-grant available from Youth Service America for
service-learning projects addressing childhood obesity - 

 

UnitedHealth HEROES Service-Learning Grants (applicants from selected
states in the USA)

 

UnitedHealthcare and Youth Service America are excited to offer the
UnitedHealth HEROES service-learning grant program for youth-led
community education projects in Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado,
Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South
Carolina and Tennessee, and in the following specific areas:
Florida-selected counties, Illinois-Chicagoland and Peoria, and New
York-Long Island, New York City and Syracuse.

These grants of up to $1,000 support teachers, service-learning
coordinators and students in the health professions to implement
service-learning projects around childhood obesity and engage children
and youth ages 5 to 25 as volunteers. We encourage semester-long
projects that launch in February, and celebrate Global Youth Service
Day, April 24-26, 2009.

To learn more, download materials below.  Questions?  E-mail:
healthheroes at ysa.org. 

Deadline: January 15, 2009.

1.	To download the Introduction and Requirements (pdf) click here
<http://tools.ysa.org/downloads/grants/uhc/UHG_Requirements.pdf> .
http://tools.ysa.org/downloads/grants/uhc/UHG_Requirements.pdf 
2.	We provide a brief eligibility quiz
<http://tools.ysa.org/downloads/grants/uhc/program_eligibility.htm>  to
assist potential applicants in figuring out whether they are eligible to
apply.  To download and take a brief eligibility quiz (htm) click here.
<http://tools.ysa.org/downloads/grants/uhc/program_eligibility.htm>
http://tools.ysa.org/downloads/grants/uhc/program_eligibility.htm
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3.	We provide the application questions in pdf format to help
applicants gather relevant information prior to beginning an
application.  To preview the application form and guidelines (pdf) click
here. <http://tools.ysa.org/downloads/grants/uhc/uhg_preview.pdf>
http://tools.ysa.org/downloads/grants/uhc/uhg_preview.pdf 
4.	To download our web-based application form (htm) click here
<http://tools.ysa.org/downloads/grants/uhc/uhg_application.htm> .  You
can save the document to your computer and complete it at another time.
http://tools.ysa.org/downloads/grants/uhc/uhg_application.htm Please
note the following: 

	*	You must complete the entire application in one session,
including the budget template.  Information that you fill in cannot be
saved.  Please preview questions and gather information requested before
you begin the application.
	*	You must be connected to the internet to access the
online resources provided as hyperlinks in the application.
	*	You must be connected to the internet to submit the
completed form and budget spreadsheet.
	*	Upon successful submission of a completed application,
you will receive an automated confirmation by email.  If you do not
receive the confirmation, your application was not submitted correctly.

Michael Minks
Manager of Outreach
Youth Service America - CFC #11577
1101 15th Street, NW, Suite 200 | Washington, DC 20005
P: 202-296-2992 ext. 125 | F: 202-296-4030
mminks at ysa.org
www.YSA.org | www.SERVEnet.org | www.ServiceVote.org | www.GYSD.org
<http://www.gysd.org/> 

 

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