Arkansas, Kentucky each awarded $10M grants for maternal health efforts
Arkansas and Kentucky will each receive $10 million grants from a nonprofit to improve maternal health in rural areas. The funding is part of a larger $100 million initiative aimed at reducing maternal death rates in the U.S.
A nonprofit founded by philanthropist Olivia Walton announced Thursday it is awarding $10 million grants to Arkansas and Kentucky to improve maternal health in rural communities. Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies America announced the grants, its first state-level investments that are part of a $100 million initiative to cut the U.S. maternal death rate in half […]
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