Several Arkansas nonprofits are receiving grants from Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s Blue & You Foundation for a Healthier Arkansas to expand services and launch new programs across the state.
The foundation announced the awards May 29. The grants support projects focused on housing, food access, education and other factors that can influence health outcomes. The foundation has not released how much money each organization will receive.
“The Blue & You Foundation was created to help improve the health of Arkansans, and to do that, we need to ensure people have a safe place to sleep, access to healthy food, benefit from a quality learning environment, and have the resources they need,” Foundation President Rebecca Pittillo said in the May 29 press release…