R.I. Health Department seeks proposals for $1.4M Health Equity Zone funding
Updated 4:24 p.m.: This story has been updated to add additional funding sources for the Health Equity Zone initiative as well as the amount the program was last funded at in 2015.
THE R.I. DEPARTMENT of Health is seeking proposals to use $1.4 million for new Health Equity Zone ideas and expanding existing projects.
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Health has $1.4 million to enhance the state’s nine current Health Equity Zones, as well as add new ones, and it is seeking proposals to determine how to invest it. Health Equity Zones use a place-based approach to encouraging and equipping community members and partners to create healthy places for…