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Health care grant aims to help underserved patients in Maryland

Capital News ServiceSeptember 27, 2024Melissa Yelenik Excerpt: “Twelve organizations

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New Funding Opportunity for Health Equity Announced by CHRC

October 11, 2023 The Maryland Health Care for All! Coalition advocated in support of the Maryland

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Maryland health leaders discuss initiatives aiming to address social determinants of health

July 3, 2023State of ReformHannah Saunders Excerpt: Suzanne Schlattman, deputy director of Maryland

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Maryland Matters: Commission Seeking Grant Applicants to Quash Health Disparities in Black, Brown and Disabled Communities

Maryland is one step closer to establishing “health equity resource communities,” where

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CHRC Press Release: Community Health Resources Commission Issues Pathways To Health Equity Call For Proposals

$13 million in new grant funding to be awarded; outreach events scheduled

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State of Reform: $60 million allocated to improve health disparities in Maryland’s underserved communities

The purpose of the HERC Advisory Committee is to use state resources to reduce health disparities,

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Maryland Matters: Can Targeted Grants Improve the Health of Whole Neighborhoods? A Maryland Committee is Working on It

Grants will be focused on improving access to primary care services, reducing hospital admissions

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WMAR Baltimore: Nearly $60 million in grants to improve equity in healthcare

For the first time since the ‘Maryland Health Equity Resource Act’ was enacted the commission

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Health Equity Resource Act Meeting August 11 Open to Public

The CHRC and HERC Advisory Committee are holding the​ first meeting on the Maryland Health Equity

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COMMUNITY HEALTH RESOURCES COMMISSION ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENTS TO THE HEALTH EQUITY RESOURCE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE

The Committee is established under the Maryland Health Equity Resource Act approved by the Maryland

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Maryland Matters: Vincent DeMarco: Public Health Legislation Bolstered by an Array of Supporters

One of the main reasons public health was a winner was the enactment of the Health Equity Resource

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Maryland Matters: General Assembly 2021: Winners and Losers

During the 90 days the General Assembly was in session, we ran out of ways to say what an unusual,

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Baltimore Sun: Maryland lawmakers, advocates tout ‘huge wins’ in health legislation. Here’s what passed this year.

Maryland lawmakers and advocates are highlighting that they also had a ‘tremendous” year for

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Maryland Matters: New Grant Program Will Reduce Health Care Inequality, Advocates Say

Health advocates said on Thursday that legislation approved by the General Assembly this year will

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State of Reform: Health advocates praise productive legislative session

Maryland lawmakers passed several key pieces of health-related legislation during its 2021 session,

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Maryland The Daily Record: Advocates hail session as ‘tremendous victory for public health’

A swath of bills that aim to address health inequities in Maryland have successfully passed through

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Baltimore Sun: Maryland lawmakers bring home some victories for health care | READER COMMENTARY

Before wrapping up the legislative session this month, the Maryland General Assembly took major

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Washington Post: Opinion Maryland modeled how to tackle racial health disparities. Let’s revive that success.

It is critical that we prioritize health equity by ensuring there is permanent funding for this

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The Baltimore Sun: Alcohol tax hike: a penny that saves lives | COMMENTARY

Last week in the Maryland Senate and this week in the House of Delegates lawmakers were treated to

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Congressman Brown: “Justice And Equity Must Extend Throughout Our Communities — Including Our Health Care System”

Congressman Anthony G. Brown (MD-04) testified before the Maryland House of Delegates Health &