Tag: Grants
Foundation approves $11.4 million in grants to improve senior care
March 17, 2026HME News Staff
NEW YORK – The board of trustees for the John A. Hartford Foundation has approved six new grants totaling more than $11.4 million to advance age-friendly approaches across health care and public health nationwide. The approved grants are:
Age-friendly public health systems: Transforming public health aging policy and practice through leadership and systems change, phase IV ($2,741,494 for three years), Trust for America’s Health
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AOPA: Send us your ideas for pilot programs
March 3, 2017HME News Staff
WASHINGTON - The American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association, in partnership with the Center for O&P Learning & Evidence-Based Practice, has unveiled its 2017 requests for proposals for research. AOPA plans to give $15,000 each to four pilot programs in 16 potential areas of interest, including the effectiveness of custom vs. off-the-shelf ankle foot orthoses (AFOs), and the effect of prosthetic components on community activity level. “AOPA is dedicated to advancing the O&P evidence base, and...
What HME and goats have in common
June 27, 2012Elizabeth Deprey
I got an email from Cindi Petito the other day asking for votes for LOTTUS Designs so she could qualify for a $250,000 grant.
I thought it was interesting and planned to check in with her down the road to see if she won.
Then I received a similar email from Jaqui Painchaud of Grampa's Garden - she's also on the hunt for votes. Around that same time, I saw a local goat farm, the Flying Goat Farm in Acton, Maine, was also hunting up votes.
My interest piqued, I decided to do a little investigating....