San Diego-based Project Concern International announced Tuesday that it was awarded a total of $11 million in federal grants to improve health for Latina mothers and children along the U.S.-Mexico border.
A $9.5 million, five-year grant from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration will fund PCI’s Healthy Start program, which will provide care for 500 pregnant women annually, plus their children until they are 2 years old.
Also, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awarded PCI a grant of $1.5 million to increase chronic disease prevention, reduce risk and manage care for low-income, Latina women in four zip codes of San Diego county – – 92102, 92105, 92113, and 91950. Those areas include National City and the San Diego neighborhoods of Chollas View, City Heights, Shelltown and Southcrest. READ MORE AT FOX 5
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