Sponsorship Applications are Being Accepted May 1 - June 10
We recognize that improving minority health in Arkansas and the nation requires collaboration across many organizations. It is our intent to collaborate with community-based organizations, schools, faith-based organizations and others to address the health problems that effect minorities in the state of Arkansas. In an effort to facilitate the development of new and innovative approaches to promote health and prevent disease in these communities, the commission is offering up to $1500 per organization in sponsorship, cost-reimbursement funding in a competitive application process.
To be considered for sponsorship for health-related events or projects occurring between July 1, 2012 and December 31, 2012, all applications must be submitted by June 10, 2012. Requests will not be accepted after June 10, 2012 and must be postmarked on or prior to June 10, 2012. Please mail all applications to the Arkansas Minority Health Commission, 523 Louisiana, Suite 425, Little Rock, AR 72201.
The FY 2013 Sponsorship Application is available for download below. For more information on this funding opportunity call Shayla Alexander at 501-686-2732.
FY 2013 Sponsorship Process-pdf
FY 2013 Sponsorship Application-pdf
Sponsorship PRE-event form-doc
The 3rd Annual Issue of Bridge Magazine is Now Available!
In this issue you will read about the work of AMHC and other organizations as it relates to Physical Fitness and Nutrition. Those highlighted in the issue are Commission Chairwoman, Willa Black Sanders; Virgil Miller, Joyce Raynor and the Little Rock Mexican Consulate's Vice Consul Edgardo Briones.
This issue also features Arkansas's first ever nutrition and fitness camp, Camp iRock, the Public Health Leaders Roundtable, and the Arkansas Health Equity Collaborative created to address health equity in the implementation of health care reform in Arkansas.
The Arkansas Minority Health Commission thanks everyone who attended the 2nd Biennial Arkansas Minority Health Summit. We hope that you found the summit educational, informative and worthwhile. Our primary goal was to increase your knowledge of trends and resources available in public health and minority health in our state and throughout the country.
More than 340 Arkansans attended the Summit to hear from our national speakers Dr. Louis W. Sullivan, T. J. Holmes and Dominique Dawes.
In addition, there were many topics discussed during the workshop sessions and presenters did an outstanding job sharing their expertise and knowledge.
The summit was made possbile through collaboration with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, UAMS Center for Diversity Affairs, Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) Office of Minority Health & Health Disparities and Philander Smith College,
Visit our Facebook page to view photos from the Summit.
Special Thanks to Our Sponsors
Gold Sponsors
AARP of Arkansas
UAMS
Silver Sponsors
Arkansas Center for Health Improvement
UA Clinton School of Public Service
City of Little Rock
Arkansas Children's Hospital
Contributing Sponsors
JCCSI
Community Health Centers of Arkansas
Arkansas Cancer Coalition
Peabody Hotel
Arkansas Medical Dental & Pharmacuetical Association
In-kind Sponsors
Bruce Hawkins
Netherton Promotions
UAMS Creative Services
AMHC Shape Up Arkansas Competition Winners Announced!
In 2011, the Arkansas Minority Health Commission partnered with Cumulus Broadcasting (owner of Power 92, KOKY and Praise) for the Shape Up Arkansas challenge. Nine participants competed in a 12-week contest for a chance to win $1500.Losing a combined weight of 137lbs, winners of the contest were Kerry Lawrence ( North Little Rock), Tamika Rhoten (Little Rock), Zeola Dixon (Jacksonville) and team trainer Phyllis Hodges of Fit 4 Life. Each participant received a $500 Visa Gift Card from Cumulus.
Arkansas HIV/AIDS Minority Task Force
to Host Public Health Forum in Waldo
The Arkansas HIV/AIDS Minority Task Force has scheduled a public forum on Thursday, May 10th, from 6pm to 8pm at C.W. Easter Memorial Foundation at 902 E. McKissack Street in Waldo, AR. A reception will be held prior to the forum at 5pm.This public forum is open to all residents in and around the Waldo area.
The Task Force will discuss the Arkansas House Bill 2100, an act to include HIV screening in routine medical services. Included in this bill the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor will study barriers to HIV testing that contribute to the inability to reduce the incidence of HIV infection in Arkansas.
The routine HIV screening effort is being addressed nationally as well. Currently 23 states cover routine HIV screening under their Medicaid programs and 24 states provide coverage when medically necessary.
In addition, the Task Force will discuss the Arkansas State Healthcare Access Research Project or SHARP Report and reveal recommendations for reducing HIV/AIDS in Arkansas’s minority populations. Residents are encouraged to share their views with the Task Force, as well as their needs in the community.
For more information call Britni Mitchell, HIV Outreach Initiatives Project Manager for the Arkansas Minority Health Commission, at 501-683-4966.