The Kansas Department of Health and Environment’s (KDHE) Community Health Promotion program is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s Chronic Disease Risk Reduction (CDRR) Community grant.
The CDRR Community Grant Program provides funding, training and technical assistance to communities to address chronic disease risk reduction through evidence-based strategies that impact tobacco use, physical activity and nutrition. Strategies include reducing secondhand smoke exposure, preventing youth from using tobacco, promoting tobacco treatment and the Kansas Tobacco Quitline, increasing physical activity, and improving community nutrition.
“These grants help communities implement proven strategies that make healthy choices easier for Kansans,” Mende Barnett, KDHE Section Director for Community Health Promotion, said. “We’re excited to continue this work together to reduce chronic disease and create healthier environments where people live, work and play.”
Central Kansas grant awardees and the counties they cover include:
- Edwards County Economic Development (Edwards and Hodgeman).
- Harvey County Health Department (Harvey).
- Medical Society of Sedgwick County (Sedgwick).
- Marion County Health Department (Marion).
- Mitchell County Regional Medical Foundation (Mitchell, Ellsworth, Jewell, Lincoln, Ottawa, Republic and Smith).
- Reno County Health Department (Reno).
- Rice County Health Department (Rice).
In total, the State Fiscal Year 2027 CDRR program covers: 15 grantees, 25 counties and 1,934,384 Kansans, which is 65 percent of the total Kansas population).
Learn more about the CDRR Community Grant Program.
