Verizon Foundation Grant Program

Verizon Foundation Grant Program The Verizon Foundation’s primary philanthropic focus areas are: Healthcare for children, women and seniors; STEM education for K-12 youth and Energy Management. Grant applications are by invitation only and are reviewed from February 3, 2014 through midnight on October 10, 2014. Please contact your local Verizon Community Relations Manager to learn more. Healthcare-related Programs Verizon Foundation is leveraging its technology and resources to improve quality and access for children, women and seniors in rural and urban communities in need. Our main focus is to reduce healthcare disparities, improve access and quality, and enable better chronic disease outcomes through health information technology that educates and empowers patients to self-manage their health. Improving Access for Children We use technology to connect children to better healthcare, reducing the impact of chronic disease in our most vulnerable communities. We partner with innovative organizations who aim to reduce the impact and disparities of obesity, diabetes & asthma as chronic conditions through technology to help kids get and stay healthy Empowering Health for Women Due to a lack of regular access to care along with other factors, women are frequently diagnosed later with chronic diseases than men, and experience higher fatality rates. That is why we support partnerships that highlight the role technology can play in in increasing ...
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