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Florida Blue Foundation announces $3.1 million in grants to 10 organizations to enhance mental health support

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Monday, October 16, 2023
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Oct. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Florida Blue Foundation, the philanthropic affiliate for the state's Blue Cross Blue Shield plan, announced a $3.1 million investment to enhance mental health for children, teens, families and older adults.

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  • Geraghty made the announcement in Tampa just before hosting a community conversation on youth mental health with area nonprofit organizations, mental health experts and teens.
  • Over the past four years, Florida Blue Foundation has awarded 51 grants totaling $16.5 million to nonprofit organizations addressing mental health needs in Florida.
  • The 10 organizations receiving grants include:
    AMIkids, Inc. (Tampa Bay) - The Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) initiative provides preventative youth mental health education throughout Florida.
  • Together with the Florida Association for Infant Mental Health , the Florida Center will advance mental well-being for Florida's young children and their families by helping mental health clinicians earn the credential: Endorsement for Culturally Relevant, Relationship-Focused Practice Promoting Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health®.

Mass Shooting Victims and Survivors From More Than 12 Communities Urge Senate to Pass S. 736 - the Federal Assault Weapons Ban - in Landmark Event

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Monday, September 19, 2022
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Pass the Ban is organized by March Fourth , a non-partisan, grassroots community organization formed shortly after the Highland Park, Ill. parade shooting on July 4.

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  • Pass the Ban is organized by March Fourth , a non-partisan, grassroots community organization formed shortly after the Highland Park, Ill. parade shooting on July 4.
  • Enough is enoughthe time has come for the Senate to finally listen to the majority of Americans who want an assault weapons ban.
  • If passed, S. 736 would ban semiautomatic assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices which are commonly used to carry out mass shootings.
  • "We first went to D.C. to demand the House pass the assault weapons ban less than two months after our children were massacred.

California Northstate University College of Pharmacy Ranked #6 Among all Pharmacy Schools in California

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Friday, August 5, 2022
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ELK GROVE, Calif., Aug. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- California Northstate University College of Pharmacy has been ranked #6 among all fourteen pharmacy schools in California based on current American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) rankings for NIH research funding. Out of 143 pharmacy schools in the U.S., California Northstate University College of Pharmacy is now ranked #73 after being ranked #103 last year.

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  • The College of Pharmacy ranked #73 out of 143 pharmacy schools in the U.S.
    ELK GROVE, Calif., Aug. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- California Northstate University College of Pharmacy has been ranked #6 among all fourteen pharmacy schools in California based on current American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy(AACP) rankings for NIH research funding.
  • Out of 143 pharmacy schools in the U.S., California Northstate University College of Pharmacy is now ranked #73 after being ranked #103 last year.
  • "Among pharmacy schools in Northern California specifically, California Northstate University College of Pharmacy is ranked second, just after University of California San Francisco," said Dr. Xiaodong Feng, Dean of California Northstate University College of Pharmacy.
  • "At the California Northstate University College of Pharmacy, we are committed to advancing the art and science of pharmacy through research," said Dr. Ruth Vinall, California Northstate University College of Pharmacy Associate Professor and Assistant Dean of Research.