HRSA grant to help GHPC help the uninsured
at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies

Georgia Health Policy Center was recently tapped by the state to implement a major federal grant aimed at reducing the number of uninsured.

Georgia is one of only nine states selected for the grant to design pilot programs that have the potential to make health insurance more available and affordable throughout the state.

Made possible by a $400,000 grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the pilot planning project will allow Georgia to empower four of its communities to develop public/private partnerships and programs that positively impact the number of uninsured in their respective regions.

GHPC researcher Glenn Landers says these community programs could put a dent in the number of uninsured. Programs will be designed in the rural communities of Dalton and Brunswick, and in two urban centers, Atlanta and Macon.

"Each of the selected communities has developed multi-county, multi-agency collaboratives focused on improving the health of their regions," Landers said. "This grant will allow these collaboratives to take their efforts even further to develop new and shared ways to absorb the cost of the uninsured."

– Sallie Barker, GHPC