Samaritan Health Services has received an $85,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to develop a plan and networks to address childhood obesity in Linn and Lincoln counties.
Samaritan will use the funds to establish the Coast to the Cascades Childhood Obesity Project in Linn and Lincoln counties.
Through this project, SHS and its partners will establish community health networks in both counties to develop…