Inter-agency efforts that focus on one or more of the following priorities will be considered for Caring Communities Grants:.

• Reducing the incidence of physical and emotional violence among children.
• Alleviating childhood dysfunction in the areas of learning, social development and health.
• Preventing at-risk behaviors (such as eating disorders, promiscuity, depression, suicidal tendencies and the use of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs) among children and adolescents.
• Maintaining physical independence of the elderly, enabling them to remain integrated, productive members of their communities.
• Promoting healthy lifestyles among the elderly and ensuring that they have adequate access to health-care services.
• Encouraging intergenerational programming that keeps children and the elderly involved in one another's lives.

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Grants are only made to organizations located and/or conducting activities in the 12-county NMF service area. Applicants must be public agencies or private nonprofits with a 501(c)(3) federal tax-exempt status.