Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced grants totaling more than $3.2 million to support Healthy Communities Access Program (HCAP) demonstration projects in California , Georgia , Tennessee and Virginia .
 
The grants will help four historically black health professions schools:

• develop patient-based research infrastructure;
• create collaborative programs to share research findings with health care providers working to improve the health status of medically underserved populations; and
• support the research-based costs of patient care, data collection, and academic training.

"By supporting research efforts at these medical schools, these grants will further our ongoing efforts to improve health outcomes for minority Americans," said Secretary Thompson.
 
The following organizations received grants:
 

FY 2004 Healthy Communities Access Program (HCAP) Demonstration Project Grants
Organization	City	State	Amount
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science	Los Angeles	Calif.	$802,305
Morehouse School of Medicine, National Center for Primary Care	Atlanta	Ga.	933,118
Meharry Medical College	Nashville	Tenn.	782,397
Hampton University	Hampton	Va.	706,762
Total:			$3,224,582