Arkansas, Kentucky each awarded $10M grants for maternal health efforts

By: Andrew DeMillo

Outlets: Arkansas Advocate

Published: October 1, 2026

Words: 446

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 2 days ago

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A nonprofit founded by philanthropist Olivia Walton announced Thursday it is awarding $10 million grants to Arkansas and Kentucky to improve maternal health in rural communities.

Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies America announced the grants, its first state-level investments that are part of a $100 million initiative to cut the U.S. maternal death rate in half in five years.

Walton announced the grants at the Heartland Summit in Bentonville with …

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