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Robert Wood Johnson Gulf Coast Disaster Leadership Award Applications due June 30, 2006

The Robert Wood Johnson Community Health Leadership Program (CHLP) is making a special round of five Community Health Leadership Awards of $120,000 to honor those individuals who have demonstrated leadership in responding to the challenges of the Gulf Coast disaster in 2005. CHLP is seeking individuals who, in addition to their ongoing commitment to creating healthier communities, have exhibited the leadership necessary to overcome complex obstacles and find creative ways to bring health services to those affected by the disaster. We are open to nominations from all significantly affected areas, including communities that have offered shelter and support to people displaced from the Gulf Region. If you have a newsletter or listserv, please consider including the announcement attached to this letter. If you know of a person who meets our criteria, we welcome your nomination. Candidates should be working at the grassroots level, have received no significant national recognition and be in "mid-career," with no less than five and no more than 15 years of community health experience. We will be placing particular significance on activities that have taken place since September 2005. Announcement of the award will coincide with The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Board of Trustees visit to New Orleans, Sept. 27-29, 2006. Nominations may be made by consumers, community leaders, health professionals and government officials who have been personally inspired by the nominee.

Interested nominators should visit our Web site, http://www.communityhealthleaders.org , or contact the Program Office at (617) 426-9772.

The deadline for nominations is June 30, 2006.

Robert Wood Johnson Community Health Leadership Program Lincoln Plaza, 89 South Street, Suite 405, Boston, MA 02111; (617) 426-9772; fax (617) 654-9922