Missouri Foundation for Health awarded a Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Initiative (TPCI) grant to Dr. Carol Cox of Truman State University in the amount of $145,411. Dr. Cox plans to use grant funding to reduce faculty, staff and student tobacco use through cessation programs, policy change and education.
Missouri Foundation for Health’s TPCI is a multi-year effort to reduce tobacco use in the state through a variety of funding strategies. MFH grant funding supports nonprofit organizations that work to improve the health of thousands of Missourians. Established in 2000, MFH is the largest nongovernmental funder of community health activities in Missouri. MFH is in its eighth year of grantmaking, having issued more than $390 million in grants and awards to date. It is dedicated to improving the health of unserved and underserved residents in 84 Missouri counties and the City of St. Louis.