Women’s Foundation of Mississippi on track to support nursing and healthcare hopefuls
By Melody Dixon Coahoma Community College is one of seven Mississippi colleges recently awarded grant funds given by The Women’s Foundation of Mississippi to support students pursuing nursing and healthcare-related studies. Through a two-year $654,500 grant from the Bower Foundation, the Women’s Foundation of Mississippi will get to build on efforts already in place at post-secondary institutions in Mississippi. In the first year of the grant, $280,000, or 42 percent, of total grant funds will be portioned off to the ‘Graduating a Healthcare Workforce’ project at a select number of colleges in the state, including Alcorn State University, Hinds Community