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These non-traditional settings could include community centers, pre-school and non-traditional school environments, child and older adult foster care facilities, older adult day care facilities, half-way homes, assisted living and long-term care facilities.

In essence, the objectives of the program are all in conjunction with the idea of health promotion and disease prevention, as well as improving the quality of patients by successfully and continuously their symptoms.

In addition, the program also focuses on research studies that concentrates on symptom management so as to support and improve the existing understanding of symptoms and at the same time, develop new strategies that will drastically improve the quality of life of people who have been exposed to non-traditional settings.

The NIH and its partner agencies are ready to administer funds in the amount of $275,000 to support the initiatives under this program.

The institutions and organizations who will be deemed eligible to submit an application under the Environmental Exposures and Health: Exploration of Non-Traditional Settings Program are the following:

a) Higher Education Institutions such as Public and Private Institutions of Higher Education

b) Nonprofit Organizations

c) For-profit Organizations Such as Small Businesses

d) State Governments, County Governments, City or Township Governments, Special District Governments, and Indian/Native American Tribal Governments

e) Independent School Districts, Public Housing Authorities/Indian Housing Authorities, Native American Tribal Organizations, and Faith-based or Community-based Organizations

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