FW: NLDAC Grant Renewed Through 2014!

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From: National Living Donor

Assistance Center

Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010

10:18 AM

To: Battin, Daryl J.

Subject: NLDAC Grant Renewed

Through 2014!

National Living Donor

Assistance Center NLDAC

Special Thanks!

We would

like to thank the following individuals and

organizations for submitting letters of support with our

application to HRSA.

NLDAC

Advisory Group Members and Chair,

*

NLDAC Review

Committee Members: Dianne LaPointe-Rudow, Debra Washington &

Lamantia

*

National Kidney Foundation

*

The Society

of Transplant Social Workers

*

NATCO, The

Organization of Transplant Professionals

*

The American Society of Transplantation

*

Transplant

Financial Coordinators Association

*

Transplant

Informatics Institute

August

5, 2010

We are pleased to announce the

HRSA (Health Resources Services Administration

(HRSA), Division of Transplantation (DoT) approved our

application to continue the work of the NLDAC. We will be able to

continue

our mission to reduce financial disincentives to living organ

donation through August 31, 2014!

Read more about the NLDAC Program renewal in our Press Release and share this news with the

other members of your transplant team. As always, thank you for

your support.

Did you know that...

NLDAC

receives an average of 50 applications

monthly?

Applications have been filed by 160 different

transplant centers?

On average, it takes NLDAC 7 days

to

approve a complete application and 10 days

for the donor to receive funding after the

application is approved?

Last month, NLDAC reimbursed $105,673.52

in

donor travel expenses?

NLDAC applications are filed by: 62% Social

Workers, 20% Registered Nurses, 4% Financial Coordinators, 14%

Other (NPs, PAs, Coordinators & Other Transplant

Professionals)?

Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about our

program or need assistance completing an application, you

may contact the NLDAC staff at Fax:

or E-mail: nldac@.... We

are located in Arlington,

VA and are available

M-F 9:00am-6:00pm ET

Funding for this project is supported by

grant number U13HS07689 from the Healthcare System Bureau,

Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of

Health and Human Services. The contents of this electronic

newsletter are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not

necessarily represent the official views of the funder.

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