CDC invests in South L.A. health

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The Centers for Disease Control gave the South Los Angeles-based Community Coalition a $3 million grant this morning to improve health in the region.

The REACH grant (for Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health) is one of seven awarded by the CDC around the country.

Community Coalition applied for the grant with the help of the L.A. Public Health Department. Now it falls to them to distribute the funds to deserving programs in the region.

Rep. Karen Bass came to the celebration at King Park to hand over the giant check from the CDC to Community Coalition. Local fifth-grade students also came to kick things off.

Community Coalition Director Marqueece Harris-Dawson spoke with Annenberg Radio News about how it plans to divide the windfall grant.

Click here for an audio slideshow from the event.