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Imagine living in a time where finding a job was almost impossible, food was hard to come by, and people were dying left and right from suicide and disease. Imagine feeling helpless and worthless because you could not afford to feed you family, so you take the easy way out and end your life- sometimes taking your family with you. This was the life for many people during the great depression when war had consumed most of all humanity and left the survivors to start over again from scratch. People were left without the basic means of survival, disease and illness took many lives because health care was unaffordable, and even education for children was considered a privilege for only the richer children. Many of the richer people were selfish and locked their doors up tight and employed very few workers at demeaning wages as to fatten their pockets and not have to pay out too much for labor costs. Handouts were almost unheard of among the communities because there was simply …show more content…
According to their website, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation provides grants for projects in the United States and U.S. territories that advance their mission to improve the health and health care of all Americans. RWJF awards grants in two types of proposals- Calls for Proposals (CFP) and Unsolicited Proposals. Unsolicited Proposals are like “pitching an idea” and Calls for Proposals are competitive opportunities that are sought out for pioneering something that is desired by the company. While CPS’s are ideal and preferred- Unsolicited Proposals are sometimes accepted. This way the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is able to stay up to date on new products and focus on health care as well as being alert to new and creative ideas for future projects. The sure approach to solving health care issues in the United