The Barbara Jordan Health Policy Scholars Program was a health policy internship program sponsored by the Kaiser Family Foundation from 2000 to 2012.[1] The program was based at Howard University and sponsored an annual group of senior undergraduates and recent graduates to work in U.S. Congress offices and learn about health policy.[1] It was named in honor of Barbara Jordan, the first black woman elected from the U.S. South to the House of Representatives, and a former trustee of the Kaiser Family Foundation.[1] Its goal was to expand the number of people of color in the healthy policy field.[2] Over 170 people participated in the program over its course. The last class was in 2012.[1]
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edit- ^ a b c d "About the Barbara Jordan Health Policy Scholars Program". Kaiser Family Foundation. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
- ^ "Applications for 2006 Barbara Jordan Health Policy Scholars Program Now Being Accepted". W.K. Kellogg Foundation. 4 April 2006. Retrieved 13 October 2021.