MARQUETTE — The Superior Health Foundation is now accepting grant applications for its Indigent Care Fund.

SHF will award more than $42,000 in Indigent Care funding at its spring grant celebration in mid April. Grants requests cannot exceed $5,000.

Eligibility information and on-line application forms are available on the SHF’s website at www.superiorhealthfoundation.org. Applications will be accepted from February 1 through March 2.

The Superior Health Foundation’s Grants Committee will review the applications and will make its recommendations to the SHF Board of Directors at its March board meeting.

“We’re excited to make this funding available to those organizations across the Upper Peninsula whose focus is on health and offer services to the indigent,” said Jim LaJoie, executive director of the Superior Health Foundation. “There are no shortage of indigent care needs in the region. We’re honored to be in a position to provide funding to non-profits in the region that serve the indigent population.”

SHF’s mission is to assist with unmet healthcare needs, with health education, and with programs and research on preventing illness and promoting health throughout the Upper Peninsula. Its vision is to improve the health of the residents of the Upper Peninsula.

For more information, contact the SHF at 906-225-6914 or email shf@superiorhealthfoundation.org.