Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation (Owings Mills, MD)

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation announced more than $9 million in additional new grants. Below are the foundation’s health-related grants:

  • Carroll Haven Achieving New Growth Experiences—to support the Community Integration Transportation Resources project. ($120,000)
  • Central City Concern—to support the construction of the Eastside Health and Housing Center, including a comprehensive health clinic. ($500,000)
  • CHAI: Comprehensive Housing Assistance, Inc.—to support the purchase and renovation of four houses that will serve individuals living with mental illness, as well as elder abuse. ($370,000)
  • Humboldt Senior Resource Center—to support the renovation of the Redwood Coast Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly. ($75,000)
  • Infant Welfare Society of Chicago—to support the general operations and to specifically fill the gaps in dental and behavioral health care for children and families. ($150,000 over two years)
  • Itineris Foundation—to support the expansion of this organization’s facility with the goal of serving more young adults with autism. ($800,000)
  • Judith Creed Homes for Adult Independence—to support the construction of a new education center and inclusive training café to expand vocational preparation programs for adults with intellectual disabilities. ($800,000)
  • Ministry of Caring—to support the construction and historic renovation of the Village of St. John development that will provide affordable housing and support services for older adults. ($1,000,000)
  • New Moms—to support the construction of a facility that will provide permanent supportive housing for mothers, and their children, who are homeless or at risk for homelessness. ($500,000)
  • Night Ministry—to support the general operations in providing shelter, employment, educational, health care, and case management services for youth and adults who are homeless or at risk for homelessness. ($100,000 over two years)
  • Project HOME—to support the construction of the Ruth Williams House. ($500,000)
  • Ramat David – Special Education—to support the construction of an educational complex which will integrate students with and without disabilities. ($500,000)
  • Rural America Initiatives—to support the construction of a new facility in expanding existing services. ($500,000)
  • Shikum Acher—to support the expansion of two job-preparation programs that help individuals with mental disabilities integrate into the workforce. ($150,000 over two years)
  • Tahirih Justice Center—to support the general operations in assisting low-income, immigrant women and girls escaping gender-based violence. ($50,000 over two years)
  • TurnAround—to support the general operations in providing counseling, residential, and legal services for survivors of domestic violence, incest, rape, and sexual assault. ($50,000)

Phone: 410.654.8500

UniHealth Foundation (Los Angeles, CA)

UniHealth Foundation announced scholarships and grants awarded in June 2018.

The foundation’s grants will support future physicians who want to practice medicine in medically underserved communities of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino, California counties. A $55,000 scholarship will be available to a qualifying third or fourth year medical student at the following medical schools:

  • Charles R. Drew University of Medicine & Science
  • Loma Linda University School of Medicine
  • UC Davis School of Medicine
  • UC Irvine School of Medicine
  • UC Los Angeles Geffen School of Medicine
  • UC Riverside School of Medicine
  • UC San Diego School of Medicine
  • UC San Francisco School of Medicine
  • USC Keck School of Medicine
  • Western University College of Osteopathic Medicine

In addition, the foundation made the following grants from its hospital fund and general purpose fund:

  • Beit T’Shuvah The Elaine Breslow Institute—to support a training program between Beit T’Shuvah and the UCLA Geffen School of Medicine. ($600,000 over three years)
  • Brilliant Corners Housing and Health—to support capacity building to manage new Los Angeles County, California funds targeting health and homelessness. ($149,600)
  • California State University Northridge Valley Nonprofit Resources Center—to support the Valley Nonprofit Resources project. ($78,650)
  • Casa Treatment Center—to support the final phase to improve the delivery of CASA’s addiction treatment services. ($100,000 over two years)
  • Health Funders Partnership of Orange County—to support the LiveHealthy OC Executive Leadership Program. ($50,000)
  • LA Bioscience Hub—to support the development of the LA Bioscience Corridor. ($15,000 over two years)
  • Maryvale—to support a new Chemical Dependency Program for teenage girls who are in Maryvale’s residential treatment program. ($125,000)
  • One Degree—to establish a scalable online training program to train more care professionals in Los Angeles County, California, California’s hospitals, and community-based organizations to collaboratively address the social determinants of health. ($50,000)
  • Partners for Children South LA—to support the expansion and enhancement of Partners for Children South LA’s Early Childhood System of Care. ($450,000 over three years)
  • Project Kinship—to expand the Sanctuary of Hope program for formerly incarcerated youth. ($390,000 over three years)
  • Proyecto Pastoral Promesa Boyle Heights—to support the Promesa Boyle Heights Wellness Initiative. ($150,000 over three years)
  • St. Camillus Center for Spiritual Care—to support the expansion of the Clinical Pastoral Education Program. ($300,000 over three years)
  • Susan G. Komen Orange County—to support a Breast Health Navigation Planning Analysis of current breast cancer services in Orange County, California. ($50,000)
  • Volunteers of America Los Angeles—to support the Battle Buddy Bridge veteran peer support training curriculum and program services. ($679,512 over three years) ‌

Phone: 213.630.6500
Email: communications@unihealthfoundation.org

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Tufts Health Plan Foundation (Watertown, MA)

Tufts Health Plan Foundation announced nearly $1.8 million in support for 16 organizations working to make communities healthier for people of all ages, with a specific interest in engaging older adults. These investments are in addition to nearly $1 million in previously announced work. The new grants represent collaborations with more than 300 community organizations in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. Fourteen Systems and Best Practices grants address Health and Wellness, Purposeful Engagement, and Field and Capacity Building. 

  • Cheshire Medical Center—to build the capacity of rural communities in southwestern New Hampshire to respond to changing demographics using an age-friendly framework. ($80,000 over two years)
  • Coastline Elderly Services—to create thriving communities that reflect and honor the diversity of older people; engage community members, businesses and civic leaders; and positively change attitudes towards aging in New Bedford. ($245,000 over three years)
  • Elder Services of Merrimack Valley—to transition a fully integrated, statewide network for program delivery from reliance on philanthropic support to one that has an established value proposition for health care providers, housing, and other payers. ($93,788)
  • Enterprise Community Partners—to support the continuation of a successful health and housing learning collaborative that includes Boston, Massachusetts-area community development corporations. ($50,000)
  • Friends of Dedham Council on Aging—to build the capacity of the Livable Dedham initiative, a suburban model/example of an age-friendly community. ($57,000)
  • Groundwork Lawrence—to lead a multi-stakeholder group that will plan, assess, and develop strategies to support age-friendly efforts in Lawrence. ($199,813 over two years)
  • Honoring Choices Massachusetts—to expand into New Hampshire and Rhode Island a program engaging older adults in peer-to-peer health care planning discussions. ($45,000)
  • Local Initiative Support Corporation—to address social isolation for older adults through relationship-building activities across Rhode Island. ($120,000 over two years)
  • Massachusetts Association for Mental Health—to build and strengthen the capacity of nonprofits and frontline staff to focus on older adult mental health, substance use, and co-occurring mental health and substance abuse conditions. ($270,000 over three years)
  • Mill City Grows—to increase older people’s access to fresh, local foods in Lowell through marketing, incentives, mobile market locations, and a tailored product line. ($20,000)
  • Rhode Island Parent Information Network—to improve Rhode Island’s system for providing evidence-based programs for older adults and their caregivers. ($63,085)
  • Southwest Boston Senior Services (ETHOS)—to improve the systems used by aging services and other providers to reach, engage, and serve LGBT elders. ($80,000 over two years)
  • St. Elizabeth Community—to expand and sustain the nationally recognized Support and Services at Home program, a proven best practice, in Rhode Island. ($49,500)
  • Sustainable Southern New Hampshire Planning Commission—to use completed community assessments and lessons learned from several age-friendly pilot communities to guide additional communities as they develop age-friendly approaches. ($79,600 over two years)

The foundation also awarded two Collaboration and Community Engagement (James Roosevelt, Jr., Leadership Fund) grants.

  • Cape Cod Foundation—to build upon initial planning to undertake assessment and action plan development for a regional age- and dementia-friendly effort. ($121,520 over two years)
  • University of Massachusetts Foundation—to leverage partnerships, build collaborations, and intersect with initiatives in other sectors identified as priorities in the implementation phase of Age-Friendly Boston Initiative. ($200,000 over two years)

Contact: Alrie McNiff Daniels
Phone: 857.304.3338
Email: alrie_daniels@tufts-health.com

St. David’s Foundation (Austin, TX)

St. David’s Foundation announced $30 million in grants to support health care nonprofits across Central Texas, with special emphasis on grants of more than $8 million to support childhood resilience. Other significant areas being funded include safety net clinics and helping to provide access to healthy food. The following organizations will receive child resilience grants:

  • The Safe Alliance ($2,758,177)
  • Any Baby Can ($1,055,013)
  • Austin Child Guidance Center ($1,034,766)
  • Austin Recovery ($850,000)
  • Council on At-Risk Youth ($150,000)
  • Hays-Caldwell Women’s Center ($585,608)
  • Interagency Support Council of East Williamson County ($417,000)
  • Mission Capital ($400,000)
  • SIMS Foundation ($195,000)
  • Spirit Reins ($255,000)
  • United Way for Greater Austin ($575,656)

The following organizations will receive St. David’s Foundation Grants for Healthiest Care, People, and Places:

  • AIDS Services of Austin—for oral health care services and medical social work for at-risk and HIV-positive clients. ($798,311)
  • Any Baby Can of Austin, Inc.—for no estás solo and children’s hearing aid Texas programs. ($1,055,013)
  • Austin Child Guidance Center—for its building child and family resilience project. ($1,034,766)
  • Austin Clubhouse, Inc.—for housing support services for clients with mental illness. ($140,000)
  • Austin Groups for the Elderly—for capital planning grant for expansion. ($300,000)
  • Austin Public Education Foundation—to support nourishing young minds healthy eating pilot program implementation in Austin ISD. ($550,000)
  • Austin Recovery—to support residential substance abuse treatment services. ($850,000)
  • Brighter Bites—to expand its healthy eating program in Austin. ($150,000)
  • Central Texas Food Bank—to support produce access initiatives for low-income and food insecure households. ($250,000)
  • Children’s Defense Fund – Texas—for healthy children = healthy communities enrollment program. ($150,000)
  • Coalition of Texans with Disabilities—for workspace renovation. ($317,305)
  • CommuniCare Health Centers—for integrated behavioral health and dental services for uninsured individuals in Hays County, Texas. ($1,393,697)
  • Community Health Centers of South Central Texas Inc.—for women’s health services and Operational Costs for the Luling Community Health Center. ($1,261,564)
  • CommUnity Care —for community provider-vision program. ($1,372,665)
  • Council on At-Risk Youth—for PeopleRox violence prevention program in Austin ISD and Manor ISD. ($150,000)
  • El Buen Samaritano Episcopal Mission—for primary and behavioral health care at its Wallace Mallory Clinic. ($1,398,717)
  • Ending Community Homelessness Coalition Inc.—to support ECHO Core program and permanent supported housing ACT pilot program for homeless individuals. ($825,000)
  • Family Independence Initiative—for implementation of its program for low income families in Central Texas. ($425,000)
  • Hays-Caldwell Women’s Center—for counseling, advocacy, and prevention services. ($585,608)
  • Health Alliance for Austin Musicians—for dental care for low-income musicians. ($345,500)
  • Interagency Support Council of Eastern Williamson County, Inc.—for rural school-based mental health program. ($417,000)
  • Lone Star Circle of Care—for integrated health home at Lone Star Circle of Care. ($5,135,283)
  • Manos de Cristo—for dental home for underserved Central Texas adults. ($86,186)
  • Mission Capital—for strengthening organizational effectiveness to expand collective and aligned impact in Central Texas: changing the child welfare ecosystem. ($400,000)
  • People’s Community Clinic—for tandem teen prenatal and parenting program. ($508,928)
  • People’s Community Clinic—for integrated health care services for low income patients. ($4,250,000)
  • Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas—for women’s health program for low-income and uninsured women in Central Texas. ($900,000)
  • Samaritan Health Ministries—for primary care services for low income patients. ($100,000)
  • SIMS Foundation—for substance use treatment program. ($195,000)
  • Spirit Reins—for therapy spaces for mental health services for low-income families. ($255,000)
  • The SAFE Alliance (SAFE | Stop Abuse for Everyone)—to support forensic nursing, advocacy, and “Strengthening the Resiliency & Well-Being of Abuse Survivors” project. ($2,758,177)
  • Sustainable Food Center—to support the “Building Capacity for Change in the Food System” program. ($250,000)
  • Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children—for prosthetic devices for children. ($100,000)
  • United Way for Greater Austin—for evidence-based nurse home visiting program. ($575,656)
  • The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing—for children’s wellness clinic. ($308,000)
  • Volunteer Healthcare Clinic—for a comprehensive medical services program. ($105,250)
  • Wayside Schools—to support Kid Appeal: Café-Line-Style Service with Choice program. ($200,000)

Contact: Kristy Ozmun
Phone: 512.474.1501
Email: kristy@ozmun.com

Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina (Columbia, SC)

The Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina recently awarded its Community Enrichment grants for 2018. These grants are designed to support nonprofits whose comprehensive services are based on experience, research, and evidence-based models to break the cycle of poverty and provide long-term life change. The following 22 organizations received funding:

  • Anderson Interfaith Ministries—to support the Women and Children Succeeding Program.
  • Charleston Promise Neighborhood—to support its mission of ensuring that residents are engaged in their community and every child is on track to graduate high school and capable of success in college, the military, or the workforce.
  • City Year—to support its education and youth development service in the Midlands.
  • CommunityWorks—to support the mission-based, low-income designated community development credit union that serving families with limited access to safe financial services.
  • Compass of Carolina—to support the Domestic Violence Starts Small Program.
  • Edventure—to support EdVenture’s Future Leaders program in Barnwell County, South Carolina.
  • Foothills Family Resources—to support serving individuals residing within areas designated as having high unemployment, low-income, substandard housing, and low home ownership.
  • Helping Hands of Georgetown—to support the Time to Change Program.
  • Hope Center for Children—to support the Transitional Living Program.
  • Middle Tyger Community Center—to support the Adolescent Family Life Program.
  • Miss Ruby’s Kids—to support the Parent-Child Home Program.
  • New Directions of Horry County—to support the Back to Life Program.
  • Northside Development Corporation—to support the facilitation of the comprehensive and sustainable redevelopment of the Northside Community of Spartanburg County, South Carolina.
  • Sexual Trauma Services of the Midlands—to support the Youth Violence Prevention Curriculum©, developed by STSM and intended to eradicate sexual violence in communities.
  • Soteria Community Development Corporation—to support Soteria at Work.
  • Sunbelt Human Advancement Resources—to support Circles Greenville County.
  • Teach My People—to support teaching students from Waccamaw schools who come from families who are living in the cycle of generational poverty to overcome academic, economic, and social challenges through Christ-centered programs.
  • Turning Leaf Project—to support serving recently incarcerated adult men returning to Charleston, Berkeley, and Dorchester, South Carolina counties who have a medium to high risk of re-arrest to change their attitude, thinking, and behavior so they can stay out of prison.
  • United Ministries—to support extensive, holistic case management and individualized financial education to homeless families with children through two programs: Interfaith Hospitality Network and Employment Readiness.
  • United Way of the Piedmont—to support the financial stability navigator program which will provide intensive case management and care coordination to families who have started on the path to self-sufficiency through its community-wide “2,000 in 2,000” Financial Stability Initiative.
  • Village Group’s Plantersville Summer Academy—to support capacity building for the Plantersville Summer Academy.
  • WINGS—to support WINGS for Kids, a proven social and emotional learning education program.

Contact: Langley Shealy
Phone: 803.254.0230, ext. 19
Email: lshealy@sistersofcharitysc.com

Mat-Su Health Foundation (Wasilla, AK)

The Mat-Su Health Foundation approved grants totaling $1,890,616 to support a variety of programs and services benefitting Mat-Su residents.

  • Behavioral Health in Schools—to support 10 Mat-Su schools in offering on-site behavioral health services. ($250,000)
  • CCS Early Learning—for repairs at CCS Learning’s Wasilla administration building. ($175,000)
  • Four A’s—to deploy a mobile unit providing syringe-exchange services in Mat-Su twice weekly. ($160,000 over two years)
  • Knik Tribal Council—to modernize its information technology infrastructure with new computers, a new operating system, licenses, and backup equipment. ($100,000)
  • Statewide Independent Living Council—for a pilot project to determine if interventions including home assessments, installation of smart home technology, and telehealth services can enhance aging residents’ safety and independence and educe Medicaid costs. ($200,000)
  • Sunshine Transit—for a start-up grant. ($170,000)
  • Valley Residential Services—to install an elevator in the Century Plaza building to make the second floor accessible for clients, customers, and visitors. ($100,000)
  • Valley Transit—to ensure that the organization receives matching funds from the State of Alaska for sustained operations. ($277,125)
  • Veterans Wall of Honor Relocation Project—to support moving panels and monuments to an enhanced permanent site provided by the City of Wasilla. ($312,113)
  • Wasilla Area Seniors—to fund a Fall Prevention Program for older residents. ($146,378)

The foundation has several grant programs available.

Contact: Robin Minard
Phone: 907.352.2892
Email: rminard@healthymatsu.org

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Potomac Health Foundation (Woodbridge, VA)

Potomac Health Foundation awarded $1,791,865 in Howard L. Greenhouse Large Grants to address mental and behavioral health in eastern Prince William County, Lorton, and North Stafford communities in Virginia. The grants support a variety of strategies, including training current and future health care providers.

A full listing of 2018-2019 Howard L. Greenhouse Large Grant Program recipients and awards is below:

  • Action in Community Through Service ($115,460)
  • The Arc of Greater Prince William ($50,000)
  • The Arc of Greater Prince William/INSIGHT, Inc. ($79,000)
  • The Arc of Greater Prince William/INSIGHT, Inc. ($96,750)
  • Consumer Health Foundation ($23,706)
  • The Doorways Patient and Family Access Program ($38,000)
  • George Mason University ($127,176)
  • Greater Prince William Community Health Center ($150,000)
  • The House, Inc. Student Leadership Center ($127,000)
  • Inova Health Care Services ($166,204)
  • National Coalition of 100 Black Women ($144,000)
  • Northern Virginia Family Service ($124,428)
  • Nueva Vida ($97,444)
  • Pathway Homes ($150,000)
  • Postpartum Support Virginia ($25,000)
  • Prince William Drop-In Center ($44,000)
  • SCAN of Northern Virginia ($105,321)
  • Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center ($201,300)
  • Stafford Schools ($14,492)
  • Virginia Center for Health Innovation ($182,452)
  • Virginia Community Food Connections ($46,804)
  • Virginia Foundation for Community College Education ($125,000)
  • Voices for Virginia’s Children ($60,000)
  • Workhouse Arts Foundation, Inc. ($73,000)
  • Young Invincibles ($125,000)
  • Youth for Tomorrow ($150,000) 

Contact: Kukua Osei-Gyamfi
Phone: 703.523.0621
Email: info@potomachealthfoundation.org

Paso del Norte Health Foundation (El Paso, TX)

The Paso del Norte Foundation (Foundation) and the Paso del Norte Health Foundation(Health Foundation) announced a new organizational structure and relationship that will enable oth foundations to better meet their individual and joint missions on behalf of the people of the Paso del Norte region.

The Health Foundation, which was a private foundation, will now serve as a supporting organization to the Paso del Norte Foundation to grow its assets through philanthropy, increase partnerships with external funders, and ultimately increase grant-making to nonprofits in the region, leading to measurable improvements to health.

For the Paso del Norte Foundation, the new structure bolsters its mission to increase philanthropy in the region offering donors greater choice in their charitable and legacy giving and ensuring excellence in governance, stewardship and accountability paramount to donors.

The Paso del Norte Foundation will offer opportunities to invest in the needs of the region beyond health. The Foundation manages supporting organizations, donor-advised funds, designated funds, and agency funds to support the interests of donors and the needs of nonprofit organizations and charitable causes in the region.

Contact: Tracy Yellen
Phone: 915.203.8881

MetroWest Health Foundation (Framingham, MA)

The MetroWest Health Foundation awarded over $3.3 million in grants to health and human service organizations. These grants will support a variety of community projects aimed at improving the health of the region. This represents one of the largest rounds of funding in the foundation’s history.

To maintain and strengthen critical health safety-net services in the region, the foundation has awarded $2.6 million in three-year Basic Health Needs Operating Grants. These grants will be allocated across primary, oral, and behavioral health within these organizations:

  • Advocates, Inc. ($225,000)
  • Edward M. Kennedy Health Center ($525,000 for primary care)
  • Edward M. Kennedy Health Center ($150,000 for oral health care)
  • Health Care for All ($75,000)
  • Latino Health Insurance Enrollment Program ($150,000)
  • MetroWest Free Medical Program ($150,000)
  • MetroWest Legal Services Medical-Legal Partnership ($225,000)
  • Natick VNA – MetroWest Meds ($450,000)
  • SMOC ($225,000 for prescription assistance)
  • SMOC ($225,000 for support services)
  • Wayside Youth & Family ($225,000)

An additional $743,000 is being granted in response to proposals received under the foundation’s recent request for proposals. Organizations receiving grants are:

  • BayPath Elder Services, Inc.—to improve services for LGBTQ older adults. ($35,905)
  • Franklin Council on Aging—to make Franklin a dementia-friendly community. ($11,712)
  • Health Care for All—to improve access to care among immigrant families. ($26,500)
  • Hopedale Public Schools—to implement a reentry program to support students returning to school from hospitalizations. ($210,000)
  • Hopkinton Health Department—to reduce e-cigarette use among youth. ($18,682)
  • Jeff’s Place—to offer parenting workshops for families dealing with grief. ($18,000)
  • Marlborough Public Schools—to implement a reentry program to support students returning to school from hospitalizations. ($132,349)
  • Massachusetts Association for the Blind—to improve mental health services for blind and visually impaired residents. ($15,000)
  • Massachusetts Association for the Blind—to provide technology training and access to enhance independence among older adults. ($20,000)
  • MetroWest Legal Services, Inc.—to support legal services for immigrant youth. ($137,071)
  • MetroWest Worker Center—to provide medical accompaniment to immigrant workers injured on the job. ($20,000)
  • Milford Council on Aging—to provide exercise and wellness programs for older adults. ($12,000)
  • Natick Service Council, Inc.—for capacity building equipment. ($20,000)
  • Spark Kindness, Inc.—to provide parent education services. ($31,222)
  • Walker, Inc—for translation of treatment materials. ($13,000)
  • William James College—to develop best practices for addressing systemic obstacles to a diverse and culturally responsive mental health workforce. ($22,356)

Contact: Martin Cohen
Phone: 508.879.7625, ext. 204

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Foundation for a Healthy High Point (High Point, NC)

The Foundation for a Healthy High Point approved $671,089 in grants to local nonprofits as a part of the foundation’s Spring Traditional Grant Cycle. Approximately 75 percent of the awarded funds were for programs addressing Early Childhood Intervention. In addition, Small Grants Program awards were approved totaling $15,039 to two nonprofit organizations. The foundation approved the following Traditional Cycle Grants and Small Grants Program awards:

  • Family Service of the Piedmont—to assist with establishing a Center of Excellence for Integrated Child Psychiatric Treatment. ($500,000)
  • Guilford Child Development—to support for the Nurse-Family Partnership program. ($58,400)
  • Guilford County Department of Health and Human Services: Division of Public Health—to assist with support for the Family Connects program. ($87,689)
  • Guilford County Partnership for Children—to assist with support for the Ready for School, Ready for Life Initiative. ($25,000)
  • Guilford County Coalition on Infant Mortality—to assist with expanding the Adopt-A-Mom program in Greater High Point. ($10,000)
  • Guilford Nonprofit Consortium—to support for capacity building efforts for nonprofit organizations. ($5,039)

Contact: Tina Markanda
Phone: 336.822.7740
Email: tmarkanda@healthyhighpoint.org

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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation (Detroit, MI)

Fourteen community organizations throughout Michigan’s Upper Peninsula will receive a total of $814,652 in grant funding for projects that address critical health care problems in their communities. The funding is provided through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation, and the Superior Health Foundation’s Investing in Upper Peninsula Health grant initiative. An overview of the grant recipients is below:

  • Abundant Life Mission—to use evidence-based nutrition and dietary plans to help prevent and treat critical health problems found in homeless individuals residing in the mission. ($65,000)
  • Baraga-Houghton-Keweenaw Child Development Board Inc.—to enhance the “Watch Me Shine” program. ($65,000)
  • Bay Cliff Health Camp—to enhance the “Life After Stroke” wellness program. ($48,000)
  • Dial Help—to expand access to care with mobile response team to 24/7 capacity. ($25,000)
  • Great Lakes Recovery Center—to support four residential treatment facilities with a strategic recreation program designed to engage youth and provide services for mental health and substance abuse, including opioid addiction. ($50,000)
  • Hannahville Indian Community—to increase preventive care services and basic restorative care while expanding dental health education within the tribal community. ($33,700)
  • Helen Newberry Joy Hospital—to integrate behavioral health into a primary care clinic to provide preventative and restorative mental health services to the community. ($65,000)
  • Munising Memorial Hospital—to implement school-based health care clinics within a minimum of two local schools. ($65,000)
  • Northern Lights YMCA—to enhance the “Active for Life” initiative. ($62,952)
  • Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital—to expand access to services and treatment for mental health, addiction, and trauma. ($65,000)
  • UP Diabetes Outreach Network—for preventing Type 2 diabetes across 15 rural counties to increase awareness and testing for prediabetes, as well as expanding access to diabetes prevention programs. ($50,000)
  • Upper Great Lakes Family Health—to expand services at the Gwinn Center. ($90,000)
  • UP Health Care Solutions—to reduce the incidence of visual impairment from diabetic retinopathy. ($65,000)
  • Western Upper Peninsula Health Department—to support leadership for all six health departments to assess, evaluate, plan, and implement health improvement plans for the Upper Peninsula. ($65,000)

Contact: Meghan O’Brien
Phone: 313.549.9884
Email: newsroom@bcbsm.com

John A. Hartford Foundation (New York, NY)

The John A. Hartford Foundation approved three new grants totaling $3,222,718 in June 2018 to improve emergency department care for older adults, to ensure access to quality care for older adults with long-term and serious illnesses, and to support states to develop palliative care programs.

  • American Geriatrics Society and American College of Emergency Physicians—to catalyze emergency department enhancements for older adults. ($2,158,209 for 36 months)
  • Center for Medicare Advocacy—for medicare education and outreach, opening doors to quality care for older adults with longterm and serious illnesses. ($615,000 for 24 months)
  • National Academy for State Health Policy—to support the Continuum of Palliative Care, a resource hub for state policymakers. ($449,509 for 26 months)

Contact: Clare Churchouse
Phone: 212.324.7480
Email: clare.churchouse@johnahartford.org

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