January 4, 2006
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Missouri Organizations Receive $5.8 Million in Health Grants

Missouri Foundation for Health awards 49 to improve health services for thousands

St. Louis, Jan. 4 -Missouri Foundation for Health (MFH) has awarded a total of $5.8 million in grants to 49 Missouri organizations. Basic support grants account for $4.4 million of the total. These two-year grants help offset certain administrative, operational and equipment costs so organizations can continue to focus resources on existing programs and services. The remaining $1.4 million from MFH will fund specific programs proposed by the receiving organizations.

Those receiving basic support grants are:

• Bootheel Counseling Services, $100,000. This organization provides psychological help and outreach programs to adults and children in a four-county region in southeast Missouri.
• Clark Community Mental Health Center, $89,738. This Center serves a three-county area in southwest Missouri, providing mental health and substance abuse services to adults and children.
• Clark County Health Department, $52,564. The department's Comprehensive Women's Wellness Program provides help with obstetrical, gynecological, communicable disease and cancer-related issues for women in northeast Missouri.
• Community Caring Council, $78,950. This organization focuses on the health needs of Cape Girardeau County residents, which include improving access to primary, dental and mental health resources.
• Community Health-In-Partnership Services (CHIPS), $100,000. CHIPS provides primary care, health screenings, wellness programs and support groups to underserved and uninsured residents in St. Louis City.
• Community Senior Citizens, Inc., $42,818. This organization operates the Qulin Nutrition Center, which prepares and delivers meals to the elderly population of Butler County, in the Bootheel.
• County of Howell, $92,609. Howell County's 37th Judicial Circuit Juvenile Drug Court program works with area teens ages 13-16 and their families to reduce continued substance abuse and delinquent behavior. Howell County is in south central Missouri.
• Covenant House Missouri, $100,000. This organization provides food, shelter, emergency and support services to more than 1,300 homeless youth in the St. Louis area.
• Crider Center for Mental Health, $178,875. Crider Center provides rehabilitation and residential services to individuals with mental illness in the St. Louis metropolitan area to ensure they receive treatment.
• Evangelical Children's Home, $200,000. This St. Louis organization offers residential and transitional living for youths, which includes medical services at the on-site children's clinic.
• Family Resource Center, $198,598. The Center, serving families in the St. Louis area, specializes in the prevention and treatment of child abuse through counseling services.
• Family Health Center of Boone County, $100,000. This center offers medical, dental and mental health services in Columbia, and has a medication assistance program to help low-income uninsured patients get access to medications.
• Good Shepherd School for Children, $100,000. This St. Louis school provides physical, occupational, speech, developmental and play therapy for children from birth-age six.
• Harris House Foundation, $100,000. Harris House is the only long-term residential treatment facility in St. Louis for homeless, chronically ill adults, serving an estimated 300 men and women each year.
• Independence Center, $199,883. This center provides psychiatric services to adults with mental illness who live in the St. Louis metropolitan area. The center serves both the insured and uninsured.
• Interfaith Partnership of Metropolitan St. Louis, $91,915. This organization offers health and wellness programs for seniors, children and the underserved in the St. Louis area.
• Jefferson County Health Department, $99,686. The department's reproductive health clinic provides services to low-income residents of Jefferson County, south of St. Louis.
• Logos School, $100,000. This St. Louis school serves as a day treatment center for students with learning disabilities and behavior disorders, and provides individual therapy to students.
• Long Term Care Ombudsman Program St. Louis, $87,819. This St. Louis-based organization provides education and advocacy for residents' rights to people living in long-term care facilities and their families.
• Lutheran Ministries Association, $40,365. This St. Louis organization's programs primarily serve seniors in long-term care and the homeless, along with providing food and housing assistance to families of inmates.
• Lydia's House, Inc., $65,059. Lydia's House serves St. Louis women and children affected by domestic violence by offering housing, medical and dental examinations and other services.
• Miriam Foundation, $30,000. This organization provides medical supplies not covered by insurance for cancer patients in the St. Louis area to improve their quality of life.
• NARAL Pro-Choice Missouri Foundation, $79,328. This organization's Access Project, an educational campaign on emergency contraception, along with other reproductive health services, are available to women throughout the entire 84-county MFH service area.
• National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse - St. Louis Area (NCADA), $92,697. NCADA provides resources and services to promote healthy, drug-free communities, including more than 30 prevention programs for youths.
• Naylor-Neelyville Ambulance District, $99,998. This district provides emergency medical services and basic life support to residents of Butler and Ripley counties, in the Bootheel.
• Northeast Missouri Health Council, $200,000. The organization offers primary care, dental services and women's health care through its 10 rural health clinics.
• Ozark Foothills Regional Planning Commission, $99,968. This governmental agency offers health programs to the residents in Butler, Carter, Reynolds, Ripley and Wayne counties and operates a medical clinic in Naylor.
• Peter & Paul Community Services, $100,000. This St. Louis agency provides support services to homeless individuals, including residential services for those with mental illnesses and/or chemical dependency.
• Phoenix Programs, Inc., $100,000. This Columbia-area organization provides treatment and support for persons affected by alcohol and drug abuse, including residential services for uninsured, underserved and uninsured persons.
• Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region, $197,995. This organization operates five health centers in the metropolitan St. Louis region, offering medical treatment and services to more than 26,000 women, men and teens each year.
• Prevent Child Abuse Missouri, $82,392. This statewide organization works to increase public awareness about child abuse through public service announcements and social campaigns throughout the state.
• Randolph County Health Department, $98,159. The department provides core public health services and food bank nutrition education programs to residents of Randolph and Monroe Counties in the north central section of Missouri.
• Ronald McDonald House Charities of Mid-Missouri, $60,000. This organization provides accommodations for more than 600 families a year at a Ronald McDonald House and two Ronald McDonald Family Rooms in Boone Hospital Center and University of Missouri Children's Hospital.
• St. Louis Area Food Bank, $100,000. St. Louis Area Food Bank annually distributes nearly 13 million pounds of food, including fresh fruits and vegetables, to food pantries for distribution to families and individuals in need.
• St. Patrick's Center, $200,000. This center serves more than 10,000 individuals and families in St. Louis annually and is the state's largest provider of homeless services. Programs include the Shamrock Substance Abuse Treatment Program, which focuses on men and women with substance abuse disabilities and mental illness.
• Sts. Joachim and Ann Care Services, $72,000. This organization provides crisis intervention and basic needs assistance to low income residents in St. Charles, Lincoln and Warren counties, northwest of St. Louis. Services include financial assistance with prescriptions, and medical supplies and equipment.
• SEMO Health Network, $178,128. SEMO Health Network provides primary and preventive care to underserved rural communities in southeast Missouri, including adults at risk of or diagnosed with heart disease and diabetes.
• South Grand Senior Ministry, $26,000. This partnership of Catholic parishes in south St. Louis coordinates health and social service supports for seniors in the area.
• Stoddard County Public Health Center, $100,000. In addition to providing health screenings and immunizations, this Center addresses unmet women's health services needs for uninsured, low-income women living in the Bootheel.
• Warren County Council Against Domestic Violence, $36,235. This organization provides shelter, counseling and support services for domestic violence and sexual assault victims and their children in Warren County west of St. Louis.

Grantees receiving funds for specific programs are:

• Burrell Behavioral Health, $419,764. This three-year grant enables Burrell to develop and operate a specialty pharmacy for patients with mental illness. The organization is a primary provider of essential psychiatric services in the Springfield area.
• Discovering Options, $369,075. This three-year grant will fund a substance-abuse prevention program to middle school students in St. Louis.
• The Oasis Institute, $478,424. The Oasis Institute, a national organization working to enhance the quality of life for mature adults, received a three-year grant to provide health education to senior uninsured and underserved adults in St. Francois County, in east central Missouri.
• Wings of Hope, Inc., $115,679. Wings of Hope, a volunteer organization providing medical air transport throughout the state to uninsured, low-income families, received a two-year grant to increase the safety and efficiency of its services.

Established in 2000, MFH is the largest non-governmental funder of community health activities in the state. The Foundation is in its fourth year of grantmaking, having issued more than $148 million in grants and awards to date. It is dedicated to serving the uninsured and underserved in 84 Missouri counties and the City of St. Louis. For more information about MFH, visit www.mffh.org.

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