January 4, 2006
Contact: Bev Pfeifer-Harms
Director of Communications
314.345.5500 office

Bootheel Organizations Receive $640,912 in Health Grants

Bootheel Counseling Services, SEMO Health Network among recent MFH awardees

St. Louis, Jan. 4 -Missouri Foundation for Health (MFH) has awarded a total of $640, 912 in basic support grants to seven Bootheel-area organizations. The two-year grants help offset certain administrative, operational and equipment costs so the organizations can continue to focus resources on existing services to the uninsured, underinsured and underserved.

Awardees 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.
• 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.
• Naylor-Neelyville Ambulance District, $99,998. This district provides emergency medical services and basic life support to residents of Butler and Ripley counties.
• Ozark Foothills Regional Planning Commission, $99,968. This governmental agency offers health programs to the residents of Butler, Carter, Reynolds, Ripley and Wayne counties and operates a medical clinic in Naylor.
• 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.
• 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.
• 35th Judicial Circuit Juvenile Drug Court, $20,000. The 35th Judicial Circuit has three drug court programs in Dunklin and Stoddard counties, providing substance-abusing participants with the necessary resources to break the cycle of addiction, including physical, dental and mental health examinations.

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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Note: For more information on any of the grantees, please contact the organization at the following phone numbers:

• Bootheel Counseling Services
  Sikeston, MO 63801
  573.471.0800
• Community Senior Citizens, Inc.
  Qulin, MO 63961
  573.328.1818
• Naylor-Neelyville Ambulance District
  Naylor, MO 63953
  573.399.2727
• Ozark Foothills Regional Planning Commission
  Poplar Bluff, MO 63901
  573.785.6402
• SEMO Health Network
  New Madrid, MO 63869
  573.748.2404
• Stoddard County Public Health Center
  Bloomfield, MO 63825
  573.568.4593
• 35th Judicial Circuit Juvenile Drug Court
  Kennett, MO 63857
  573.888.0698
  

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