April 9, 2008
Contact: Bev Pfeifer-Harms
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Foundation Awards $5.8 Million to 50 Organizations

Fifty Missouri organizations have received a share of $5,831,054 in grants from Missouri Foundation for Health (MFH) to provide improved health care opportunities to residents within the MFH service area.
The funding comes through three MFH programs: Tobacco Prevention & Cessation Initiative (TPCI), Healthy & Active Communities Initiative (H&AC) and Basic Support.

The Center for Tobacco Policy Research at St. Louis University received a $535,148 grant to continue its evaluation of the work being done by community-based and regional TPCI grantees. TPCI is a multi-phase funding effort to reduce and prevent tobacco use among Missourians.

Saint Louis University received a $300,984 grant to evaluate the progress of H&AC grantees that are developing programs to reduce obesity in their local communities and encourage healthy and active lifestyles.

MFH's Basic Support program funds ongoing activities that are central to the mission of non-profit organizations. The 48 organizations receiving funding through this program are:

Adair County Chapter, American Red Cross, Kirksville, $36,590. Funding provides emergency relief and disaster training programs in north central Missouri.
Adair County Family YMCA, Kirksville, $100,000. This grant supports health education and obesity prevention programs in the community.
American Red Cross, Audrain Montgomery County Chapter, Mexico, $29,000. Funding provides disaster training and emergency relief in Audrain and Montgomery counties.
American Red Cross, Greater Ozarks Chapter, Springfield, $200,000. This grant funds disaster training and emergency relief to 22 counties in southwest Missouri.
American Red Cross, Mid-Missouri Chapter, Columbia, $100,000. This grant funds disaster training and emergency relief to seven counties in central Missouri.
American Red Cross - Northeast Missouri Chapter, Hannibal, $77,790. Funding provides disaster training and emergency relief to seven counties in northeast Missouri.
Anthropaideia Foundation, St. Louis, $100,000. Funding provides mental health programs for uninsured, underserved individuals in the St. Louis area.
Boonslick Heartland YMCA, Boonville, $100,000. Funding helps the organization provide nutrition education and obesity prevention programs in central Missouri.
Bootheel Food Bank, Sikeston, $100,000. Funding enables the organization to distribute food to needy families in southeast Missouri.
Butler County Community Resource Council, Poplar Bluff, $100,000. This grant provides addiction prevention training and services to families in Butler County.
Butler County Council on Aging, Inc., Poplar Bluff, $100,000. This funding provides nutrition and health services to elderly living in southeast Missouri.
Breast Cancer Foundation of the Ozarks, Springfield, $100,000. Funding provides free mammograms, education and support programs to the area's uninsured/underinsured.
Camp Hickory Hill for Diabetic Children, Columbia, $41,074. This grant provides diabetes management programs to children ages 8-17.
Catholic Family Services, St. Louis, $100,000. Funding enables the organization to provide mental health services for the area indigent.
Children's Home Society of Missouri, St. Louis, $200,000. Funding provides respite, residential and hospice care to area infants and young children with disabilities.
Citizens for AIDS Assistance & Prevention, Springfield, $200,000. This grant enables the organization to provide primary care and HIV services to uninsured people living in southwest Missouri.
Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Southwest Missouri, Springfield, $100,000. This grant funds support services for area victims of child abuse and neglect.
Dexter Community Regional Healthcare Foundation, Dexter, $100,000. This grant provides mental health, suicide prevention and maternal/child healthcare services for uninsured/underinsured individuals in southeast Missouri.
Family Counseling Center, Inc., Kennett, $200,000. Funding provides psychological and psychiatric assistance and support for individuals in southeast Missouri living with mental illness.
4-Sight Counseling, Cape Girardeau, $100,000. This grant enables the organization to provide mental health services to area children suffering from severe emotional distress.
Giant Steps of St. Louis, St. Louis, $100,000. Funding supports therapeutic and educational autism services to the underserved population in St. Louis.
Give Kids a Smile, Inc., St. Peters, $100,000. Funding provides dental services for St. Charles County children who are uninsured or underinsured.
Great Mines Health Center, Potosi, $200,000. Funding provides primary healthcare services to the poor in southeast Missouri.
Harmony in Life, St. Louis, $65,000. Funding enables the organization to provide mental health services to underserved populations in St. Louis.
Home Parenteral Services, Springfield, $200,000. Funding enables the organization to provide home health care and infusion services to area individuals.
Independent Living Resource Center, Inc., Jefferson City, $100,000. Funding provides transportation services to older adults with disabilities in five central Missouri counties.
Jamestown New Horizons, St. Louis, $84,000. This grant enables the organization to promote health and quality of life for people with disabilities through therapeutic horseback riding who live in the metropolitan area.
Lost & Found, Springfield, $77,540. Funding enables the organization to provide grief support programs to children and families in southwest Missouri.
Lupus Foundation of America, Inc., Missouri Chapter, St. Louis, $68,000. Funding provides support services to area individuals with lupus and educational programs for the community.
Magnificat Center, Inc., St. Louis, $100,000. This grant enables the organization to provide respite care and referral services for children at risk for child abuse in the area.
Marceline Area Nutrition Program, Inc., Marceline, $66,000. Funding provides food and nutritional counseling for the elderly in north central Missouri.
Mississippi County Caring Communities, Charleston, $68,000. Funding provides medical care, support and counseling services to families in Mississippi County.
Missouri Hepatitis C Alliance, Columbia, $24,000. Funding enables the organization to provide information, support and screenings to people in mid-Missouri at risk for Hepatitis C.
Naylor Senior Citizens Association, Naylor, $72,428. Funding provides meals and preventive health care services to the elderly in Ripley and Butler counties.
Operation Food Search, Inc., St. Louis, $100,000. This grant enables the organization to provide food and nutrition services to the area needy.
Ozarks Counseling Center, Springfield, $100,000. Funding provides mental health services to individuals living in southwest Missouri.
Ozarks Family YMCA, Mountain Grove, $100,000. Funding provides nutrition and fitness programs for individuals living in south central Missouri.
Ozarks Food Harvest, Springfield, $200,000. This grant supports the organization's efforts to distribute food and provide nutrition services to the underserved in southwest Missouri.
Ozark Valley Community Services, Inc., Ironton, $100,000. Funding provides support services for area individuals with developmental disabilities.
Prevention Consultants of Missouri, Rolla, $100,000. Funding assists the organization in providing substance abuse prevention and counseling programs in mid-Missouri.
Primrose Place, Springfield, $200,000. Funding enables this southwest Missouri organization to provide residential care for the sick, elderly and disabled.
Queen of Peace Center, St. Louis, $100,000. Funding provides treatment and services to uninsured area women and children affected by mental health and substance abuse disorders.
Rainbow Activity Center, Inc., Union, $100,000. This grant provides funding for habilitative training to adults with developmental disabilities living in east central Missouri.
Safe Connections, St. Louis, $100,000. Funding provides education, counseling and crisis intervention for area victims of sexual abuse and domestic violence.
Saint Louis Crisis Nursery, St. Louis, $100,000. Funding helps the organization provide crisis intervention and services for the area's abused children.
Salt River Community Health Center, Hannibal, $100,000. This grant enables the northeast Missouri organization to provide primary care and dental services to the uninsured.
Self Help Center, Inc., St. Louis, $63,000. This grant funds mental health services and support programs for area poor.
Sickle Cell Disease Community Advocates, Inc., St. Louis, $22,500. With this funding, the organization continues providing public education, outreach and support programs for sickle cell awareness.

Established in 2000, MFH is the largest non-governmental funder of community health activities in Missouri. MFH is in its sixth year of grantmaking, having issued more than $280 million in grants and awards to date. It is dedicated to serving the uninsured, underinsured and underserved in 84 Missouri counties and the City of St. Louis.

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