November 8, 2006
Contact: Bev Pfeifer-Harms
314.345.5500 office

Foundation Awards $4.5 Million in Basic Support Grants

St. Louis -Forty-eight Missouri organizations have received a share of $4.5 million in grants from Missouri Foundation for Health (MFH) as part of its Basic Support funding effort. The two-year Basic Support grants help organizations maintain existing programs and services. To date in 2006, the Foundation has awarded $25 million in Basic Support funding to organizations across Missouri.

Those organizations receiving Basic Support grants are:

Annie's Hope: The Bereavement Center for Kids, Glendale, $38,367. This grant funds salaries for the organization, which provides support services to grieving children in the St. Louis area.

Boone County Council on Aging, Columbia, $57,537. Funding provides operational support to the organization, which connects seniors to resources in Boone County.

CarcinAid Foundation, Creve Coeur, $20,000. Funding offsets salary and supply costs to the organization, which serves uninsured and underinsured St. Louis-area women with breast cancer.

Children's Center of Southwest Missouri, Joplin, $58,218. This grant enables the organization to continue providing assistance and medical supplies for victims of child abuse.

Community Alliance for Compassionate Care at the End of Life, Springfield, $100,000. Funding supports salaries and office equipment for the organization, which provides services to improve the quality of life for terminally ill individuals in the area.

Community Health Clinic of Joplin, Joplin, $100,000. This grant funds salaries for the organization, which provides primary medical and dental treatment, screenings and other services to people in need.

COPE, Inc., Lebanon, $50,000. Funding support for the organization enables it to continue offering help to victims of domestic violence in south-central Missouri.

Deaconess Parish Nurse Ministries, St. Louis, $96,912. Funding supports salary costs for the organization, which provides health education, counseling and other services.

East Carter County Volunteer Ambulance District, Ellsinore, $84,644. This grant provides salary support for this southern Missouri ambulance district.

Easter Seals Missouri, Inc., St. Louis, $100.000. Funding enables the organization to continue providing health care and other services to children and adults with physical and developmental disabilities.

Eden Heritage Foundation, Vienna, $100,000. This grant allows the organization to maintain its Alzheimer's care unit at Maries Manor in central Missouri.

Family Support Network, St. Louis, $99,374. Funding offsets salary costs of the organization, which works to prevent child abuse and neglect through cost-free counseling and education.

Gambrill Gardens, Ellisville, $98,926. Funding provides salary support and the replacement of office equipment for the organization, which works to help St. Louis-area seniors live independently.

Gateway Chapter Paralyzed Veterans, St. Louis, $99,619. This grant provides salary support to the organization, which assists veterans with spinal cord injuries.

Good Samaritan Boys Ranch, Brighton, $99,620. Funding enables this southwest Missouri organization to continue serving abused and neglected teen boys.

The Haven of Grace, St. Louis, $100,000. This grant funds staffing of the organization's shelters for homeless, pregnant women.

Howard Park Early Childhood Center, Ellisville, $98,856. Funding enables the organization to provide physical therapy to St. Louis-area infants and young children with developmental delays.

Iron County Health Department, Ironton, $99,986. This grant provides operational support to the southeastern Missouri county health department.

Jinna Development, St. Louis, $98,240. Supplies and salary support are provided through this grant for the organization's Hip Hop Health program, aimed at preventing obesity in area youth.

Laclede County Health Department, Lebanon, $26,780. This grant funding helps the central Missouri county update its computer network system.

Lawrence County Health Department, Mt. Vernon, $98,300. This grant supports the southwest Missouri department, and funds office and medical equipment purchases.

Lemay Child & Family Center, St. Louis, $68,974. Funding enables the center to continue providing early childhood education, health referrals and other services to children and their families.

Lutheran Family & Children's Services of Missouri, St. Louis, $195,129. The organization, which provides information and services to pregnant women, receives a grant to help with salary and operational costs.

Marceline Community Health Center, Marceline, $100,000. Funding supports salaries for the health center, which serves Linn County residents in north central Missouri.

Mark Twain Area Counseling Center, Hannibal, $99,955. This grant purchases new computer equipment for the northeast Missouri mental health center.

MBCH Children and Family Ministries, Bridgeton, $200,000. Funding provides staff salaries for this St. Louis-area foster care organization.

Mid-East Area Agency on Aging, St. Louis, $197,841. This grant enables the organization to replace kitchen equipment used to deliver meals and other services to 26 senior centers.

Neighborhood Houses, St. Louis, $85,617. Funding provides the organization with health education supplies and equipment to serve low-income, at-risk children.

New Hope GYN Cancer Support Group, Springfield, $58,406. This grants funds salaries and supplies to the organization, which serves area women diagnosed with gynecological cancer and their families.

Newton County Health Department, Neosho, $99,906. This grant offsets salary and office expenses for the southwest Missouri health department.

Osage County Community Living, Inc., Linn, $65,991. This grant provides salaries and supplies to help the organization address the health needs of developmentally disabled adults in north central Missouri.

Our Lady's Inn, St. Louis, $96,495. This grant enables the organization to continue providing medical supplies for high-risk pregnant women.

Ozark Tri-County Healthcare Consortium, Inc., Neosho, $94,845. Funding offsets operational and supplies costs of the organization, which provides medical, dental and mental health services to the uninsured in southwest Missouri.

Pemiscot County Health Center, Hayti, $99,988. This grant provides salary and operational support to the Bootheel health organization.

Phelps/Maries County Health Department, Rolla, $98,300. Funding enables the organization to continue providing prenatal services and educational classes in central Missouri.

Places for People, St. Louis, $100,000. This grant provides salary support to the organization, which helps people with mental illnesses to live independently.

Project Cope, St. Louis, $62,931. Funding allows the organization to continue meeting the medical and dental needs for ex-offenders re-entering the community.

Pulaski County Health Department, Crocker, $100,000. Funding provides for salary and supplies expenses for this central Missouri health department.

Putnam County Memorial Hospital, Unionville, $194,182. The grant provides operational support for this north central Missouri hospital.

Ralls County Health Department, New London, $99,632. Funding offsets salaries and supply costs for this northeast Missouri health department.

St. Louis Christian Chinese Community Service Center, St. Louis, $45,602. Funding enables the organization to continue providing health care to uninsured and underinsured individuals.

St. Martha's Hall, St. Louis, $100,000. Funding supports salaries and office equipment purchases for the organization, which serves victims of domestic violence.

Scotland County Health Department, Memphis, $93,387. This grant purchases safety seats for infants and toddlers and also provides salary support for the northeast Missouri organization.

Twin Pike Family YMCA, Louisiana, $100,000. This grant covers operational costs of the northeast Missouri organization.

Twin Pines Adult Care Center, Kirksville, $161,038. Funding provides salary support for this skilled nursing facility in northeast Missouri.

Volunteers in Medicine, St. Charles, $27,230. This grant provides operational support for the organization, which provides medical care to the uninsured in the northwest St. Louis area.

Washington County Community Partnership, Potosi, $99,815. This grant supports the organization's "Smiley Faces" oral health program, which serves families in east central Missouri.

West Carter County Ambulance, Van Buren, $99,678. Funding provides salary support for the ambulance district located in southern Missouri.

Established in 2000 through the for-profit conversion of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Missouri, MFH is the largest non-governmental funder of community health activities in the state. MFH is in its fourth year of grantmaking, issuing more than $180 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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