Health Forward Awards $337,954 in Applicant Defined Grants

Date: May 11, 2015
Contacto: Jennifer Sykes
Teléfono: 816-241-7006
KANSAS CITY, MO – The Health Forward Foundation (Health Forward) has awarded seven nonprofit organizations a total of $337,954 in Applicant Defined Grants.

The following grants were awarded in April 2015:

Agencia Importe concedido Descripción del proyecto
The Children’s Place $35,800 To support updated software installation that will assist staff in effectively and efficiently treating young survivors of abuse, neglect and trauma.
Comprehensive Mental Health Services, Inc. $46,750 To support the recruitment of a psychiatrist who will provide medication evaluations and medication management.
Duchesne Clinic $37,260 To create a sustainable care model that enables more and better care for the people of Wyandotte County.
Health Partnership of Johnson County $65,000 To expand women’s health services for low income and uninsured women in Johnson County.
Kansas Action for Children, Inc. $75,000 To increase access to dental care through efforts to establish a mid-level provider, increase access to health care by supporting Medicaid expansion, increase access to healthy food and beverages for children, shape policy changes around child care assistance and protect funding and/or programs that benefit vulnerable Kansas children and their families.
Missouri Health Care For All $55,000 To support statewide leadership on grassroots health advocacy, statewide grassroots organizing and statewide consumer story collection to increase and protect access to health care for all Missourians.
Shepherd’s Center of Kansas City Central $23,144 To provide counseling for low-income, underserved seniors and disabled individuals regarding Medicare enrollment and applying for assistance paying Medicare premium and prescription drug costs.
Las Subvenciones Definidas por el Solicitante (ADG) de Health Forward se conceden al margen de las Solicitudes de Propuestas anuales de la Fundación. Las ADG se revisan y conceden mensualmente y permiten a las organizaciones definir sus propias necesidades inmediatas de subvención en relación con la misión de Health Forward. Las organizaciones pueden solicitar una ADG una vez al año y tienen un límite de $75.000. En 2015, Health Forward concederá un total de $4,1 millones en ADG.

"Estamos orgullosos de apoyar el trabajo que estas organizaciones están haciendo para eliminar las barreras a la atención sanitaria para las poblaciones más vulnerables en nuestra área de servicio", dijo Bridget McCandless, M.D., Health Forward Presidente/CEO.