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Money Doesn't Grow on Trees; but for New Grantees This Fall Has Brought Some New Fruits

More than $6M in Awards Were Allotted This Month

St. Louis, Oct. 7 -The Missouri Foundation for Health (MFH) awarded grants in range from $8,260 to the Rural Goodman Fire Protection Association in Pineville, Mo., for new equipment purchases to more than $1,145,358 to the Phelps County Community Partnership in Rolla, Mo. for dental care for children.

Established in January of 2000 through the for-profit conversion of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Missouri, MFH is the largest health care foundation in the state and the second largest health conversion foundation in the country. Its vision is to improve the health of the people in the communities it serves. The Foundation is in its third year of grantmaking. Current assets are approximately $1.1 billion.

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GRANT AWARDS:

Area Community Health Emissaries, Inc., Pineville, MO 64856 Grant Amount: $38,398
Project: This 2-year project will provide dental care, supplies and education to children from low-income families.
Region Served: McDonald and Newton County
Contact: Nancy Burks (417) 223-2243

Bootheel Counseling Services, Sikeston, Mo 63801 Grant Amount: $366,930
Project: This 2-year project will provide a psychiatrist, nurse and two therapists to serve youth with severe emotional disturbances.
Region Served: Mississippi, New Madrid, Scott and Stoddard County
Contact: Ron Steinmetz (573) 471-0800

Bootheel Counseling Services, Sikeston, Mo 63801 Grant Amount: $92,660
Project: This 12-month project will provide a new server system to improve scheduling and data input regarding patient information.
Region Served: Mississippi, New Madrid, Scott and Stoddard County
Contact: Ron Steinmetz (573) 471-0800

Catholic Family Services, St. Louis, Mo 63119 Grant Amount: $30,098
Project: This 12-month project would provide training in order to increase the number of health service interpreters to immigrant populations.
Region Served: Barry, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Dunklin, Greene, Jasper, Lawrence, McDonald, Moniteau, Newton and Sullivan County
Contact: Nicole Lopresti (314) 842-0062

Cedar County Health Department, El Dorado Springs, Mo 64744 Grant Amount: $127,668
Project: This 2-year project will increase staff to the health department and two new computers; increasing services that were initially decreased due to tornado damage in 2003.
Region Served: Cedar County
Contact: Linda Mann (417) 876-5477

Center for Survivors of Torture and War Trauma, St. Louis, Mo 63110 Grant Amount: $59,591
Project: This 2-year project will provide for staffing in order to provide mental health services to refugee and immigrant survivors.
Region Served: St. Louis City and County
Contact: Fran Schumer (314) 968-5577

Community Alternatives, Inc., St. Louis, Mo 63110 Grant Amount: $149,938
Project: This 2-year project will support outreach services to mentally ill and substance-abusing homeless persons. The goal is to encourage these persons to participate in support and treatment services.
Region Served: St. Louis City
Contact: Gary Morse (314) 772-8801

Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), Springfield, Mo 65802 Grant Amount: $29,547
Project: This 2-year project will provide recruitment and training of CASA volunteers - persons who help find safe, secure homes for children whose parents are in drug rehabilitation programs.
Region Served: Greene County
Contact: Linda Hyde (417) 864-7413

Doorways, St. Louis, Mo 63108 Grant Amount: $150,000
Project: This 2-year project will provide an upgrade to the organization's current computer system as well as further support for current services.
Region Served: Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, St. Charles, St. Louis City and County and Warren County
Contact: David Lauber (314) 535-1919

El Puente Hispanic Ministry, Jefferson City, Mo 65109 Grant Amount: $147,545
Project: This 2-year project will expand the current healthcare program which includes prenatal services, transportation, medical services, immunizations, optical services, counseling, pharmacy needs and interpretation services to the Hispanic community.
Region Served: Cole and Moniteau County
Contact: Peggy Bonnot (573) 635-2540

Family Care Health Centers, St. Louis, Mo 63111 Grant Amount: $188,783
Project: This 2-year project will expand the pharmacy at the Center, allowing for evening and weekend hours and another pharmacist and pharmacy tech to be brought on staff.
Region Served: Jefferson, St. Louis City and County
Contact: Robert Massie (314) 481-1615

Gibson Recovery Center, Inc., Cape Girardeau, Mo 63703 Grant Amount: $149,495
Project: This 2-year project will provide for continued staffing of the detoxification program.
Region Served: Cape Girardeau County
Contact: John Gary (573) 334-5513

Howard County Public Health Department, Fayette, Mo 65248 Grant Amount: $56,259
Project: This 2-year project will continue family planning and STD services including yearly pap smears and breast exams and education regarding the proper use of contraceptives.
Region Served: Howard County
Contact: Sheila Wallace (660) 248-3100

Kenny Rogers Children's Center, Sikeston, Mo 63801 Grant Amount: $144,900
Project: This 2-year project will continue to support the services of the center, which includes developmental and therapeutic services for children and their families regardless of their ability to pay.
Region Served: Butler, Cape Girardeau, Dunklin, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Perry, Scott and Stoddard County
Contact: Michelle Fayette (573) 472-0397

Lafayette House, Joplin, MO 64804 Grant Amount: $150,000
Project: This 2-year project will improve upon the physical infrastructure of the organization's residential facility as well as improving staff efficiency in order to continue to serve victims of domestic violence and their families.
Region Served: Barry, Barton, Dade, Jasper, McDonald and Newton County
Contact: Alison Malinowski (417) 782-1772

Legal Advocates for Abused Women, St. Louis, Mo 63110 Grant Amount: $150,000
Project: This 2-year project will continue the work of the organization, which provides comprehensive support service for victims of domestic violence.
Region Served: Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, St. Charles, St. Louis City and County and Warren and Washington County
Contact: Becky Jones (314) 535-0814

Mark Twain Area Counseling Center, Kirksville, Mo 63501 Grant Amount: $222,374
Project: This 3-year project will increase staff education at the center in order to provide the best care possible to clients with the co-occurring disorders of mental illness and substance abuse.
Region Served: Adair, Clark, Knox, Lewis, Macon, Marion, Schuyler, Scotland and Shelby County
Contact: Pat Murdock (660) 665-4612

Naylor Senior Citizens Center, Naylor, Mo 63953 Grant Amount: $30,053
Project: This 12-month project will enhance the center's current services of providing hot meals to the elderly and the disabled.
Region Served: Butler and Ripley County
Contact: Hazel Slusher (573) 399-2712

New Hope Gyn Cancer Support Group, Springfield, Mo 65806 Grant Amount: $15,850
Project: This 2-year project will provide a comprehensive awareness campaign of New Hope's services and improve support to women with gynecologic cancer in the Southwest region of the state.
Region Served: Barry, Barton, Cedar, Christian, Dade, Dallas, Douglas, Greene, Howell, Jasper, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton, Ozark, Polk, Shannon, Stone, Taney, Texas, Webster and Wright County
Contact: Tammy Mast (417) 869-2220

Ozark Foothills Regional Planning Commission, Poplar Bluff, Mo 63901 Grant Amount: $34,323
Project: This 12-month project will be used to replace out-dated equipment and expand health services.
Region Served: Ripley County
Contact: Felicity Brady (573) 785-6402

Ozarks Counseling Center, Springfield, Mo 65806 Grant Amount: $216,676
Project: This 3-year project will increase therapy services using a sliding fee scale at three separate locations.
Region Served: Barry, Christian, Dade, Dallas, Douglas, Greene, Laclede, Lawrence, Polk, Stone and Taney County
Contact: Carol Robinett (417) 869-9011

Phelps County Community Partnership, Rolla, Mo 65401 Grant Amount: $1,145,358
Project: This 3-year project will provide dental care and education to children unable to access dental services due to lack of transportation.
Region Served: Camden, Crawford, Dent, Gasconade, Maries, Miller, Morgan, Phelps and Pulaski County
Contact: Amy Beechner-McCarthy (573) 368-2849

Pony Bird, Inc., Mapaville, MO 63065 Grant Amount: $150,000
Project: This 2-year project will continue to support the work of this organization, which specifically focuses on the health needs of individuals with severe physical and mental disabilities.
Region Served: Jefferson County
Contact: Sara Sucharski (636) 931-5818

Regional AIDS Interfaith network of Central Missouri, Columbia, Mo 65201 Grant Amount: $493,636
Project: This 2-year grant will provide funds to increase services to those living with HIV/AIDS and will facilitate an increase in rural physicians to provide care.
Region Served: Adair, Camden, Chariton, Clark, Know, Lewis, Linn, Macon, Maries, Marion, Miller, Monroe, Morgan, Pike, Putnam, Ralls, Schuyler, Scotland, Shelby and Sullivan County
Contact: Mindy Mulkey (573) 875-8687

Reynolds County Council on Aging, Ellington, Mo 63638 Grant Amount: $28,814
Project: This 12-month grant will continue the services of the Council and aid in the purchase of a van for transport of hot meals to the elderly and disabled.
Region Served: Reynolds County
Contact: Mindy Mulkey (573) 875-8687

Rural Goodman Fire Protection Association, Pineville, Mo 65856 Grant Amount: $8,260
Project: This 12-month grant will be used to purchase outdated equipment and first responder/trauma kits.
Region Served: McDonald and Newton County
Contact: Marilyn Carnell (417) 223-7739

Safe Passage Domestic Violence and Crisis Intervention Center, Moberly, Mo 65270
Grant Amount: $149,996
Project: This 2-year project will continue the support services of the center; providing health services for victims of domestic violence and their children.
Region Served: Audrain, Boone, Chariton, Howard, Linn, Macon, Monroe, Randolph and Shelby County
Contact: Debbie Dean (800) 616-3754

SSM Hospice and Home Care Foundation , St. Louis, Mo 63132 Grant Amount: $121,200
Project: This 2-year project will consist of a telemedicine program to improve access to home health care and reduce hospitalizations.
Region Served: Boone, Camden, Callaway, Cole, Cooper, Crawford, Gasconade, Maries, Miller, Montgomery, Morgan, Moniteau and Osage County
Contact: Laura Bennett (314) 989-2545

St. Pius V Parish-Ministry of Care, St. Louis, Mo 63118 Grant Amount: $16,273
Project: This 12-month project will continue the health-related activities of the Parish, such as sponsoring health fairs, keeping participants informed of health resources and providing transportation to medical services.
Region Served: St. Louis City
Contact: Michael Lydon (314) 772-1525

Sullivan County Memorial Hospital, Milan, Mo 63566 Grant Amount: $150,000
Project: This 2-year project will be utilized to replace two boilers, both over 50-years-old and replace some of the hospital roof. All work is done in an effort to keep the facility running smoothly and serving the needs of local citizens.
Region Served: Sullivan County
Contact: Karen Mewmaw (660) 265-4212

The African Refugee and Immigrant Service, St. Louis,
Mo 63126
Grant Amount: $50,742 Project: This 2-year project will continue services, which range from transportation to interpretation of health services.
Region Served: St. Louis City
Contact: Zed Minale (314) 577-6880


The Child Center, Inc., Wentzville, Mo 63385 Grant Amount: $212,148 Project: This 3-year project strengthens the newly created Child Advocacy Center in the northeast corner of Missouri and will provide SAFE exams, forensic interviews, mental health therapy and other services regarding child sexual abuse.
Region Served: Lincoln, Marion, Montgomery, Pike, Ralls, St. Charles and Warren County
Contact: Maggie Menefee (636) 332-0899

The Child Center, Inc., Wentzville, Mo 63385 Grant Amount: $98,552
Project: This 2-year project will provide funding for an Education Specialist who will be responsible for going into the school system and teaching school professionals and school children how to recognize and report child sexual abuse.
Region Served: Lincoln, Pike, Marion, Montgomery, Ralls, St. Charles and Warren County
Contact: Maggie Menefee (636) 332-0899

The Kitchen, Inc., Springfield, Mo 65803 Grant Amount: $1,281,845
Project: This 3-year project will expand the organization's medical and health education services to the homeless, indigent and uninsured residents in area counties.
Region Served: Green County
Contact: Bill Stalknaker (417) 837-1500

The Samaritan Center, Jefferson City, Mo 65102 Grant Amount: $149,963
Project: This 2-year project will establish an information system to improve initial data integrity and provide needed reports to enhance daily work at the food bank.
Part time staff will also be hired to increase consistency of services and organizational efficiency.
Region Served: Callaway, Cole, Maries, Miller, Moniteau and Osage County
Contact: Anne Carmichael (573) 634-7776

The Women's Safe House, St. Louis, Mo 63163 Grant Amount: $149,343
Project: This 2-year project will continue to support the organization, which provides shelter for women and children escaping domestic violence situations and providing for their physical and emotional needs.
Region Served: St. Louis County
Contact: Sylvia Jackson (314) 772-4535

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