Foundation Awards $893,802 in Basic
Support Grants
St. Louis,Mo., June 5 -Seven
area organizations have received a total of $893,802 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, the Foundation has awarded $20 million in Basic Support
funding to organizations across Missouri.
Those organizations receiving Basic Support grants are:
Community Counseling Center, Cape Girardeau, $191,581.
This grant provides operational support for the organization,
which offers behavioral health and prevention services in
five southeast counties.
Cross Trails Medical Center, Cape Girardeau, $199,724.
This grant allows the center, which provides medical and dental
care, to enhance its reporting system and make improvements
to its telecommunications system.
Perry County Community Health Task Force, Perryville,
$59,924. Funding supports expenses related to the organization's
youth substance prevention program.
Safe House for Women, Inc., Cape Girardeau, $43,688.
Funding enables the domestic violence shelter to continue
providing child advocacy services.
Scott County Public Health Center, Benton, $100,000.
This grant supports the health center's family planning and
reproductive health services for low-income, uninsured and
underinsured women.
Southeast Missouri Area Agency on Aging, Cape Girardeau,
$200,000. This grant provides food and supplies for the organization,
which provides meals and nutritional services to the low-income
elderly in New Madrid, Pemiscot and Scott counties.
Susanna Wesley Family Learning Center, Inc., East Prairie,
$98,885. Funding allows for the continuation of on-site counseling
and support services to victims of domestic violence in Mississippi
County.
MFH has committed $12 million to Basic Support funding in
2006. For more information about other funding opportunities
in 2006, visit the MFH website, www.mffh.org.
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 $167
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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