Foundation Awards $3 Million to
Local Organizations
St. Louis,Mo., June 5 -Twenty-five
area organizations have received more than $3 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.
Those organizations receiving Basic Support grants are:
Almost Home, St. Louis, $100,000. This grant enables
the organization to provide counseling, case management and
education services to homeless teenage mothers and their children.
Alzheimer's Association of St. Louis, St. Louis, $100,000.
Funding supports operational costs to provide information
and other outreach services to individuals in southeast Missouri.
Area Resources for Community & Human Services (ARCHS),
St. Louis, $199,984. Funding enables the organization to offer
vision screenings and eyeglasses for uninsured, underinsured
and underserved people in metropolitan St. Louis.
The Belle Center, St. Louis, $89,641. This grant supports
salaries, supplies and expenses for the Health Therapy Services
Program, which assists children with medical conditions and
their families.
Brain Injury Association of Missouri, Inc., St. Louis,
$100,000. Funding is for equipment and operational costs for
the organization, which increases public awareness of brain
injuries through education and services to individuals and
families.
The Center for Head Injury Services, St. Louis, $72,478.
This grant maintains the organization's efforts to provide
durable medical equipment to uninsured individuals in the
metropolitan area.
Community Living, Inc., St. Louis, $197,971. Funding
helps with operational and equipment costs for the organization,
which provides health care and residential services to adults
with disabilities.
Council for Extended Care of Mentally Retarded
Citizens, Inc., St. Louis, $92,949. Funding supports costs
for staff training as part of the organization's operation
of a care facility for mentally retarded individuals.
Family Care Health Centers, St. Louis, $200,000. Funding
supports the organization's efforts in providing access to
oral health services for underserved individuals.
Good Samaritan Service Center for the Homeless, St.
Louis, $100,000. This grant supports the organization's transitional
housing program, which provides residential and support services
for homeless families in St. Louis City and County.
Kilo Diabetes & Vascular Research Foundation, St.
Louis, $100,000. This grant supports operational costs of
the organization, which provides no-cost diabetes awareness
programs and screening services to high-risk seniors.
Maternal Child and Family Health Coalition of Metropolitan
St. Louis, St. Louis, $67,000. This grant covers operational
expenses of the organization, which works to improve maternal,
child and family health.
National Kidney Foundation of Eastern Missouri & Metro
East, St. Louis, $94,967. This grant provides for operation
costs related to the organization's screening program for
kidney disease among lower income, uninsured and underinsured
people.
Our Little Haven, St. Louis, $99,586. Funding allows
the organization to provide early intervention and care for
infants and young children affected by abuse and neglect.
Paraquad, Inc. St. Louis, $200,000. This grant supports
the organization's Consumer Directed Services/Independent
Living Services program, which helps disabled individuals
live independently.
Presbyterian Children's Services, Inc., St. Louis,
$200,000. Funding supports mental health services offered
by the organization, which hopes to prevent child abuse and
neglect and serves children and families in 49 Missouri counties.
Provident Counseling, Inc., St. Louis, $190,033. This
grant supports operational expenses related to the organization's
prevention, intervention and treatment health services for
youth and families.
St. Louis Care and Counseling Services, Inc., St. Louis,
$34,950. Funding allows the organization to continue providing
transportation to health providers for the elderly and disabled
in the City of St. Louis.
St. Louis Regional Asthma Consortium,
St. Louis, $99,978. This grant supports operational expenses
of the organization, which strives to improve the quality
of life of people living with asthma.
St. Louis Transitional Hope House, St. Louis, $100,000.
Funding supports the organization's follow-up program for
former homeless individuals leaving the structured residential
program.
United Services for the Handicapped in St. Charles County,
St. Peters, $199,760. Funding is for staffing so the organization
can continue to strengthen and enhance its physical and occupational
therapy programs.
The Wellness Community of Greater St. Louis, St. Louis,
$99,760. This grant supports operational costs related to
conducting support groups for those suffering with cancer.
West End Mount Carmel Community Outreach Services,
St. Louis, $99,588. This grant addresses operational expenses
of the organization, which provides support and education
for individuals coping with addictions.
Wings of Hope, Inc., Chesterfield, $100,000. This grant
covers gasoline and oil expenses needed to maintain the organization's
medical air transport service.
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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