Medica Foundation - 2007 Grant Recipients
Behavioral Health: Filling the Gaps
Cover All Kids Outreach
Empowerment Self Management of Chronic Diseases
Healthy Living for Children
Partnership for Prevention
General Health Improvement
|Behavioral Health: Filling the Gaps |Grant Amount |
|AchieveMinneapolis |50,00000 |
|Minneapolis, Minn | |
|Provide on-site mental health services for students | |
|and families in two Minneapolis Public Schools | |
|Family Childrens Service | |
|Minneapolis, Minn |20,00000 |
|Provide increased access to child psychiatric services| |
|for children/families identified through professional | |
|assessment and diagnosis | |
|Fraser |10,00000 |
|Minneapolis, Minn
| |
|Partner with Minneapolis Public Schools to open a new | |
|day treatment satellite for preschoolers at the Nellie| |
|Stone Johnson school | |
|Lifetrack Resources |30,00000 |
|St Paul, Minn | |
|Provide a Spanish-speaking home visitor for the | |
|Beginnings Program, a crucial therapeutic and | |
|developmental program for highly at-risk children ages| |
|0-3 who have received a mental health diagnosis | |
|Mental Health Consumer-Survivor Network of Minnesota |30,00000 |
|St Paul, Minn | |
|Provide peer-based services to support the recovery | |
|and reduce the use of chemical elements within the | |
|mentally ill populations of Minnesota | |
|Tasks Unlimited, Inc |30,00000 |
|Minneapolis, Minn | |
|Design and implement program
enhancements for persons | |
|age 65 and older, with lifelong mental illness, to | |
|support independent living | |
|The Network |50,00000 |
|Minneapolis, Minn | |
|Promote the recovery, resiliency and prosperity of | |
|high-risk African American males through the | |
|integrated delivery of five core components: | |
|behavioral health care, housing, employment, and | |
|community/family re-engagement | |
|YouthLink |30,00000 |
|Minneapolis, Minn | |
|Develop an integrated service model providing clinical| |
|case management services and group support, targeted | |
|at homeless youth ages 16-21 | |
|Total Behavioral Health: Filling the Gaps |250,00000 |
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|Cover All Kids Outreach |Grant
Amount |
|Childrens Defense Fund |100,00000 |
|St Paul, Minn | |
|Support outreach efforts to reach and assist residents| |
|applying for MinnesotaCare and other Minnesota Health | |
|Care Programs through the purchase of a Web-based | |
|enrollment and client management tool | |
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|Empowerment Self Management of Chronic Diseases |Grant Amount |
|Amherst H Wilder Foundation |30,00000 |
|St Paul, Minn | |
|Offer and expand the availability of the Chronic | |
|Disease Self-Management program for low-income and | |
|culturally diverse seniors in the east metropolitan | |
|area | |
|Indian Health Board of Minneapolis, Inc |30,00000 |
|Minneapolis, Minn | |
|Hire a registered nurse to work specifically with the | |
|underserved populations with
diabetes that Indian | |
|Health Board serves | |
|Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation |30,00000 |
|Minneapolis, Minn | |
|Enhance three existing asthma education and management| |
|tools and evaluate them for suitability and acceptance| |
|among families and providers | |
|Open Cities Health Center |30,00000 |
|St Paul, Minn | |
|Provide a Community Health Worker to support education| |
|for the African American and Hmong communities to | |
|promote early detection of diabetes and hypertension | |
|and encourage self-management practices | |
|St Marys Duluth Clinic Health System |30,00000 |
|Duluth, Minn | |
|Implement an interdisciplinary palliative care project| |
|with teams to serve patients, increase home care | |
|options and link
patients to other resources in the | |
|community | |
|Washington County Dept of Public Health Environment|15,00000 |
| | |
|Stillwater, Minn | |
|Support improved asthma control and chronic disease | |
|self-management through home assessments, | |
|interventions and providing education and resources to| |
|patients with asthma as well as their families | |
|Total Empowerment Self Management of Chronic |165,00000 |
|Diseases | |
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|Healthy Living for Children |Grant Amount |
|Bolder Options |30,00000 |
|Minneapolis, Minn | |
|Expand the Healthy Habits Mentoring Program to a | |
|satellite office in North Minneapolis to support youth| |
|health and academic performance |
|
|City of Lakes Nordic Ski Foundation |30,00000 |
|Minneapolis, Minn | |
|Incorporate a new year-round youth program to educate | |
|youth and promote physical activity and involvement in| |
|the Tri-Loppet and Trail Loppet events for Minneapolis| |
|Public School students | |
|Duluth Area Family YMCA |20,00000 |
|Duluth, Minn | |
|Provide the Running Buddies mentoring program for | |
|at-risk youth ages 5-17 | |
|Illusion Theater and School, Inc |30,00000 |
|Minneapolis, Minn | |
|Develop a Peer Education model for middle school | |
|students to enhance the Ready Set Action program | |
|Little Earth Residents Association |30,00000 |
|Minneapolis, Minn | |
|Utilize nutrition awareness and structured physical
| |
|activity to address and reduce health disparities in | |
|American Indian youth | |
|Marshall Area Young Mens Christian Association |25,00000 |
|Marshall, Minn | |
|Provide an educational program for parents and | |
|children to develop and learn ways of creating a | |
|healthy approach to lifetime weight management | |
|National Institute on Media and the Family |30,00000 |
|Minneapolis, Minn | |
|Implement the SWITCH program in two Burnsville, Minn | |
|elementary schools SWITCH promotes increased | |
|physical activity, sound nutritional choices and | |
|moderated screen time to support positive health | |
|lifestyles and optimal health status in youth and | |
|their families | |
|Plymouth Christian Youth Center |25,00000 |
|Minneapolis, Minn
| |
|Expand health and wellness activities for at-risk | |
|9th-12th grade students through completion of a health| |
|assessment, referrals to a nutritionist, health | |
|educator, social worker or on-site clinic and by | |
|offering healthy food choices | |
|West Side Community Health Services |30,00000 |
|St Paul, Minn | |
|Expand the Health Start School-Based Clinic to | |
|implement a comprehensive health and fitness program | |
|for low-income students at risk for obesity in three | |
|St Paul high schools | |
|Total Health Living for Children |250,00000 |
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|Partnership for Prevention |Grant Amount |
|Annex Teen Clinic |50,00000 |
|Robbinsdale, Minn | |
|Provide a males only clinic every two weeks for an | |
|STD
prevention, screening, treatment and education | |
|program aimed at young males ages 12-23 | |
|City of Minneapolis |40,00000 |
|Minneapolis, Minn | |
|Partner with pediatric clinics to increase blood lead | |
|level testing of Minneapolis youth at risk for lead | |
|poisoning | |
|Neighborhood Health Care Network |50,00000 |
|St Paul, Minn | |
|Improve breast cancer screening among low-income | |
|patients, both insured and uninsured in identified | |
|network clinics | |
|Regents of the University of Minnesota |25,00000 |
|Minneapolis, Minn | |
|Reduce the incidence of dental caries in low-income, | |
|high risk children by integrating fluoride varnish | |
|applications and dental caries prevention education |
|
|into the current C TC examinations provided by | |
|Minnesota medical providers | |
|Youth Coordinating Board |35,00000 |
|Minneapolis, Minn | |
|Expand the scope of the Family Liaisons work to | |
|include follow-up services to assist and track | |
|non-English speaking families as their children enter | |
|school and support them in choosing a primary care | |
|provider | |
|Total Partnership for Prevention |200,00000 |
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|General Health Improvement |Grant Amount |
|American Heart Association |10,00000 |
|Minneapolis, Minn | |
|Support the 2007 Go Red for Women Education Seminars | |
|in the Twin Cities and St Cloud, Minn | |
|American Lung Association of Minnesota |5,00000 |
|St Paul, Minn
| |
|Support the 2008 Race UP the Place to Fight Lung | |
|Disease and the Asthma Walk | |
|American Red Cross Twin Cities Chapter |10,00000 |
|Minneapolis, Minn | |
|Support for local disaster relief | |
|Citizens League |2,60000 |
|St Paul, Minn | |
|Support the 2008 Minnesota Mental Health Innovations | |
|Conference | |
|Communities Investing in Families |2,50000 |
|Stanchfield, Minn | |
|Serve low-income families that face severe and | |
|multiple barriers to stability and employment by | |
|providing access to medical services in order to | |
|facilitate compliance with medically advised | |
|treatment | |
|Community Health Charities
|19,80000 |
|Bloomington, Minn | |
|2007 Annual Campaign | |
|Crohns Colitis Foundation of America, Inc |3,00000 |
|St Paul, Minn | |
|Support Camp Oasis, and children ages 7-17 with | |
|Inflammatory Bowel Disease | |
|Family Housing Fund |5,00000 |
|Minneapolis, Minn | |
|Support the 2008 Project Homeless Connect event | |
|Fremont Community Health Services, Inc |3,00000 |
|Minneapolis, Minn | |
|Support the Fremont Community Health Services 2nd | |
|Annual Gala | |
|Greater Twin Cities United Way |40,20000 |
|Minneapolis, Minn | |
| | |
|2007 Annual Campaign
| |
|Hmong Cultural Center |50000 |
|St Paul, Minn | |
|Provide support and health education information at | |
|the 2007 Hmong Resource Fair | |
|La Oportunidad |1,00000 |
|Minneapolis, Minn | |
|Support the 2007 La Feria - Latino Family Resource | |
|Fair | |
|Majestic Hills Ranch Foundation |3,00000 |
|Lakeville, Minn | |
|Provide therapeutic horseback riding for children with| |
|disabilities ages 12 - 18, living in the | |
|Minneapolis/St Paul metro area | |
|March of Dimes |30,00000 |
|Edina, Minn | |
|Provide funding for the 2008 March of Dimes Walk | |
|America campaigns
in Minneapolis, Duluth, and St | |
|Cloud Minn; Sioux Falls, SD; and Fargo, ND | |
|Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon, Inc |7,50000 |
|Minneapolis, Minn | |
|Support the 2007 Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon and | |
|programs of the organization that promote fitness and | |
|health for those of all ages and abilities | |
|Melanoma Awareness |2,00000 |
|Plymouth, Minn | |
|Provide statewide informational presentations | |
|detailing important facts about melanoma for students,| |
|employees and other community members | |
|Mental Health Association of Minnesota |3,00000 |
|Minneapolis, Minn | |
|Support the 2007 Fiesta Latina Annual Gala | |
|Minnesota AIDS Project |1,00000 |
|Minneapolis, Minn | |
|Support the 2007
Minnesota AIDS Walk | |
|Minnesota Counties Research Foundation |5,00000 |
|St Paul, Minn | |
|Develop programming for two health-related videos to | |
|ensure people with limited-English proficiency receive| |
|life-saving health, safety and general health | |
|information | |
|Minnesota Institute of Public Health |5,00000 |
|St Paul, Minn | |
|Support the 2007 Minnesota Cancer Summit | |
|Minnesota News Council |2,50000 |
|Minneapolis, Minn | |
|Provide funding support to promote fair media through | |
|educational programs for both the public and media | |
|Minnesota Ovarian Cancer Alliance |1,00000 |
|Minneapolis, Minn | |
|Sponsor the 2007 Silent No More Walk Run for Ovarian | |
|Cancer
| |
|Minnesota Visiting Nurse Agency |2,50000 |
|Minneapolis, Minn | |
|Support the 2007 annual breakfast fund raising event | |
|Pancreatic Cancer Action Network |1,00000 |
|Minneapolis, Minn | |
|Support the 2007 Purple Ride Minnesota | |
|Partners for Violence Prevention |2,50000 |
|St Paul, Minn | |
|Support the Partners for Violence Prevention 2007 Fall| |
|Event | |
|Ramsey County |5,00000 |
|St Paul, Minn | |
|Provide gap funding to support mobile mental health | |
|crisis assessment, intervention and stabilization | |
|services | |
|Ramsey County |5,00000 |
|St Paul,
Minn | |
|Provide facilitation and coordination of the Metro | |
|Childrens Crisis Service MetrCCS effort to create a| |
|collaborative mental health crisis service | |
|infrastructure to provide crisis response, assessment | |
|and stablization | |
|Regents of the University of Minnesota |6,00000 |
|Minneapolis, Minn | |
|Support planning grants in the Health Disparities | |
|Research Grant Program | |
|Ridgeview Medical Center |30,00000 |
|Waconia, Minn | |
|Implement pilot worksite health care literacy | |
|initiative | |
|Rum River Interfaith Caregivers |2,00000 |
|Milaca, Minn | |
|Support the 2007 Mille Lacs County Operation Community|
|
|Connect | |
|St Paul Public Schools |2,00000 |
|St Paul, Minn | |
|Develop collaborative projects that address health | |
|disparities with St Paul Public Schools students | |
|Somali Family Resources |2,00000 |
|Minneapolis, Minn | |
|Support the 4th Annual Somali Family Resource | |
|Conference | |
|The Center for Hope and Compassion |1,00000 |
|Brooklyn Park, Minn | |
|Support the Center of Hope, Health Hoops Fest annual| |
|Health Fair | |
|Twin Cities Gay Mens Chorus |3,00000 |
|Minneapolis, Minn | |
|Support the Twin Cities Gay Mens Chorus Performances | |
|of Through a Looking Glass, Darkly addressing |
|
|methamphetamine addiction | |
|University YMCA of Metropolitan Minneapolis |1,40000 |
|Minneapolis, Minn | |
|Support the annual University YMCA 5K Run and Walk | |
|event | |
|Well Within |2,50000 |
|West St Paul, Minn | |
|Provide support for Becoming Well Within: A Musical | |
|Tribute to Women with Breast Cancer | |
|West Side Community Health Services |50000 |
|St Paul, Minn | |
|Support the 2007 Hmong Health Fair | |
|West Side Community Health Services |1,00000 |
|St Paul, Minn | |
|Support the 35th Anniversary Celebration of West Side | |
|Community Health Services | |
|Total General Health Improvement |230,00000
|
|Total Funding for 2007 |1,195,00000 |
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