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Medica Foundation - 2005 Grant Recipients
|Addressing the Health Care Needs of Greater Minnesota Communities |
|Behavioral Health: Filling the Gaps |
|Health Advocacy |
|Healthy Living |
|Partnership for Prevention |
|Patient Safety |
|Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care and/or Enhancing |
|Cultural Competency |
|General Health Improvement |
|Addressing the Health Care Needs of Greater Minnesota |Grant |
|Communities |Amount |
|Clay County Public Health |33,47100 |
|Moorhead, MN | |
|Educate the underserved population of Clay County on health | |
|information and how to access the health care system |
|
|appropriately | |
|Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation |50,00000 |
|Minneapolis, MN | |
|Provide critical care conferences via video conferencing for| |
|medical professionals to support improved knowledge and | |
|clinical treatment in critical emergency care in rural | |
|Minnesota | |
|Northstar Physicians Foundation |8,40000 |
|Duluth, MN | |
|Clinic staff education program addressing important care | |
|elements for patients with diabetes | |
|Sustainable Resources Center |50,00000 |
|Minneapolis, MN | |
|Implement mobile blood lead screening program in greater | |
|Minnesota counties statewide | |
|Total Addressing the Health Care Needs of Greater Minnesota
|141,87100|
|Communities | |
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|Behavioral Health: Filling the Gaps |Grant |
| |Amount |
|CentraCare Health Foundation |90,00000 |
|St Cloud, MN | |
|Integrate behavioral health care model in two primary care | |
|clinics | |
|Family HealthCare Center |45,00000 |
|Fargo, ND | |
|Integrate mental health screenings as a routine component of| |
|primary preventive care and offer mental health treatment | |
|options in the primary care setting | |
|Hearth Connection |25,00000 |
|Minneapolis, MN | |
|Obtain input from providers and consumers to identify best | |
|practices and effective interventions in
caring for the | |
|homeless population in Ramsey and Blue Earth Counties | |
|Minnesota Association of Community Mental Health Programs, |90,00000 |
|Inc | |
|St Paul, MN | |
|Implement statewide telehealth program to provide | |
|Minnesotans with high quality, efficient, and effective | |
|mental health services, on demand and in their own | |
|communities | |
|Ramsey County |30,00000 |
|St Paul, MN | |
|Increase access to crisis mental health services for | |
|children and families in Washington, Dakota and Ramsey | |
|counties | |
|St Marys Duluth Clinic Health System |55,00000 |
|Duluth, MN | |
|Improve access to behavioral health call services and
| |
|clinical outcomes for the medically underserved population | |
|in Ely, MN and its surrounding areas | |
|Wayside House, Inc |15,00000 |
|St Louis Park, MN | |
|Provide consultant and training services in support of the | |
|co-occurring disorders program | |
|Total Behavioral Health: Filling the Gaps |350,00000|
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|Health Advocacy |Grant |
| |Amount |
|Childrens Hospitals Clinics |29,69391 |
|Minneapolis, MN | |
|Provide education, support and ongoing, intensive in-home | |
|health care and case management services for sexually | |
|victimized, runaway Hmong teen girls | |
|HealthEast Foundation |14,64000 |
|St Paul, MN
| |
|Support for the African American Prostate Cancer Outreach | |
|Project | |
|Hennepin County |30,00000 |
|Minneapolis, MN | |
|Implement Hennepin County Juvenile Probation Officer | |
|training, advocacy, and support program | |
|Minnesota Head Start Association, Inc |28,90000 |
|Duluth, MN | |
|Enhance programs to help Minnesota Head Start Families meet | |
|their childrens mental health needs | |
|Portico Healthnet |30,00000 |
|St Paul, MN | |
|Expand outreach and improve the availability, access, and | |
|quality of health care for Hennepin County residents who are| |
|uninsured and to assist eligible community members to enroll| |
|in Minnesota Health Care Programs |
|
|Volunteers of America of Minnesota |27,24000 |
|Minneapolis, MN | |
|Expand Hmong Elder connection program to include linkages to| |
|health care services and educational programming | |
|Womens Cancer Resource Center |30,00000 |
|Minneapolis, MN | |
|Provide culturally specific information and support for | |
|women of color diagnosed with breast or cervical cancer | |
|Total Health Advocacy |190,47391|
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|Healthy Living |Grant |
| |Amount |
|Bolder Options |30,00000 |
|Minneapolis, MN | |
|Establish mentoring relationships for at-risk youth to focus| |
|efforts on making positive health and lifestyle choices | |
|Dakota County
|14,52000 |
|Farmington, MN | |
|Deliver education and outreach to immigrant, underserved and| |
|low-income neighborhoods in the areas of nutrition, tobacco | |
|prevention and healthy choices through use of a mobile | |
|teaching center | |
|Illusion Theater and School, Inc |30,00000 |
|Minneapolis, MN | |
|Implement an interactive program using theater and ancillary| |
|activities to foster healthy nutrition and exercise habits | |
|and decrease obesity among young adolescents | |
|Regents of the University of Minnesota - Community |30,00000 |
|University Health Care Clinic | |
|Minneapolis, MN | |
|Provide targeted individual and group education to patients | |
|who are overweight or obese | |
|Saint Paul Public Schools
|29,62800 |
|St Paul, MN | |
|Provide home-based education and intervention for students | |
|who are dealing with being overweight or obese | |
|Total Healthy Living |134,14800|
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|Partnership for Prevention |Grant |
| |Amount |
|American Lung Association of Minnesota |75,10800 |
|St Paul, MN | |
|Expand Clinic Systems Change Model for asthma education and | |
|asthma management into four additional primary care clinics| |
|CommonBond Communities |58,50400 |
|St Paul, MN | |
|Educate new immigrants and refugees on preventive health | |
|services, connecting them with primary care clinics and | |
|promoting efficient use of health care resources | |
|Minnesota AIDS Project
|42,97500 |
|Minneapolis, MN | |
|Collaborate with community partners to provide HIV | |
|counseling, testing and referral services for GLBT/Q youth | |
|Womens Health Center of Duluth, PA |63,03100 |
|Duluth, MN | |
|Provide screening, treatment and follow-up for sexually | |
|transmitted diseases in St Louis, Lake, Carleton, Cook and | |
|Koochiching counties | |
|Total Prevention Preventative Services |239,61800|
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|Patient Safety |Grant |
| |Amount |
|Alzheimers Association Minnesota - North Dakota |12,00000 |
|Minneapolis, MN | |
|Deliver Partnering with Your Doctor workshops to 225 | |
|individuals and their caregivers affected by Alzheimers | |
|Disease in Minnesota and North Dakota
| |
|American Slavic Institute |3,00000 |
|Cottage Grove, MN | |
|Provide health-related information for immigrants residing | |
|in Minnesota and neighboring states | |
|New Americans Community Service |30,00000 |
|St Paul, MN | |
|Implement programs for African immigrants and refugees to | |
|increase knowledge about available health care resources, | |
|tools and options | |
|Total Patient Safety |45,00000 |
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|Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care |Grant |
|and/or Enhancing Cultural Competency |Amount |
|Ain Dah Yung Our Home Center |35,00000 |
|St Paul, MN | |
|Expand culturally specific mental health program for | |
|American Indian youth and
families | |
|Neighborhood House |50,00000 |
|St Paul, MN | |
|Implement a community-based program supporting the Hmong | |
|community to reduce sexually transmitted infections and | |
|promote teen pregnancy prevention in Ramsey County | |
|Open Arms of Minnesota |24,68500 |
|Minneapolis, MN | |
|Provide outreach and support services to African-born | |
|persons living with HIV/AIDS in the Twin Cities | |
|Open Cities Health Center |45,00000 |
|St Paul, MN | |
|Provide screenings, education, outreach and support groups | |
|to help low-income individuals in the St Paul area manage | |
|their diabetes and hypertension | |
|The Mental Health Collective |48,85000 |
|Minneapolis, MN
| |
|Increase the cultural competency of clinical staff to | |
|enhance knowledge about mental health issues and treatment | |
|options for immigrant African students and their families | |
|Twin Cities Public Television |44,47500 |
|St Paul, MN | |
|Develop and broadcast culturally appropriate breast health | |
|video documentary and provide outreach for Somali women | |
|Total Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care |248,01000|
|and/or Enhancing Cultural Competency | |
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|General Health Improvement |Grant |
| |Amount |
|American Heart Association |20,00000 |
|Minneapolis, MN | |
|2005-2006 Go Red for Women Campaign | |
|American Red Cross of the St Paul Area |50,00000 |
|St Paul, MN
| |
|Local preparedness and disaster relief for the American Red | |
|Cross of the Saint Paul Area programs in local Minnesota | |
|communities | |
|Be Active Minnesota |10,00000 |
|Minneapolis, MN | |
|Governors Fitness Challenge, a statewide physical activity | |
|promotional campaign | |
|City of Lakes Nordic Ski Foundation |6,00000 |
|Minneapolis, MN | |
|2006 City of Lakes Loppet Event | |
|Community Health Board |5,00000 |
|Duluth, MN | |
|Child and Teen Check-up/Preventive Care Focus Group | |
|Community Health Charities Minnesota |18,00000 |
|Bloomington, MN | |
|2005 Annual Campaign
| |
|Crow Wing County Health Department |2,00000 |
|Brainerd, MN | |
|Lactation Counselor Certificate Training Program | |
|Greater Twin Cities United Way |42,00000 |
|Minneapolis, MN | |
|2005 Annual Campaign | |
|Hmong Cultural Center |1,50000 |
|St Paul, MN | |
|2005 Hmong Resource Fair | |
|March of Dimes |40,00000 |
|Edina, MN | |
|2005-2006 March of Dimes Prematurity Campaign | |
|Metropolitan Health Plan |70149 |
|Minneapolis, MN | |
|Mothers Advocating Their Childrens Health MATCH | |
|conference |
|
|Minnesota News Council |2,50000 |
|Minneapolis, MN | |
|Promote fair media through educational programs for both the| |
|public and media | |
|National Speaking of Womens Health Foundation |14,18211 |
|Cincinnati, OH | |
|2005 Speaking of Womens Health Conference | |
|North Memorial Health Care Community Foundation |5,00000 |
|Robbinsdale, MN | |
|Bright Beginnings program | |
|NorthPoint Health Wellness Center, Inc |3,00000 |
|Minneapolis, MN | |
|2005 Shades of Blue: Preventing Suicide Among Young People | |
|of Color conference | |
|Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights PACER |4,00000 |
|Minneapolis, MN | |
|2005 Annual
PACER Benefit | |
|People Incorporated |15,00000 |
|St Paul, MN | |
|Outreach and supportive housing options for long-term street| |
|homeless persons with behavioral health and chemical | |
|dependency needs | |
|Service League of Hennepin County |5,00000 |
|Minneapolis, MN | |
|Car seat education and distribution programs | |
|West Side Community Health Services |75000 |
|St Paul, MN | |
|2005 Hmong Health Fair | |
|Total General Funding |244,63360|
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|Total Funding for 2005 |1,593,7545|
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