2004 Community Grants
Albertina Kerr Centers
Wraparound Oregon
To implement a pilot project to redesign the system of services for children and youth with severe mental health problems. Clackamas, Multnomah, Washington Counties; $55,000
Beaverton Rotary Foundation
Dental Check
To provide dental care services to low-income children. Washington County; $15,000
Blue Mountain Healthcare Foundation
X-ray Equipment
To purchase new X-ray equipment to replace the worn and outdated machine. Grant County; $50,000
Cascade AIDS Project
Kids' Connection
To comprehensively address the impact of HIV/AIDS on vulnerable children and youth by providing services to HIV-affected children and leveraging a more effective community response to the needs of HIV-affected children. Multnomah, Columbia, Yamhill Counties; $45,000
Child Development Center, Oregon State University
Health In Action - Family & Preschool Partnership to Prevent Obesity through Environment & Behavior Change
To prevent obesity among preschool children by educating parents and preschool teachers about factors in the home and school environment that encourage or discourage healthy behaviors. Benton County; $24,890
Clark County Health Department
Clark and Skamania County Immunization Project
To develop and implement a sustainable plan to increase the immunization rates for children ages 0-2 that reside in Clark and Skamania Counties. Clark and Skamania Counties; $17,500
Community Health Center
VolPACT On Site
To hire a full-time Registered Nurse to staff the VolPACT program. Jackson County; $34,500
HIV Alliance
Community PROMISE Effective Intervention Model
To implement a new model for HIV prevention. Lane County; $33,764
Lane County Health & Human Services, Human Services Commission
Homeless Youth Mental Health
To promote the behavioral health of runaway and homeless youth by using a positive youth development approach and a harm reduction model, providing comprehensive services to the youth involved. Lane County; $50,000
Mental Health Northwest
Wellness Project & Training Institute
To hire staff to operate the Wellness Project & Training Institute, a free mental health clinic for low-income and uninsured individuals. Clark County; $74,980
Merle West Medical Center
Klamath CARES: Improving Medical Response for Children
To support a part time medical director for the child abuse assessment center, Klamath CARES. Klamath and Lake Counties; $12,500
Mid-Valley Behavioral Care Network
Early Psychosis Project
To support the Early Psychosis Project (more commonly known as EAST, or the Early Assessment and Support Team) to prevent long-term disability, by providing early intervention and support to young people experiencing mental illness, and to create the infrastructure to sustain the effort at a system level. Marion County; $40,000
Mid-Valley Housing Plus
Health Care Counselor
To provide health supervision and medication management for homeless individuals with mental illness. Benton County; $35,000
Multnomah Education Service District
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
To hire a psychiatric nurse practitioner to maintain, expand and improve intervention strategies for mental health in the Multnomah County schools. Multnomah County; $47,557
North Portland Nurse Practitioner Community Health Clinic
Capacity-Building Project
To expand the capacity of the clinic by adding a Clinic Coordinator to the staff. Portland Metro; $12,900
Oregon Technical Assistance Corporation
Oregon Works! Building a Workforce for the 21st Century
To build a culturally diverse workforce for long-term care by improving workforce stability through an increase in retention rates and career opportunities for direct care workers. Oregon statewide; $83,275
Our House of Portland
NHCP Facility Renovation / Expansion Project
To hire a project manager for the Neighborhood Housing and Care Program. Southwest Washington and Oregon; $45,375
Peace Harbor Hospital Foundation
Siuslaw High Health Occupation Program
To implement a health occupations exploration program for high school students. Lane County; $10,000
School-Based Health Center Council
Expansion of Dental Services
To expand a program of dental care for medically underserved students. Lane County; $46,200
Southwest Community Health Center
Health Care for the Uninsured
To support the start-up operations of a safety-net primary care clinic. Multnomah County; $30,000
State of Oregon, Department of Human Services, Injury Prevention & Epidemiology
Connecting Youth
To implement a suicide prevention pilot project to reduce the incidence of attempts and re-attempts among children and youth. Oregon statewide; $89,456
Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center
Digital Retinopathy Camera
To increase the rate of retinal exams among patients with diabetes. Washington County; $28,990
Volunteers In Medicine
Capacity Building
To build executive staff capacity. Lane and Linn Counties; $54,000
Wallowa Valley Mental Health
Linking & Integrating Mental Health and Primary Care
To develop a curriculum and training for rural primary care providers to facilitate better linkages between mental health and primary care services. Harney, Wallowa, and Wheeler Counties; $30,620