2006 Community Grants
Albertina Kerr Centers
Wraparound Oregon
To support the second year of a pilot project to redesign the system of services for children and youth with severe mental health problems. Multnomah County; $30,000
Children's Justice Alliance
Children Made Visible
To develop therapeutic supports for, and train professionals to work with, children of incarcerated parents. Clackamas, Multnomah, and Washington counties; $25,000
Early Intervention Program, University of Oregon
Parent Early Education for their Children (PEECH)
To provide mental health services for infants affected by prenatal exposure to methamphetamines and other illegal drugs, and parenting education and support for their caregivers. Lane County; $45,000
Essential Health Clinic
Staff expansion to support increased service capacity
To build the capacity of this safety-net clinic to provide medical services to uninsured residents of Washington County. $29,500
Foundation for Medical Excellence
The Archimedes Movement
To support a Web site manager who will facilitate community action for health care system reform in Oregon. $42,000
Jackson County Public Health Services
Project 180
To reduce the prevalence of overweight and obesity in Ashland High School through advocacy for health-promoting school policies and individual behavior counseling. $20,000
Kinship House
Outreach project
To build the capacity of organizations in rural Oregon to provide mental health services to troubled foster children and their adoptive families. $40,000
New Avenues for Youth
Street-based clinical outreach
To expand a street-based mental health outreach and case management program targeting homeless youth. Multnomah County; $40,000
Next Door, Inc.
Nuestra Comunidad Sana: La Voz Latina del Mid-Columbia / Latino Voice of the Mid-Columbia
To support organizing by the Latino community in the Mid-Columbia region to address their health concerns through a comprehensive advocacy strategy. Hood River, Skamania, and Klickitat counties; $19,635
Oregon Area Health Education Center (AHEC), OHSU
Spanish health care interpreting implementation project
To implement Spanish health care interpreter training statewide. $15,550
Oregon Center for Environmental Health
Healthy Food in Health Care
To build and support a collaborative relationship between hospitals and proponents of sustainable agriculture to facilitate a transition to sustainable foods-based procurement policies at hospitals. Clackamas, Multnomah, and Umatilla counties; $15,000
Oregon State University Foundation
Early Childhood Leadership Directions: Training leaders in family and health service 2006-2008
To provide leadership training to health professionals in rural Oregon working in children's mental health services agencies. $36,205
Stand for Children Leadership Center
Communities organized to improve school nutrition
To mobilize grassroots support for healthier school nutrition policies at the district and state levels. Lane, Marion, and Multnomah counties; $25,000
Upstream Public Health
Oregon advocacy to prevent childhood obesity
To develop an effective public health advocacy network to advance evidence-based school nutrition policies. $47,916