Owensboro, Ky. – Owensboro Health has awarded over $702,924 to 38 regional organizations.
To qualify for grant funding, non-profit organizations had to provide plans for specific programs and services that address identified community health needs. Funds were also available to non-profit entities that offer specific programs and activities not directly related to healthcare, but state how the organization’s services or activities address root causes of problems impacting community health. Eligible groups included economic, educational, civic, arts and cultural organizations.
The 38 organizations and amounts are:
Human Service:
Audubon Area Community Services and DC-CAP Daviess County Community Access Program Project
Program: Partnering for H.E.A.L.T.H.
Amount: $7,250
Health Need Addressed: Access to care
Audubon Area Community Services: Owensboro Regional Recovery
Program: Family Recovery Education Program
Amount: $4,104
Health Need Addressed: Substance abuse
Boulware Mission
Program: Substance Abuse Treatment
Amount: $20,850
Health Need Addressed: Substance abuse
CASA of the Ohio Valley
Program: Stand Up for A Child
Amount: $17,560
Health Need Addressed: Child abuse, public safety
Community Dental Clinic
Program: Extending Oral Health Accessibility of Care and Health Improvement Project
Amount: $60,000
Health Need Addressed: Access to care: dental
Daviess County Diabetes Coalition
Program: Diabetes Patient Navigation and Assistance Program
Amount: $20,000
Health Need Addressed: Access to care: diabetes
Daviess County Public Schools Foundation
Program: DCPS Healthy Communities
Amount: $24,000
Health Need Addressed: Obesity: children
Father Bradley Shelter for Women and Children
Program: Awaken – Mental Health Case Management Continuation
Amount: $7,472
Health Need Addressed: Access to care: mental health
Friends of Sinners
Program: Women’s House Capital Campaign and Drug Screening Project
Amount: $60,000
Health Need Addressed: Substance abuse
Green River Area Down Syndrome Association
Program: G.R.A.D.S.A. Dance Team
Amount: $7,751
Health Need Addressed: Obesity, mental health, awareness and education
Green River District Health Department: Daviess County Community Access Project (DC-CAP)
Program: DC-CAP: Access to Care Coordination
Amount: $25,000
Health Need Addressed: Access to care
Green River District Health Department: Tobacco Control Coalition
Program: Quit Now Kentucky Promotion
Amount: $29,661
Health Need Addressed: Substance abuse: tobacco
Junior Achievement
Program: Destination: Healthy Life – Mapping Career and Life Success for Middle School Youth
Amount: $18,000
Health Need Addressed: Poverty/Economy: Healthy living awareness and education
Junior League of Owensboro
Program: Healthy Owensboro
Amount: $2,510
Health Need Addressed: Obesity
Kids Football League (KFL)
Program: Performance Protective Equipment for KFL Flag Football Participants
Amount: $12,000
Health Need Addressed: Prevention and safety, obesity
Madisonville Police Department
Program: Medication Disposal for Safer Communities
Amount: $4,850
Health Need Addressed: Substance abuse
Maximilian Montessori Academy
Program: MMA Moves
Amount: $5,220
Health Need Addressed: Improved health and wellness education
Messenger-Inquirer NIE program, School of Journalism Foundation of KY, Fiscal Agent
Program: Newspapers in Education
Amount: $5,000
Health Need Addressed: Education of priority health areas, health literacy
Munday Activity Center
Program: PEARLS
Amount: $68,603
Health Need Addressed: Mental Health: seniors
New Beginnings Sexual Assault Support Services
Program: Transforming Trauma
Amount: $3,200
Health Need Addressed: Substance abuse
North Spencer Community Action Center
Program: Healthy and Safe Infants and Toddlers Project
Amount: $10,000
Health Need Addressed: Child Safety, maternal and child health
OASIS (Owensboro Area Shelter and Information Services)
Program: Pregnant Women in Treatment
Amount: $8,400
Health Need Addressed: Substance abuse, maternal health
Owensboro Community Technical College (OCTC)
Program: Healthy Connections 2.0 Project
Amount: $7,500
Health Need Addressed: Health literacy
Owensboro Catholic Schools
Program: Age Appropriate Equipment to Promote Health
Amount: $4,891.70
Health Need Addressed: Obesity
Owensboro Regional Suicide Prevention Coalition
Program: Community Awareness Campaign for Suicide Prevention
Amount: $8,000
Health Need Addressed: Prevention and safety, mental health
Puzzle Pieces, Inc.
Program: Project DREAM: Lifeskills
Amount: $4,500
Health Need Addressed: Obesity
Spencer County CASA
Program: Recruit, Train, and Retain Volunteers
Amount: $9,360
Health Need Addressed: Child abuse, prevention, substance abuse
Susan G. Komen Foundation, Evansville Affiliate
Program: Komen Breast Care Program
Amount: $15,000
Health Need Addressed: Access to care: breast cancer
Union County Public Schools
Program: Union County School Gardens
Amount: $29,362
Health Need Addressed: Obesity, health and nutrition
Arts and Cultural:Â
Back Alley Musicals
Program: Expanding Musical Access through Community Enrichment, Transportation, and Education
Amount: $8,000
International Bluegrass Music Museum
Program: ROMP 2016
Amount: $20,000
Owensboro Dance Theatre
Program: Teaching in Outreach, Here’s to Your Heart, Special Needs Dance Therapy
Amount: $12,000
Owensboro Dance Theatre
Program: In Concert, Dance Ambassadors, Triple A, Migrant Health Initiative
Amount: $13,000
Owensboro Museum of Science and History
Program: Discovery Owensboro – Discover the World, health program exhibit
Amount: $20,000
Owensboro Museum of Fine Art
Program: RiverArtes II
Amount: $18,000
Owensboro Symphony Orchestra
Program: Musicians “On Call”
Amount: $18,000
RiverPark Center
Program: Broadway Pay What You Can Affordability Program
Amount: $18,000
Theatre Workshop of Owensboro
Program: Empress Renovation
Amount: $18,000
Owensboro Health also continues to offer a mini-grant program year-round for such items as community event sponsorships and smaller, health-related projects. Applications are available at www.Owensborohealth.org and must describe the project’s purpose, include the project’s budget and state how it impacts health. Organizations are encouraged to apply early as a limited amount of funds are available.
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