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Grantee Spotlight
Dental Aid
The first not-for-profit comprehensive dental clinic in the
United States, Dental Aid has been providing accessible and affordable
oral health care for low-income and uninsured residents of Boulder
and Broomfield counties for more than 25 years. Dental
Aid also operates the Bright Smiles for Bright Futures program, which
was designed to improve the oral health of low-income pregnant
women and their children, help reduce the incidence of low-birth
weight infants and premature deliveries, reduce the transmission
of cavity-causing organisms from mother to child, and change
community attitudes about oral health. In 2008, The Colorado
Health Foundation granted $330,000 to Dental Aid to support Bright
Smiles for Bright Futures.
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Stapleton Foundation
The Stapleton Foundation works to advocate, sustain and realize
the principles of the 1995 Stapleton Master Development Plan. Working
with others, the organization strives to create a community that
is seamlessly connected to surrounding neighborhoods, as well as
a community that becomes a sustainable model in education, employment,
open space, housing diversity and sustainable development. In 2007,
The Colorado Health Foundation granted the Stapleton
Foundation $208,000 for one year to facilitate a
learning community that engages people from various walks of
life to identify important health and health care problems and
to create opportunities to address them.
Colorado Children’s Healthcare Access Program
Colorado Children’s Healthcare Access Program works
to ensure that every child enrolled in Medicaid and the Child Health
Plan Plus (CHP+) receives comprehensive health care from a primary
care provider – a “medical home.” In 2007, The
Colorado Health Foundation granted the Colorado
Children’s Healthcare Access Program $396,000
to address the poor health care access and health outcomes of 140,000
of Colorado’s low-income children by enabling and encouraging
private practices to provide a medical home for these children.
Blue Ribbon Commission for Health Care Reform
The
Blue Ribbon Commission for Health Care Reform was created to
study and establish health care reform models for expanding coverage,
especially for the underinsured and uninsured, and to decrease
health care costs for Colorado residents. In 2007, The Colorado
Health Foundation granted the Blue
Ribbon Commission $400,000 to carry out its mission, culminating
in a final
report to Colorado’s General Assembly on Jan.
31, 2008.
Colorado Public Radio
Founded in 1970, Colorado Public Radio creates and distributes
public radio programming for the people of Colorado, to be an educational
and cultural resource for our audiences, and to reflect the ideas
and concerns of listeners throughout the state. In 2007, The Colorado
Health Foundation granted Colorado
Public Radio $280,000 for ongoing coverage of major
health issues in Colorado as part of KCFR’s Colorado News Initiative,
through an addition of a full-time producer/reporter with expertise
in health issues.
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Foundation
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Foundation generates philanthropic
support for innovative health care approaches to improve the health
of Coloradans. In 2007, The Colorado Health Foundation provided
the Rocky
Mountain Health Plans Foundation with $482,000 to
support a smoking cessation program, Baby & Me, Tobacco Free,
to reduce the number of low-income pregnant women in Colorado using
tobacco during and after their pregnancy.
Arapahoe County Early Childhood Council
The Arapahoe
County Early Childhood Council (ACECC) collaborates with other
state and national organizations to support a safe, smart and healthy
start for young children and their families in Arapaho County.
In 2007, The Colorado Health Foundation granted the ACECC $385,000
to provide technical assistance and training to the Assuring Better
Child Health & Development (ABCD) project,
which is working to increase the number of primary care physicians
that uses standardized screening tools for the early identification
of childhood developmental problems.
CP of Colorado
Now in its 62nd year, CP of Colorado strives to improve the quality
of life for children with cerebral palsy and their families through
early intervention, education, employment and statewide training.
In 2007, The Colorado Health Foundation granted CP of Colorado
$280,000 to their Creative Options Centers for Early Education
program, which provides early care, intervention, prevention, support
and education services to expectant mothers and to 700+ infants
and children at six metro Denver centers. Children who have been
enrolled in the program have less need for special education services
and improved language and social skills.
Colorado Association for School-Based Health Care
The Colorado
Association for School-Based Health Care (CASBHC) wants to ensure
that the children of Colorado have quality, integrated school-based
health services to improve their health, optimize their academic
success and enhance their well-being. Believing that “healthy kids learn better,” the
organization focuses on treating and preventing conditions that
inhibit learning, such as acute illness and injury; asthma and
other chronic disease; violence, substance abuse, and depression;
and severe dental pain. In 2007, The Colorado Health Foundation
granted CASBHC $50,000 for operating support during a strategic
planning process.
Colorado Association of Family Medicine Residencies
The Colorado Association
of Family Medicine Residencies was established to encourage fourth-year
medical students and graduates to consider training at one of the
nine family medicine residencies in the state. The directors of
each residency collaborate to develop curricula and training
on the cutting edge of family medicine. To help conduct a thorough
on-site evaluation of the faculty development needs of the state’s
nine family medicine residencies, The Colorado Health Foundation
granted the Colorado Association of Family Medicine Residencies
$25,000 in 2007.
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
As part of
its Action Plan for Older Adult Wellness, The Colorado Department
of Public Health and Environment created the Healthy Aging Unit
to ensure that all older Coloradans receive quality health and
wellness services and thus increase their independence, reduce
their health care use, and improve their quality of life. In 2007,
The Colorado Health Foundation granted the Healthy Aging Unit $895,000
to enable older adults who are not serviced through private health
organizations to participate in chronic disease self-management
programs, where they can learn how to improve their health (such
as through better nutrition and increased exercise), communicate
with health care providers, cope with anger and frustration, manage
pain and fight fatigue. This project is in collaboration with the
State Unit on Aging.
Colorado Children’s Immunization Coalition
Formed in 1991 in
the wake of reports showing that only about half of all Colorado
children were adequately immunized, the Colorado Children’s
Immunization Coalition (CCIC) has been working to improve immunization
rates in the state. CCIC has also launched public awareness campaigns
and helped educate physicians and parents about the safety of vaccines
and their proven ability to prevent diseases such as whooping cough,
chickenpox, hepatitis A and B, Haemophilus
influenzae type B and meningococcus. In 2007, The Colorado
Health Foundation granted CCIC $150,000 to support the Coalition’s
continuing efforts to increase childhood immunization coverage
through education, outreach and public policy initiatives.
Colorado Children’s Campaign: 2010 All
Kids Covered Initiative
In
keeping with its motto, “Creating hope and opportunity
in Colorado, more than 1 million kids at a time,” the Colorado
Children’s Campaign is one of the leaders behind the 2010
All Kids Covered (2010 AKC) Initiative. The goal of the initiative
is to see that all children in Colorado are covered with private
health insurance or enrolled in public programs that provide access
to a medical home where they can receive appropriate and affordable
health care services. In 2007 and 2008, The Colorado Health Foundation
granted $141,000 to the Colorado Children’s Campaign to support
their policy efforts on behalf of the 2010 AKC Initiative.
Montrose County School District
Located in southwestern Colorado,
the 15 public schools in the Montrose County School District
Re-1J serve 6,400 students, from pre-kindergarten through 12th
grade. In 2007, The Colorado Health Foundation granted the Montrose
County School District $180,000 to establish a health center
at the district’s Northside
Elementary School for the 400 children enrolled in the school,
and for all children aged 3 through 12 years in the surrounding
community of Montrose. The health center, which opened its doors
last fall, provides child wellness exams, chronic care management
for children with asthma and allergies, prescription medications
and acute care. It is also a source of health education and referrals
for the children’s families.
Colorado Center on Law & Policy
For almost a decade, the
Colorado Center on Law & Policy
(CCLP) has been advocating for justice, economic security and
access to health care for all Coloradans, particularly the poor,
working poor and other vulnerable populations. It is currently
the only organization in Colorado providing the advocacy that
used to be offered by federally funded legal services programs.
In 2007, The Colorado Health Foundation granted $675,000 for
the ongoing health care advocacy program of CCLP. The aim of
the program is to increase access to high-quality and affordable
health care, which CCLP hopes to achieve by representing and
advancing the interests of lower-income Coloradans.
Urban Peak Denver
Since it was founded in 1988, Urban Peak has
offered a safe and supportive community to young people who are
homeless and gives them the tools needed to become self-sufficient
adults. Its Denver center is a refuge for homeless youth aged
15 through 21 years – who currently comprise more than 10% of the
city’s homeless population. Each year, Urban Peak Denver
provides 13,000 nights of shelter and 29,000 meals to nearly
1,000 youth -- almost half of whom never returned to the streets.
In 2008, The Colorado Health Foundation granted $150,000 to Urban
Peak Denver to support a program that offers a continuum of care
for homeless youth with co-occurring mental health and substance
abuse problems.
Pueblo StepUp
Established in 1992, Pueblo StepUp is dedicated to
improving the health, well-being and access to health care for
underserved populations in Pueblo County. The 11 free wellness
clinics throughout Pueblo and the surrounding area offer blood
pressure and blood glucose testing, counseling on medications
and diet, and help enrolling in Child Health Plan Plus (CHP+)
and Medicaid. The Colorado Health Foundation granted a total
of $105,100 for two separate programs: (1) to create a high-value
health coverage plan tailored to meet the needs of Pueblo’s
low-income uninsured working population; (2) to continue enrolling
children into CHP+ and Medicaid, schedule low-income children
for dental care, and help seniors and low-income individuals
use prescription drug subsidy programs.
Business Health Forum
Created to engage the business community in
major health care policy reform efforts, the Business Health Forum
regularly informs businessmen and women about important health
care reform issues that can have an impact on business, such as
the rising cost of health care and what is driving that cost. Businesspeople
are notified when opportunities arise for them to weigh in on
proposals, legislation and other health care-related issues.
In 2008, The Colorado Health Foundation granted $250,000 to the
Business Health Forum to support its efforts to encourage the
business community to become involved in major health care reform
efforts in Colorado and to provide issue updates and information
on how to participate in the legislative process.
Children’s Health Foundation
As part of its mission to “advance preventive and integrative
health initiatives that benefit the mind, body and spirit of
children,” the Children’s Health Foundation is working
to prevent childhood obesity through better nutrition in schools.
It rallies schools, community organizations and government officials
to support schools’ efforts to ban junk food and has created
a “blueprint for change” that provides school administrators
with the tools, technology and resources needed to improve meal
preparation and content, while educating the public and schoolchildren
about the benefits of healthy eating and fitness. In 2008, The
Colorado Health Foundation granted the Children’s Health
Foundation $134,769 to improve the school food program for the
4,277 students in the Garfield School District.
Full listing
of 2006 grantees
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