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CHRISTUS Fund Grants
Awarded June 2007
| Organization
and Project Description |
Grant Amount |
| CHRISTUS Health Ark-La-Tex | |
CHRISTUS St. Michael Health System - Business Planning for a Sustainable Community Health Center |
$45,000 |
U of A Foundation Inc., DBA AHEC-Southwest Foundation Fund - Interim Primary Services for the Uninsured of Texarkana |
$113,600 |
| CHRISTUS Health Central Louisiana | |
Red River Parish Communication District - Enhanced 911 Emergency Communication System |
$30,000 |
| CHRISTUS St. Frances Cabrini Hospital - School Based Health Center |
$100,000 |
| CHRISTUS Health Gulf Coast | |
| Women's Home - Clinical Program Houston, Texas Expansion of the clinical program for women who are homeless due to substance abuse and/or mental illness |
$20,000 |
| CHRISTUS Health Northern Louisiana | |
Shreveport SRO, Inc. (Centerpoint) - Cottages of Hope |
$35,000 |
CHRISTUS Schumpert Health System - Woodlawn School-Based Health Center |
$64,300 |
| CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health Care | |
The
Healing Arts Project |
$20,000 |
| JUNTOS
Project San Antonio, Texas Support for a program that provides community education and support services for families and children |
$25,000 |
| Bexar
County Family Drug Treatment Court San Antonio, Texas Salary support for a mental health therapist for children of substance abusers |
$30,000 |
| CHRISTUS Health Southeast Texas | |
| Beaumont Independent School District - Insure-a-Kid Beaumont, Texas Salary and program support to provide CHIP and Medicaid eligibility and enrollment services in Southeast Texas |
$35,000 |
| Samaritan Counseling Center of Southeast Texas Port Arthur, Texas Program support to provide mental health counseling to low-income persons |
$50,000 |
| CHRISTUS Hospital-St. Elizabeth - Emergency Department Diversion Project Beaumont, Texas Program support for voucher system for "non-emergent” patient visiting Emergency Department to secure primary care services at a medical home. |
$73,000 |
| CHRISTUS Health Southwest Louisiana | |
| Calcasieu Parish School Board - Teen Parent Center Lake Charles, Louisiana Program support for parenting education for teens and their families to increase their knowledge, skill and confidence in the parenting role. |
$20,000 |
| CHRISTUS Spohn Health System | |
| Corpus Christi Hope House, Inc. Corpus Christi, Texas Program support to provide housing, counseling, life skills, food, clothing, transportation, employment, medical and adoption assistance to pregnant women without resources or family support |
$5,000 |
|
Good Samaritan Rescue Mission |
$15,000 |
| Beeville Vineyard Beeville, Texas Support for program to provide MHMR for recovering hospital patients, prescription assistance, eyeglasses, diabetic supplies, and other assistance |
$15,000 |
Coastal Bend Half-Way Houses for Alcoholics, Inc. - Sunrise Recovery House |
$25,000 |
| Alice Counseling Center - Court-Appointed Family Counseling Alice, Texas Program support for court-order counseling and guidance for low-income families |
$25,000 |
| Palmer Drug Abuse Program of Corpus Christi, Inc. -Younger Group Services Corpus Christi, Texas Program support for substance abuse recovery program for young adults and teenagers |
$30,000 |
| Open Arms and Thankful Hearts Beeville, Texas Program support for expansion of pharmaceutical assistance program to Kleberg County |
$35,700 |
| Catholic Charities of Corpus Christi, Inc. Corpus Christi, Texas Program support for housing, financial, job educational classes and individual counseling sessions |
$75,000 |
| CHRISTUS Spohn Health System - Community C.A.R.E. for the Uninsured Corpus Christi, Texas Program support for care management of chronically ill, uninsured, low-income individuals |
$250,000 |
| System-Wide Initiative | |
| Quincy Area Network against Domestic Abuse -Quanada Quincy, Ill. Program support for domestic violence and sexual assault services in a rural area |
$25,000 |
| Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio - Earthquake Recovery San Antonio, Texas Disaster relief contribution to support the communities affected by an earthquake in Peru. |
$25,000 |
| Catholic Diocese of Jefferson City - El Puente Jefferson City, Mo. Program that serves the Hispanic population in the Jefferson City area, provides pastoral presence and ministry, as well as transportation in the areas of health care, English as a second language and socialization towards cultural integration. |
$27,000 |
| Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word $35,000
Mother and Infant Care Program: Project Mongu
San Antonio, Texas Program support to provide an organized system in which HIV-positive mothers who agree not to breastfeed their infants will receive appropriate nutritional support and education for HIV prevention |
$35,000 |
| Sponsor/ Related | |
| Neighbor for Neighbor, Inc. - Neighbor for Neighbor Health Clinic Tulsa, Okla. Provides interim maintenance and management of diabetes and hypertension until an appropriate referral can be made |
$52,400 |
| CHRISTUS Fund Total | $1,226,500 |
The CHRISTUS Fund Advisory Committee also awarded the following grants as part of the Hurricane Recovery Initiative:
| Organization and Project Description |
Grant Amount |
| Catholic Charities of New Orleans - Emergency Preparedness for Residential Programs New Orleans, Louisiana Operational support for emergency shelters in the event of an evacuation for the city of New Orleans |
$21,400 |
| Jewish Fund for Justice, Inc - Interfaith Disaster Reconstruction Finance Fund Washington, D.C. Program support for rebuilding homes and communities of low-income and minority residents of the Gulf Coast region affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. |
$80,000 |
| Hurricane Recovery Initiative Total | $101,400 |
