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CHRISTUS Fund Grants
Awarded October 2006
| Organization
and Project Description |
Grant Amount |
| CHRISTUS Health Ark-La-Tex | |
| Diabetes
Education Program |
$31,900 |
| CHRISTUS Health Central Louisiana | |
| Olive
House Case Management |
$40,000 |
| CHRISTUS Health Gulf Coast | |
| The
Café at Brookwood Brookshire, Texas A challenge grant to provide support for a café that functions as a job training tool for adults with disabilities |
$12,500 |
| Healthy
Living Mobile Clinic |
$25,000 |
| Family
Practice Clinic Houston, Texas A challenge grant to support a clinic that provides affordable health services to a low-income community |
$100,000 |
| CHRISTUS Health Muguerza | |
| Centro
Para El Desarrollo Del Potencial Humano |
$25,000 |
| CHRISTUS Health Northern Louisiana | |
Supporting
Seniors through Care Management |
$29,000 |
Project
5210 |
$40,000 |
| 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 | |
| Hospital
Emergency Department Use Study Beaumont, Texas Evaluation of emergency department use to determine if proposed Beaumont Federally Qualified Health Center satellite should operate on extended hours, and development of community-wide strategies for addressing access to primary health care |
$2,500 |
| After
Care Project Beaumont, Texas Program support for transitional housing, transportation and support for ex-prisoners |
$10,000 |
| Anayat
House Beaumont, Texas Challenge grant to support affordable accommodations for outpatients or family and friends of inpatients at local medical facilities |
$40,000 |
| Spindletop
MHMR Services Beaumont, Texas A challenge grant to support mental health services for individuals who do not meet criteria of the Resiliency and Disease Management Guidelines in order to receive state-funded care |
$45,000 |
| Mickey
Mehaffy Children's Advocacy Program Beaumont, Texas Program support for housing and treatment of abused children |
$50,000 |
| Career
Services of Beaumont Beaumont, Texas Salary support for career services for individuals with health, economic, or social barriers |
$75,000 |
| CHRISTUS Spohn Health System | |
| Childcare
Services for Homeless Children Corpus Christi, Texas Support for a program that provides day care services for homeless or low-income children |
$10,000 |
|
ACCESS |
$10,000 |
| Project
Bridge Corpus Christi, Texas Matching funds to support transitional housing for homeless families |
$20,000 |
Emergency
Shelter and Supportive Services Program |
$25,000 |
| Full
Service Community School Model Corpus Christi, Texas Program support for comprehensive services for students and their families in a school environment |
$39,000 |
| Care
Management Program Beeville, Texas Salary support for the care management of uninsured, low-income individuals |
$51,500 |
| Project
MEND San Antonio, Texas Support for a program that provides medical equipment loans to low-income individuals with disabilities |
$145,000 |
| Care
Management Evaluation Program College Station, Texas Evaluation of economic and clinical impact of CHRISTUS' care management programs |
$177,000 |
| CHRISTUS Health Utah | |
| Seniors
Homecare Program Midvale, Utah Program support for a home care agency to extend services to low-income elderly in the community |
$25,000 |
| Family
Counseling Center Murray, Utah Program support for mental health services and a children's therapy room for low-income families |
$30,000 |
| System-Wide Initiative | |
| Affordable
Senior Housing Strategic Partnership Houston, Texas Salary support for predevelopment research and development services for the creation of affordable senior housing within CHRISTUS service areas |
$200,000 |
| CHRISTUS Fund Total | $1,333,400 |
The CHRISTUS Fund Advisory Committee also awarded the following grants as part of the Hurricane Recovery Initiative:
| Organization and Project Description |
Grant Amount |
| Katrina/Rita Evacuee Homeless Prevention Program Alexandria, Louisiana Support for a program that provides temporary aid to individuals and families who experienced a financial crisis as a result of Hurricanes Rita and Katrina |
$102,000 |
| McFadden Family Medical Health Center Grand Prairie, Texas Program support for a health center that provides affordable health and dental services to a low-income community |
$24,000 |
| Hurricane Recovery Initiative Total | $126,000 |
