The CareSource Foundation has announced its sixth round of healthcare-related grants, with a total of $127,000 going to 15 organizations.
The grants aim to assist the recipient groups in a range of healthcare areas, including uninsurance, critical health trends, community health issues, and preventive medicine. Organizations receiving the grants range from small, Ohio-based community initiatives to national associations. The CareSource Foundation, based in Dayton, Ohio, was launched last June.
The recipients of CareSource's sixth round of grants are:
•The American Heart Association - $10,000 for the End Stroke/Go Red for Women program for stroke prevention, awareness, diagnosis and treatment for African-American women
•Big Brothers Big Sisters - $8,000 for mentorship with at-risk youth in the Montgomery, Greene and Preble counties of Ohio
•Darlene Bishop Home for Life - $3,500 to provide basic needs and life skills training for young, pregnant women dealing with abuse or overcoming addiction
•Dayton Urban League - $10,000 to engage and empower lower-income families through social, economic, job-training and nutritional support
•Elizabeth's New Life Center - $10,000 to provide affordable health and prenatal care for low-income women in Montgomery and surrounding counties
•Goodwill Easter Seals - $12,000 to provide free developmental screenings and follow-up support for children in regional daycare centers
•Hamilton County Lead Poisoning Prevention Collaborative - $4,000 to help increase the blood lead testing rate in targeted areas of Hamilton county, Ohio
•Holt Street Miracle Center - $4,000 to support the Kids Café program to combat hunger among low-income children, particularly those with a parent in residential drug and alcohol recovery centers
•Huron Hospital Foundation of the Cleveland Clinic Network - $12,000 to increase capacity in the Lennon Diabetes Center
•Legal Aid of Western Ohio - $10,000 to create a medical-legal program for children in partnership with The Rocking Horse Center free clinic in Clark County, Ohio
•The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society - $5,000 to provide financial assistance for over 200 uninsured or underinsured cancer patients in southwestern Ohio
•Otterbein Homes - $8,000 for benevolent care for senior adults residing in any of the Otterbein communities throughout Ohio
•Prevent Blindness Ohio - $18,000 to provide vision screening for almost 12,000 children and vision education and outreach to over 100,000 children, teachers and parents in the Dayton region
•Senior Resource Connection - $7,500 to publish and distribute a comprehensive Senior Resource Guide with emphasis on access to affordable healthcare and special needs assistance
•Womanline of Dayton - $5,000 to support the "I Can Tell" sex abuse detection and prevention program.