Tri-City Healthcare District Awards Health Grants

The Tri-City Healthcare District Board of Directors awarded grants totaling $300,000 to 22 non-profit community agencies at its May 29, 2008 Board meeting.

"We congratulate our community partners and extend our commitment to continue working with them in our common mission to care for community residents," Larry Schallock, President of the Tri-City Healthcare District Board of Directors said at the grant awards presentation. "We are proud to be able to help support these agencies that play such vital roles in the strength of our community," added David Tweedy, Board Secretary and Chair of the Mission and Community Outreach Committee.

Each year, funds are allocated by the Tri-City Healthcare District Board of Directors to be used in a competitive grant process for non-profit agencies that provide needed health programs for residents of Carlsbad, Vista and Oceanside. Grant applications are evaluated by a volunteer committee of district residents.

This year, the Tri-City Healthcare District Board of Directors' Mission and Community Outreach Committee reviewed 35 proposals requesting $1,018,949 and recommended to the Board that 22 organizations be funded for a total of $300,000. The grants were awarded in two categories: (1) individual organizations, totaling $200,000 and (2) collaborative projects, with at least three partner organizations, totaling $100,000.

2008 Grant Award Collaborative Program Recipients:

Emergency Department Care Continuum Program
A grant of $60,000 was awarded to Vista Community Clinic (lead), North County Health Services, and Tri-City Medical Center that together will implement the Emergency Department Care Continuum Program. A web-based referral system will be expanded to connect unassigned non-emergent patients in TCMC's Emergency Department to medical homes at the community clinics. Vista Community Clinic (VCC) currently receives 1,100 referrals per month. VCC will assist North County Health Services to connect to TCMC's Emergency Department computerized referral system.
Contact: Barbara Mannino, CEO (760) 631-5000
Website: www.vistacommunityclinic.org

Health, Education and Leadership (HEAL) Program
A grant of $40,000 was awarded to Encuentros Leadership (lead), Mira Costa College, Palomar College, TCMC, school districts, and California State University San Marcos (CSUSM) for the Health, Education & Leadership (HEAL) Program. The goal of the collaborative program is to encourage at-risk middle school and high school students to pursue careers in healthcare. Students will participate in classroom presentations and activities, career conferences, student/parent nights at schools, a summer Leadership Academy for a week at CSUSM, and field trips to Tri-City Medical Center.
Contact: Christine Sylvia, Board Member (760) 504-0233
Website: none

2008 Grant Award Individual Organization Program Recipients:

Angel's Depot
$7,500 grant award to support Senior Food-for-a-Week Boxes for senior citizens and disabled residents in Oceanside, Carlsbad, and Vista.
Contact: Susan Hall, Executive Director, (760) 599-7093
Website: www.theangelsdepot.org

Brother Benno Foundation
$15,000 grant award to the Prescription Assistance Program to provide generic drugs through a voucher program for high-risk persons and families with children without private or state-sponsored health insurance.
Contact: Harold Kutler, Executive Director, (760) 439-1244
Website: www.brotherbennos.org

Canine Companions for Independence
$5,000 grant award to support training and placement of a canine companion for a disabled child or adult.
Contact: Annie Scott, SW Regional Development Associate (760) 901-4306
Website: www.cci.org

Casa de Amparo
$15,000 grant award for the Shelter Medical Program that provides basic medical treatment for abused, neglected, abandoned children who reside in the Casa de Amparo shelters.
Contact: Erin Harmonson, Grant Specialist, (760) 754-5500
Website: www.casadeamparo.org

Community Resource Center
$10,000 grant award to support the Children's Domestic Violence Intervention and Prevention Services that provides counseling for children in transitional homes for victims of domestic violence.
Contact: Laurin Pause, Executive Director, (760) 753-1156
Website: www.communityresourcecenter.org

Fraternity House
$15,000 grant award for the AIDS Caregiving Program that provides services for persons with HIV/AIDS at two homes, Fraternity House in Escondido and Michaelle House in Vista.
Contact: Marie Jones-Kirk, Executive Director, (760) 736-0292
Website: www.fraternityhouseinc.org

From the Inside Out
$10,000 grant award to the Project Choice, For Girls Only, a pilot 10 week youth program for girls 10 years and up, at-risk and/or first time offenders for academic failure, gang association, crime and violence, substance abuse, teen pregnancy, and are found to be socially illiterate and in need of positive anger resolution skills.
Contact: Priscilla Steiner, Executive Director, (760) 754-0508
Website: none

Ivey Ranch Park Association
$5,000 grant award for the Therapeutic Riding Program for children with special needs. Volunteers act as horse side walkers and instructor aides to the certified instructor.
Contact: Tonya Danielly, Executive Director, (760) 722-4839
Website: www.iveyranch.com

Mama's Kitchen
$7,500 grant award for Home Delivered Meals Program, to provide meals to those struggling with poverty and life threatening illnesses in Carlsbad, Oceanside, and Vista.
Contact: Alberto Cortes, Executive Director, (619) 233-6262
Website: www.mamaskitchen.org

Meals With Love-Vista and Oceanside
Contact: Cathy Vaughn, Coordinator, (760) 726-1225
Website: www.vomow.org

National Alliance of Mentally Ill
$10,000 grant award for presentation of In our Own Voice-Living with Mental Illness in schools, community organizations, churches, and other community locations.
Contact: Cliff Perrin, Grant Writer (760) 940-9305
Website: www.nami-northcoastal.org

North County Health Services
$10,000 grant award for the Pediatric Physical Activity Program, a component of a Nutrition and Childhood Obesity Prevention Program at two clinic sites.
Contact: Irma Cota, President and CEO, (760) 736-6755
Website: www.nchs-health.org

North County Latinas Association
$10,000 grant award for the Adelante Conferences on health issues and career role models in healthcare for 6th through 12th grade students. Conferences will be conducted at various school sites.
Contact: Minerva Gonzalez, Grants Chair, (760) 599-1249
Website: none

North County Lifeline
$15,000 grant award to support mental health services for youth who are at risk of residential placement, hospitalization, incarceration, dropping out of school, and joining gangs.
Contact: Debbie Shriver, Director of Mental Health, (760) 726-4900
Website: www.nclifeline.org

Oceanside Senior Citizen's Association
$7,500 grant award for the Senior Nutrition Program to provide meals at the Oceanside Senior Center and to homebound seniors.
Contact: Roberta Gryg (760) 435-5250
Website: none

Palomar Family Counseling Services
$15,000 grant award for the Tri-City Children's Intensive Program for the mental health needs of infants and young children of adult clients.
Contact: Irene Saper, Executive Director, (760) 741-2660
Website: none

TERI (Training Education and Research Institute)
$10,000 grant award for the Nurse Case Management Program that provides nursing support for adult clients with developmental and learning disabilities by coordinating and providing information at medical and dental appointments.
Contact: Laura White, Director of Development, (760) 721-1706
Website: www.teriinc.org

TIP (Trauma Intervention Programs of San Diego County)
$8,000 grant award for TIP's Crisis Intervention Team Program that utilizes volunteers in the community and at the Tri-City Medical Center Emergency Department to provide immediate emotional and practical support to families following a tragedy.
Contact: Mindy Atkission, Interim Executive Director, (760) 931-2104
Website: www.tipsandiego.org

Vista Townsite Community Partnership
$2,000 grant award for the Growing a Healthy and Safe Community Program, a community garden and nutrition pilot project for residents of the community.
Contact: Catherine Manis, Executive Director, (760) 806-8980
Website: www.vtcp.org

YMCA of San Diego County, Oz North Coast
$15,000 grant award for Oz North Coast's Runaway and Homeless Youth Shelter Program that provides shelter, food, clothing, transportation, and on-site schooling, plus health education classes provided collaboratively by Vista Community Clinic.
Contact: Kelly Mesko, Administrative Assistant (760) 721-8034
Website: www.ymca.org

For more information about these grants or the Tri-City Healthcare District Board of Directors' Mission and Community Outreach program, please call Carol Mudgett at 760-940-3597.

Please check Web site again in late November 2008 for the next community grants publication of the request for proposals (RFP).