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Fiscal Year 2015 Grantees
- Access Partnership - $46,144 - Oral Health Navigator. To expand access to dental programs and services in Western Tidewater.
- Albemarle Regional Health Services $98,240 - Gates County Diabetes Care. To reduce morbidity, mortality and costs among pre-diabetics and diabetics residing in Gates County, NC.
- American Diabetes Association $70,610 - Expansion of Diabetes Self-Management Education (DSME). To train ambassadors in high health -risk congregations to raise awareness of diabetes and stress the importance of early detection, disease management and health risk factors in Franklin and Southampton County.
- Boys and Girls Clubs - $10,000 - Triple Play Family Challenge. To improve the children's (ages 6-18) knowledge of ways to become healthy with a program that emphasizes healthy eating, stress management, physical fitness and positive peer relationships.
- Chesapeake Service Systems - $20,000 - Access to Behavioral Healthcare. To support a 19 passenger van dedicated to transporting individuals with developmental disabilities to behavioral healthcare appointments in the Suffolk area.
- Cover 3 Foundation - $25,000 - The Planning of Cover 3 Farms. A planning grant is to develop a sustainable community farm, while creating a hands-on learning environment for youth and families through farming and encouraging healthy eating.
- Eastern Virginia Medical School - $56,161 - EVMS Continuity of Care for Western Tidewater. To increase the number of medical encounters at the Western Tidewater Free Clinic by scheduling family medicine residents, third-year medical students and an attending physician.
- Eastern Virginia Medical School Foundation - $82,564 - Igniting Change: Western Tidewater Healthy Faith & Communities Project: To develop collaborative strategies that create policy, systems and environmental changes that will result in more healthy food choices and physical activity in churches, public housing and community organizations.
- Eastern Virginia Medical School Foundation - $553,363 - Specialty Care Center. To establish a Specialty Care Center that will focus on the detection, prevention and management of diabetes and its most common complications.
- Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia - $50,000 - Healthy Food for Healthy Living - The Suffolk Healthy Mobile Pantry. To support the availability of a variety of healthful foods from the five main food groups; prioritizing and promoting access to and use of these foods by way of tastings, recipes and education, particularly fresh produce to fight hunger and promote health in Suffolk's food insecure population.
- ForKids, Inc. - $56,250 - Rapid Re-housing and Emergent Medical Needs. To improve the health of poor and homeless families in Western Tidewater through intensive case management, access to stable housing, permanent supportive housing and referrals to community resources.
- Girls on the Run South Hampton Roads - $24,960 - One Thousand Healthier Girls: An Outreach Initiative to Western Tidewater. To expand the Girls on the Run program, a physical, activity-based positive youth development program, in Western Tidewater.
- Horizon Health Services - $75,000 - Oral Health and Tobacco Intervention: To provide dental care and smoking cessation services in the Franklin, Southampton, Surry and Sussex service areas
- Isle of Wight Christian Outreach Program - $25,000 - Fresh Fruit and Produce for the Economically Disadvantaged. To coordinate donations and to purchase fresh fruits and vegetables for the Isle of Wight Christian Outreach Program's food delivery service.
- Isle of Wight Department of Social Services - $73,107.00 - Enroll Isle of Wight. For a proactive outreach program to increase the number of children and families enrolled in Medicaid and FAMIS in Isle of Wight County.
- Luter YMCA - $60,000 - Youth Engagement Center. To increase physical activity options for children by using interactive fitness equipment that combines fun and entertainment.
- Paul D. Camp Community College Foundation - $15,000 - Developing a Workforce of Diabetes Educators. To assess the need for developing training programs that will result in more Certified Diabetes Educators serving Western Tidewater.
- RX Partnership - $25,000 - Strategy for Accessing Generics. To create a strategy for pursuing and acquiring access to generic medications.
- RX Partnership - $7,500 - Medication Access for Western Tidewater. To provide free prescription medication and low-cost supplies to low-income, uninsured residents served by the Western Tidewater Free Clinic.
- Sentara Louise Obici Memorial Hospital - $75,000 - Life Coach Resource Referral. To provide Life Coaches in Sentara Obici Hospital’s Emergency Room who will help uninsured and underinsured patients obtain primary care services or other resources.
- Sentara Louise Obici Memorial Hospital - $68,641 - Newborn and Family Screening Referral (NFSR) Program. For a hospital-based, universal risk screening during pregnancy or at birth that connects new parents with appropriate community resources.
- Sentara Louise Obici Memorial Hospital - $25,000 - CarePartners for CareGivers (CPCG).
To fund the Sentara Obici Hospital respite care program, which benefits both the caregivers and the individuals suffering with chronic diseases.
- Smart Beginnings Western Tidewater - $10,000 - Nutrition Education. Encouraging Healthy Eating in Parents and Preschoolers. To increase the number of people enrolled in the WIC program in Western Tidewater and increase the number of childcare centers providing healthy and nutritious meals and snacks.
- Southampton County Public Schools - $50,000 - On the Right Track. To encourage increased activity by building an athletic track for Southampton Middle and High School students and Southampton County residents.
- Southeastern Virginia Health System - $30,000 - Capacity to Pursue Federal Funding for a New Medical Access Point. To receive assistance in preparing a federal grant application for opening of a new comprehensive community healthcare center in Franklin, Virginia.
- Suffolk Partnership for a Healthy Community - $159,850 - Healthy People Healthy Suffolk Implementation of the Comprehensive Plan Encouraging Active Lifestyles. For continued coordination and collaboration efforts to reduce obesity through the Healthy People Healthy Suffolk imitative.
- Suffolk Public Schools - $120,000 - Strategic Health Action and Wellness Plan.
To implement a comprehensive healthy lifestyles plan that focuses on obesity prevention among students.
- Suffolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority - $37,500 - Living Healthy and Smoke-Free in Public Housing. To raise awareness among residents of public housing communities in Suffolk about the health hazards from exposure to secondhand smoke in public places and reduce the number of smokers.
- Suffolk Salvation Army Corps - $25,000 - Exercise Equipment for the New Pavilion.
To fund low impact exercise equipment designed for use by senior adults in the Obici Healthcare Foundation Pavilion of The Salvation Army, Suffolk, Virginia.
- Surry Area Free Clinic - $25,000 - Strategic Plan and Assessment. To develop a strategic plan that will establish timelines, priorities and approaches for fund development and create a plan for recruiting and retaining volunteers.
- The Children's Center - $16,490 - National Alliance on Mental Health Education for Families and Providers. To support the Family-to-Family Series that educates both the families and the providers around mental illness/support services for parents, employees and community members.
- The Genieve Shelter - $35,000 - Capacity Building and Development Outreach. To build the capacity of the Development Coordinator to encourage community participation and financial support for the Shelter’s programs and special events.
- The Healing Place of Hampton Roads - $25,000 - Planning for a Healthier Hampton Roads. To develop a plan that addresses the need for residential substance abuse recovery for homeless individuals in Hampton Roads who have substance use disorders.
- The Planning Council - $8,023 - Continuum of Care Coordinator. To develop and submit federal and state grant applications that ensure access to housing, healthcare and support services to homeless families in Western Tidewater.
- The Planning Council - $42,580 - Preventing Obesity in Early Childcare Settings. To prevent and address obesity among children within private childcare settings and before/after school programs across Western Tidewater.
- The Rensselaerville Institute - $50,000 - Integrating a Result Framework into the Healthy People/Healthy Suffolk Initiative. To fund the measurement of all Healthy People Healthy Suffolk affiliated Projects for the purpose of reporting on the initiative's impact on the community.
- The Up Center - $117,768 - Western Tidewater Training and Behavioral Health Program. To increase the number of low-income individuals and families who can receive counseling sessions.
- Town of Windsor - $50,000 - Town of Windsor Community Recreation Center.
To renovate the Windsor Middle School gymnasium for use as a community recreation center for the Town of Windsor and surrounding localities.
- Virginia Cooperative Extension - $25,000 - Suffolk Good Food for Good Health Mobile Farmers Market. To develop a plan that teaches low-income Suffolk residents how to access, cook and eat healthy, locally grown produce and livestock products to prevent obesity and future health issues.
- Virginia Dental Association Foundation - $45,000 - Suffolk Mission of Mercy (MOM) Project. To conduct a one-day dental outreach that provides free dental treatment to uninsured and underinsured adults in Western Tidewater and Gates County, NC.
- Virginia Legal Aid Society - $75,000 - Medicaid Access Project. To help disabled clients navigate the complex Medicaid and Medicare application and appeals processes.
- Virginia Supportive Housing - $7,500 - Health Support Services for Homeless Single Adults. To provide supportive services to eight homeless individuals from Suffolk and Isle of Wight who reside in permanent supportive housing facilities.
- Voices for Kids CASA Program - $21,468 - Expanding Advocacy for Children with Medical and Mental Health Needs. To provide access to medical and mental health services for every child served.
- Western Tidewater Community Services Board - $145,648 - Mobile Crisis Outreach. To support on-site short term counseling, benefits assistance and connection to community resources for individuals in area shelters.
- Western Tidewater Community Services Board - $36,095 - Telemedicine - Crisis Services Follow-up. To support a telemedicine link to crisis services for children, adolescents and adults to local law enforcement agencies and hospitals.
- Western Tidewater Free Clinic - $500,000 - Expand Access to Comprehensive Healthcare. To provide free, comprehensive, coordinated medical and dental care to low-income, uninsured adult patients in Western Tidewater.
- Western Tidewater Health District - $13,900 - Saving Smiles: A Dental Health Promotion Project. To provide preventive dental services and education to children enrolled in Medicaid/FAMIS and who receive Free Lunch at schools in the City of Franklin, Isle of Wight County and Southampton County.
- Western Tidewater Health District - $110,737 - Nurse Family Partnership Program.
To implement a national model - Nurse Family Partnership - to improve prenatal health, child health and development through age two in the City Suffolk and Franklin and Isle of Wight Counties.
- WHRO - $25,000 - Increasing Digital Learning Assets: Obesity Prevention. To confirm the increased upload of eMedia health data and confirm the increased use of eMedia for health, nutrition and activity curriculum by Western Tidewater teachers.
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