Health

$150,000
Hilton Head Island, S.C.
Grant awarded in 2009

The free clinic staffed by retired care providers, including physicians, nurses, dentists, social workers, and lay persons, is the only medical and dental facility that offers no-charge services to underserved patients, including many minorities. Grant support from the Health Clinic Opportunity Fund goes toward training medical professionals to use a recently installed electronic medical records system. The fund is designed to bridge, build, and sustain the operations of high-performing community health centers serving diverse and vulnerable populations.

$150,000
Hammond, Ind.
Grant awarded in 2009

The organization, now known as Franciscan Alliance, operates the Catherine McAuley Clinic, which delivers medical treatment, health care, wellness education, and dental assistance to a burgeoning patient population in a medically underserved area. Grant support from the Health Clinic Opportunity Fund allows the clinic to expand its operating hours and add a full-time nurse practitioner to accommodate increased volume and community outreach.

Santa Cruz, Calif.
Grant awarded in 2009

The center plays a vital safety-net role by delivering comprehensive primary care, chronic care, behavioral health, and complementary medical services for women and children, including many chronically ill, homeless, and uninsured patients. Faced with increasing demand for services, the clinic is using this two-year grant from the Health Clinic Opportunity Fund to cover mounting operating expenses. The fund is designed to bridge, build, and sustain the operations of high-performing community health centers serving diverse and vulnerable populations.

$300,000
Providence, R.I.
Grant awarded in 2009

The free clinic exclusively serves uninsured patients who seek primary and mental-health care and free prescriptions at its ambulatory-care facility, and operates a Physicians Network to treat other residents throughout the state. This two-year grant from the Health Clinic Opportunity Fund for staff support enables the clinic to expand its hours and recruit volunteer physicians. The fund is designed to bridge, build, and sustain the operations of high-performing community health centers serving diverse and vulnerable populations.

$220,000
Bethesda, Md.
Grant awarded in 2009

Mobile Medical Care’s network of clinic sites and mobile medical units offers free or discounted quality health care to low-income, working-poor, and homeless individuals in the middle and lower region of Montgomery County. This two-year grant from the Health Clinic Opportunity Fund supports operations for a new up-county clinic at Shady Grove Adventist Germantown Emergency Center. The fund is designed to bridge, build, and sustain the operations of high-performing community health centers serving diverse and vulnerable populations.

$300,000
Detroit
Grant awarded in 2009

The private nonprofit clinic fills a significant health-care gap on Detroit’s east side by offering free primary-care and social services to uninsured, homeless, and other vulnerable populations. This two-year grant from the Health Clinic Opportunity Fund increases the clinic’s capability to treat additional patients and helps to leverage access to free specialty and ancillary care services. The fund is designed to bridge, build, and sustain the operations of high-performing community health centers serving diverse and vulnerable populations.

$196,000
Laguna Beach, Calif.
Grant awarded in 2009

Low-income, homeless, and underserved adults and children of south Orange County receive free medical, dental, and health-education services from the clinic. Faced with increasing numbers of patients who need assistance, the clinic is using this two-year grant from the Health Clinic Opportunity Fund to hire additional staff members. The fund is designed to bridge, build, and sustain the operations of high-performing community health centers serving diverse and vulnerable populations.

$300,000
Ypsilanti, Mich.
Grant awarded in 2009

Since 1982, the free clinic has provided life-giving services to meet the health and social needs of low-income, uninsured residents of Washtenaw and Western Wayne counties and surrounding areas. The clinic is able to accommodate the growing demand for its services by needy populations with additional operating support provided by this two-year grant from the Health Clinic Opportunity Fund. The fund is designed to bridge, build, and sustain the operations of high-performing community health centers serving diverse and vulnerable populations.

$300,000
Cleveland
Grant awarded in 2009

The state’s largest free clinic has seen a steady increase in demand for its comprehensive medical, dental, and community-education services by the working poor. This two-year grant from the Health Clinic Opportunity Fund supports new initiatives to expand the clinic’s reach, support the demands of current and new clients, and shore up programmatic and medical partnerships. The fund is designed to bridge, build, and sustain the operations of high-performing community health centers serving diverse and vulnerable populations.