| Center for Health and Wellness, Inc., Wichita - $136,222 to expand services by adding a family practice physician, an ARNP and an LPN Central Kansas Mental Health Center, Salina - $39,795 to support a collaborative project with Catholic Charities of Salina to provide mental health services to residents in and around Chapman, KS, in response to the June 11, 2008, tornado Community Health Council of Wyandotte County, Kansas City - $8,000 to support a process to evaluate and make recommendations on options to enhance and/or establish a Federally Qualified Health Center in Wyandotte County Greeley County Health Services, Tribune - $185,000 to support the development of a comprehensive rural primary care program in Hamilton, Greeley and Wallace Counties, including an outreach and education program and leadership development (two-year grant) Kansas Association for the Medically Underserved, Topeka - $90,000 to support part-time staff and consulting dedicated to legislative advocacy on behalf of safety net clinics statewide (three-year grant)Oral Health Kansas, Inc., Topeka - $5,000 to support two advocacy training sessions at the Oral Health Kansas Annual Conference, November 6-7, 2008Kansas Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, Topeka - $1,000 to support a Long Term Care Public Forum focusing on the future of long term care financingKansas Department on Aging, Topeka - $10,000 to support two statewide conferences focusing on collaborative responses to meeting the needs of Kansas seniors Assessment and Organizational Development Grants Abstinence Education, Inc., Wichita - $6,818 for organizational assessment and strategic planningAnthony Medical Center, Anthony - $20,000 for billing and coding softwareArthritis Foundation, Kansas Chapter, Topeka - $5,102 for technology upgrades to improve communications, educational presentations and Web-based information and related trainingBreakthrough Club of Sedgwick County, Wichita - $5,223 for leadership development and transition planningBreakthrough House, Inc., Topeka - $20,000 for computer hardware and software to expand service delivery and strengthen financial managementBridging the Gap, Kansas City - $10,000 for fund development assessment and trainingCentral Kansas Foundation, Salina - $9,744 to enhance Web site capacityCLASS LTD, Columbus - $19,823 for technology upgrades, including servers and desktop workstationsCommunities in Schools of Harvey County, Inc., Newton - $7,136 for a comprehensive organizational assessmentEast Central Kansas Area Agency on Aging, Ottawa - $17,957 for technology upgrades, including hardware, software, installation and trainingEl Centro, Inc., Kansas City - $18,972 for fund development training for staff and boardElizabeth B. Ballard Center, Inc., Lawrence - $20,000 for technology upgrades, including hardware, software, installation and trainingFamily Resource Center, Inc., Pittsburg - $19,974 for communication hardware, including telephones, intercoms and related wiringFlorence Crittenton Services, Topeka - $9,000 for an organizational needs assessment and strategic planningHarper Hospital District #5, Harper - $18,084 for technology upgrades, including computers, printers and scannersHeartland Regional Alcohol and Drug Assessment Center, Roeland Park - $7,650 to assess the organization’s technology needs related to data tracking and reportingHeartland Regional Alcohol and Drug Assessment Center, Roeland Park - $20,000 to acquire, implement and provide training for data tracking and reporting software, as identified in assessmentKansas Area Agencies on Aging Association, Topeka - $8,808 to assess new program capacityKansas Big Brothers Big Sisters, Wichita - $19,366 for technology consultation, computer hardware (two servers) and related software to support employees working remotely statewideKansas Health Ethics, Inc., Wichita - $9,500 for fund development assessment, training and planningKansas Public Health Association, Topeka - $7,909 for governance and management developmentKU HealthPartners, Kansas City - $17,550 for technology upgrades at the Silver City Health Center, including telephone system equipment and data wiringLawrence-Douglas County Health Department, Lawrence - $11,514 for program evaluation and quality improvement trainingMedical Service Bureau, Inc., Wichita - $13,878 for strategic planningMercy & Truth Medical Missions, Kansas City - $12,240 for telephone system upgrades at the Pat Lloyd Land Wellness CenterNAMI Kansas, Inc., Topeka - $17,000 to increase the communication and technology capacity of VISTA outreach staffPlanned Parenthood of Kansas & Mid-Missouri, Overland Park - $11,926 for computer technology, including two servers and related softwareShawnee County Health Agency, Topeka - $14,000 to assess the effectiveness of their current health system in meeting the needs of local residents and to develop a plan to be more responsive to those needsShawnee Regional Prevention and Recovery Services, Inc., Topeka - $7,454 for an organizational assessmentStarkey, Inc., Wichita - $6,650 for emergency succession and executive transition planningThe Arc of Douglas County, Lawrence - $9,309 to assess fiscal, management and evaluation capacityThe Capper Foundation, Topeka - $16,988 for technology upgrades, including hardware, software and installationThe Center for Counseling and Consultation, Great Bend - $16,818 for technology upgrades to support field work and community outreachUnited Methodist Homes, Inc., Topeka - $20,000 for payroll management and scheduling software at Aldersgate VillageUnited Methodist Western Kansas Mexican-American Ministries, Inc., Garden City - $20,000 for computer hardware and training on patient records softwareVillage Shalom, Overland Park - $9,450 for staff training in resident-directed careWilson Medical Center, Neodesha - $20,000 for a comprehensive evaluation of services, including provider and patient surveys, consultation and staff trainingWyandot Center for Community Behavioral Healthcare, Kansas City - $20,000 for consultation related to installing and implementing an interactive data management systemGeneral Capacity Building Grants Center for Community Support and Research - Wichita State University, Wichita - $10,000 to help leverage an Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Compassion Capital grant to continue Compassion Kansas, a program to build the capacity of grassroots nonprofit organizationsKansas Association for the Medically Underserved, Topeka - $91,000 to support grantwriting technical assistance for Kansas clinics actively pursuing federal Community Health Center (330) grant funding (two-year grant)FINDING SOLUTIONS IN CHALLENGING TIMES American Cancer Society, Topeka - $30,000 for temporary support to meet the transportation needs of low-income patients requiring cancer treatmentBig Brothers Big Sisters of Finney & Kearny Counties, Garden City - $10,590 to support a summer school program for at risk youth that replaces a program cancelled due to the economyCommunity Health Ministry, Wamego - $10,000 to support a summer lunch, learning and exercise program for families in economic stressDouglas County AIDS Project, Lawrence - $27,000 to help support extended staff hours to meet increased demands for case management and prevention/testing services for low-income clientsHeartland Medical Clinic, Lawrence - $49,380 to meet increased demands for services and for a volunteer recruitment and placement programHomecare & Hospice, Inc., Manhattan - $15,000 to serve increased numbers of low-income clientsKansas Big Brothers Big Sisters, Wichita - $63,884 to support part-time case managers in five western Kansas BBBS agencies in response to increased requests for servicesKansas Food Bank, Wichita - $41,250 to distribute food to the unemployed through a newly established Laid-Off Workers Center in WichitaKU HealthPartners, Kansas City - $50,000 to serve increased numbers of patients at the Silver City Health Center in the Argentine community of Kansas City, KSLet's Help, Inc., Topeka - $26,455 to expand hours to meet the increased demand for intake and emergency services and to add a job placement programMental Health Association of South Central Kansas, Wichita - $41,772 to support a program to connect volunteer mentors and friends to current adult clients and those on a waiting listNational Kidney Foundation of Kansas & Western Missouri, Overland Park - $8,587 to help meet the increased need for services to low-income dialysis patients in KansasSociety of St. Andrew, Kansas City - $30,000 to support increased emergency food assistance requests in 13 northeast Kansas counties HEALTHY BEHAVIORS AND PREVENTION School, Community and Worksite Grants Wichita Educational Foundation, Wichita - $150,000 to help support the development of technologies to promote physical activity through user-friendly social media, a project of the Recreation Alliance of Visioneering Wichita, beginning initially with a regional focus and ultimately expanding to statewideWalking Trails Grants City of Bel Aire, Bel Aire - $24,996 to build a .55 mile long, 5' wide concrete trail in Central Park (includes trail lighting, distance signage and treescaping)City of Bonner Springs, Bonner Springs - $17,454 to build a .35 mile long, 6' wide asphalt trail from Pioneer St. to Kansas Ave. and connecting to an existing trail (includes trail distance signage and treescaping)City of Garden City, Garden City - $13,206 to build a 2,350' long, 8' wide asphalt trail in Finnup ParkCity of Humboldt, Humboldt - $17,142 to build a 1,390' long, 8' wide asphalt trail between the city pool and the baseball complex (includes trail lighting, distance signage and treescaping)City of Sharon Springs, Sharon Springs - $22,742 to build a 2,978' long, 8' wide concrete trail in the city park (includes trail lighting and treescaping)City of Ulysses, Ulysses - $25,000 to build a 2,300' long, 6' wide concrete trail and a 2,155' long, 10' wide asphalt trail in Frazier Park (includes trail lighting and treescaping)Kanza Rail-Trails Conservancy, Inc., Topeka - $15,000 to complete a 5 mile long, 8-10' wide section of the railbanked corridor trail between Osawatomie and OttawaMarshall County Connections, Inc., Marysville - $14,686 to build a 2 mile long, 10' wide crushed limestone trail as part of the Kansas section of a Marysville, KS, to Beatrice, NE, trailMeade District Hospital, Meade - $20,288 to build a 2,583' long, 6' wide concrete trail around the Lone Tree Retirement Center (includes trail distance signage and treescaping)Overbrook PRIDE, Inc., Overbrook - $20,855 to complete a 1,380' long, 6' wide concrete section of the Overbrook City Trail (includes trail lighting, distance signage and treescaping)Prairie Travelers, Wichita - $15,000 to complete a 3 mile long section of the railbanked corridor trail between Wichita, Goddard and Garden PlainUSD #253/Emporia, Emporia - $6,587 to build a 1,300' long, 10' wide compacted limestone trail in the Outdoor Wildlife and Learning Site (OWLS) (includes trail lighting and treescaping)USD #259/Wichita, Wichita - $20,000 to build a 1/4 mile long, 5' wide concrete trail on the school grounds (includes trail distance signage)Wamego Community Foundation, Wamego - $15,000 to build a 1.5 mile long, 8-10' wide concrete trail along Military Trail Road in St. GeorgeMEDICAL-LEGAL PARTNERSHIPS Kansas Legal Services, Inc., Topeka - $300,000 to support a Medical-Legal Partnership with Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas, Pittsburg, integrating legal and medical teams as a strategy to improve both health and quality of life (three-year grant)University of Kansas School of Law, Lawrence - $229,125 to establish an annual Medical-Legal Partnership Post-Graduate Fellowship for a recent law school graduate to work with existing and developing medical-legal partnerships in safety net clinics throughout Kansas (three-year grant) Advocacy Fellowship - a custom designed program to help leaders in nonprofit health and human service organizations improve their advocacy skillsClean Air Kansas - a grassroots campaign to mobilize support to promote passage of a statewide clean indoor air law in KansasGrantwriting Workshops - a series of grantee workshops to provide grantwriting technical assistanceMental Health Advocacy - a project to build the public policy capacity and impact of mental health-focused nonprofits in Kansas |
