Note: The foundation’s fiscal year (FY) is July 1 through June 30.

FY 2008 Grants and Initiatives
Unless otherwise noted, grants are for one year.

ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE

Bridge Grants

  • Good Samaritan Health Ministries, Wichita - $105,860 to expand services by adding a part-time developmental pediatrician and a full-time bilingual RN (three-year grant)

  • Guadalupe Clinic, Inc., Wichita - $45,000 to expand services by increasing the hours of a part-time physician assistant, LPN and support staff (three-year grant)

  • Kansas City Free Health Clinic, Kansas City - $42,932 to expand services by adding a charge nurse and a nurse practitioner (three-year grant)

  • Mental Health Association of South Central Kansas, Wichita - $116,207 to expand services by increasing the hours of a part-time psychiatrist and adding a contract LSCSW, three full-time therapists and two ARNPs (two-year grant)

  • Turner House Clinic, Inc., Kansas City - $92,500 to expand services by adding one full-time bilingual nurse practitioner/clinic manager (two-year grant)

CAPACITY BUILDING

Assessment and Organizational Development Grants

  • Association for Community Reform Now (ACORN), Kansas City - $17,500 for leadership development

  • Catholic Charities of Salina, Inc., Salina - $9,714 for telephone system upgrades in two clinic facilities

  • Center for Health and Wellness, Inc., Wichita - $10,000 for grantwriting technical assistance to support a federal grant application

  • Central Kansas Mental Health Center, Salina - $20,000 for computer hardware and software upgrades

  • COMCARE of Sedgwick County, Wichita - $19,800 for laptop computers for Field Case Managers

  • Four Tribes Women’s Wellness Coalition, Horton - $12,150 for board development and Web site development

  • Good Samaritan Society – Olathe, Olathe - $8,373 for presentation and training technology, including computers, software, video projectors and monitors

  • Hamilton County Hospital, Syracuse - $20,000 for a new telephone system

  • Harper Hospital District #5, Harper - $20,000 for transcription hardware and software

  • Health Ministries Clinic, Newton - $20,000 for computer hardware, software and network expansion

  • HopeNet, Inc., Wichita - $9,437 for Web site development consultation, computer hardware, software and video projector

  • Hutchinson Community College – The Volunteer Center, Hutchinson - $5,364 for marketing consultation

  • Independence, Inc., Lawrence - $20,000 for computer hardware, software and server

  • Kansas Big Brothers Big Sisters, Inc., Wichita - $20,000 for technical consultation to develop a Fundraising Management Database

  • Kansas Children’s Service League, Topeka - $20,000 for technology to add videoconferencing capabilities in Emporia, Hays, Manhattan and Pittsburg offices

  • KANZA Mental Health and Guidance Center, Inc., Hiawatha - $20,000 for computer hardware, software, printer and video projector

  • Mankato Endowment Association, Mankato - $3,927 for a new telephone and paging system for Jewell County Rural Health Clinic

  • Marian Clinic, Topeka - $18,075 for an economic impact study and marketing, fundraising and software consultation

  • Mercy and Truth Medical Missions, Kansas City - $13,583 for telephone system upgrades in two clinic sites

  • Montgomery County Community Clinic, Independence - $11,000 for computer hardware and patient management software

  • Sedgwick County Department on Aging – Central Plains Area Agency on Aging, Wichita - $20,000 for centralized data collection and storage software

  • Southeast Kansas Area Agency on Aging, Chanute - $20,000 for computer hardware, software and printers

  • Stafford County Hospital, Stafford - $20,000 for computers and server

  • The ALS Association – Keith Worthington Chapter, Mission - $16,119 for technology upgrades at the Wichita office, including hardware, software, printer and projector

  • The Capper Foundation, Topeka - $5,550 to assess the organization’s program capacity and evaluate program options

  • Tiyospaye, Inc., Wichita - $11,174 for high-speed copiers

  • TLC for Children and Families, Inc., Olathe - $8,100 for middle management leadership training

  • Topeka AIDS Project, Topeka - $11,000 for board development and to assess and strengthen fundraising efforts

  • Tri-Valley Developmental Services, Inc., Chanute - $16,110 for computer hardware, software, projector, scanner and printer

  • YMCA of Topeka, Topeka - $20,000 for computer and server upgrades

General Grants

  • Kansas Health Institute, Topeka - $32,500 to support the institute’s participation in a project to build the capacity of the National Collaborative of State Health Policy Centers (three-year grant)

  • Wichita State University – Self Help Network: Center for Community Support and Research, Wichita - $10,000 in matching funds to help leverage an Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Compassion Capital grant to continue the Compassion Kansas program to build the capacity of grassroots organizations

Special Events

  • Sunflower Foundation Grantee Workshop, October 4, 2007 – Finding  Your Voice: Strengthening Nonprofit Advocacy

HEALTHY BEHAVIORS AND PREVENTION

School, Community and Worksite Grants

  • Kansas State University – Community Health Institute, Manhattan - $77,501 to develop, deliver and assess an interactive Girl Scout curriculum designed to increase the quantity and quality of family meals at home to improve obesity-prevention behaviors in ten Manhattan-area troops, followed by dissemination to troops across the Kaw Valley Council’s 22 Kansas counties (two-year grant)

Tobacco Control and Prevention Grants

  • University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute, Inc., Kansas City - $106,528 to conduct an attitudinal survey of elected municipal officials in 57 Kansas communities regarding non-smoking ordinance for workplaces and public places; analyze the status of existing smoking ordinances in these communities; conduct an educational summit for state and local policymakers to disseminate the survey findings; develop a “Clean Air Kansas” Web site as an information clearinghouse; and develop a technical support team to work with Kansas community coalitions interested in clean indoor air ordinances

Walking Trails Grants

  • City of Grinnell, Grinnell - $11,914 to build two 5’ wide concrete walking trails, one 2,535’ long trail around the city park and one 1,425’ long trail through the city park

  • City of Hesston, Hesston - $14,900 to build a 1,600’ long, 6’ wide concrete walking trail along Hickory Street, connecting with the Hesston College trail

  • Elk County Community and Education Foundation, Howard - $3,000 to build a ¼ mile long, 4’ wide concrete walking trail loop around Jackson Park

  • Hope Unlimited, Inc., Iola - $8,724 to build a 2,575’ long, 6’ wide concrete walking path from Cofachique Park to Riverside Park, connecting with the Prairie Spirit Trail

  • Melvern PRIDE, Melvern - $9,250 to build a 4,400’ long, 6’ wide rock walking trail along the Marais des Cygnes River

  • Twin City Lions Club, Cottonwood Falls - $11,700 to build a ¼ mile long, 10’ wide compacted limestone walking trail around Swope Park

  • USD #233/Olathe, Olathe - $3,750 to build a 650’ long, 6’ wide asphalt walking trail on the Meadow Lane Elementary School playground

  • USD #305/Salina Public Schools, Salina - $15,000 to build a 1,477’ long, 5’ wide concrete walking trail on the Stewart Elementary School campus

  • USD #358/Oxford, Oxford - $15,000 to build a one-mile long, 8’ wide cedar mulch walking trail near the Old Oxford Mill

  • USD #441/Sabetha, Sabetha - $6,190 to build a one-mile long, 5½’ wide limestone walking trail to connect all three Sabetha schools

  • Wilson County Hospital, Neodesha - $15,000 to build a .43 mile long, 8’ wide asphalt walking trail round the hospital campus

General Grants

  • University of Kansas, Lawrence - $4,500 to support the appearance of four presenters (Terry O’Toole, PhD; Mark A. Thompson, PhD; Donna J. Mehrle, MPH, RD, LD; and Rosemary Moyer, RN, CRNP, CS, MSN) at the University of Kansas 9th Annual Conference on the Prevention and Treatment of Overweight and Obese Individuals

  • Wichita State University – Elliott School of Communication, Wichita - $20,000 to help support a project to analyze Kansas teen driver crash data, survey Kansas parents and teens regarding teen driving and opinions on a graduated driver licensing (GDL) system for Kansas drivers and disseminate findings to inform discussions regarding teen driver licensing

FY 2007 Grants and Initiatives
Unless otherwise noted, grants are for one year.

ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE

Bridge Grants

  • All Faith Counseling Center of Atchison, Atchison - $22,542 to expand services by increasing the hours of a part-time LSCSW (three-year grant)

  • Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas, Pittsburg - $200,000 to expand services by adding a physician, ARNP and RN (two-year grant)

  • Douglas County Dental Clinic, Inc., Lawrence - $43,936 to expand services by adding a full-time dental hygienist

  • Elizabeth Layton Center, Inc., Ottawa - $200,000 to expand services by adding a full-time LSCSW and a part-time psychiatrist (two-year grant)

  • Flint Hills Community Health Center, Emporia - $200,000 to expand services by increasing the hours of a .5 FTE pediatrician to 1.0 FTE (three-year grant)

  • GraceMed, Inc., Wichita - $200,000 to expand services by adding a physician assistant and a dental hygienist (two-year grant)

  • GraceMed, Inc., Wichita - $200,000 to partner with Health Ministries Clinic, Inc., Newton, to expand services at both facilities by adding a shared full-time family practice physician (two-year grant)

  • Hunter Health Clinic, Wichita - $200,000 to expand services by adding one full-time MD, one full-time ARNP, one full-time LPN and related clinical support staff

  • Konza Prairie Community Health Center, Inc., Junction City - $188,505 to expand services by adding a dentist and a dental hygienist to establish an on-site dental clinic (three-year grant)

  • PrairieStar Health Center, Hutchinson - $200,000 to expand services by partnering with Health Ministries Clinic in Newton to add a dentist, a .6 FTE dental hygienist and two dental assistants (three-year grant)

  • Rawlins County Dental Clinic, Atwood - $100,000 to expand services by partnering with the Area Communities Enrichment (ACE) Foundation to hire a dentist for the clinic (three-year grant)

  • Salina Health Education Foundation, Salina - $200,000 to expand services by adding two full-time family practice physicians.

  • The Guidance Center, Leavenworth - $23,261 to expand services by adding an advanced registered nurse practitioner

  • United Methodist Western Kansas Mexican-American Ministries, Inc., Garden City - $125,000 to expand services by adding a family practice physician for the Dodge City Clinic (two-year grant)

Health Disparities Grants

  • Healthy Options for Kansas Communities, Wichita - $53,012 for start-up expenses related to new dental services, including hiring bilingual staff and purchasing technology (two-year grant)

  • Kansas State University, Community Health Institute, Manhattan - $39,518 to implement “Faithful Footsteps,” a faith-based physical activity program for Hispanics, in two churches

General Grants

  • Inter-Faith Ministries, Wichita - $149,556 to help develop and field test the Kansas Benefit Bank, a program to link low-wage and at risk individuals and families to appropriate public resources (three-year grant)

  • Kansas Action for Children, Topeka - $25,000 to help develop and implement a plan to strengthen support for SCHIP reauthorization and children’s access to health care

  • Kansas Health Policy Authority, Topeka - $25,000 to help support a Senior Program Coordinator position, in partnership with four area health foundations (two-year grant)

  • Mid-America Regional Council, Kansas City - $50,000 to help support a process to develop a health care system in Kansas City for the uninsured and indigent (19-month grant)

  • University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute, Inc., Kansas City - $10,000 to help support the Community Health Project, an interdisciplinary summer internship program

  • Washburn University - School of Nursing, Topeka - $199,699 to increase service capacity and nursing student training by expanding the hours of the Mobile Health Clinic (three-year grant)

CAPACITY BUILDING

Assessment and Organizational Development Grants

  • All Faith Counseling Center of Atchison, Atchison - $14,662 for board development, financial management, fund development and technology upgrades (16-month grant)

  • American Red Cross, Central Plains Blood Region, Wichita - $20,000 for technology to facilitate accurate and confidential donor information

  • Arthritis Foundation, Kansas Chapter, Wichita - $2,107 for presentation technology

  • Ashby House, Ltd., Salina - $20,000 for technology and telephone system upgrades

  • Caritas Clinics, Inc., Leavenworth - $18,500 for fund development consultation and technology

  • Central Kansas Foundation for Alcohol and Chemical Dependency, Salina - $11,000 to support a planning process among area health and human service agencies to improve intake, assessment and referral processes and increase access to services

  • COMCARE of Sedgwick County, Wichita - $10,000 for strategic planning

  • Communities in Schools of Wichita/Sedgwick County, Inc., Wichita - $5,860 for consultation to develop a leadership succession plan

  • Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas, Pittsburg - $20,000 to upgrade client management services, communications and information systems

  • El Centro, Inc., Kansas City - $18,270 to upgrade computer technology

  • Elizabeth Layton Center, Inc., Ottawa - $20,000 for consultation and training on new clinical/administrative information software

  • Families Together, Inc., Wichita – $14,150 for strategic planning, board development, fund development, evaluation of staffing patterns and leadership development

  • Family Consultation Service, Inc., Wichita - $14,950 for strategic planning, fund development and related software

  • Family Service and Guidance Center of Topeka, Inc., Topeka - $19,004 for client scheduling and appointment reminder software

  • Flint Hills Community Health Center, Emporia - $20,000 to help support the development of the Kansas Health Choice Network, a centralized Information Technology system for safety net clinics

  • Good Samaritan Health Ministries, Wichita - $17,610 for a telephone system

  • Guadalupe Clinic, Wichita - $12,676 for multiple technology upgrades

  • Hays Medical Center, First Care Clinic, Hays - $15,000 for grant writing technical assistance to support a federal grant application

  • Headquarters Counseling Center, Lawrence - $1,849 for presentation technology

  • Hutchinson Community College, The Volunteer Center, Hutchinson - $11,340 for strategic planning

  • Iroquois Center for Human Development, Inc., Greensburg - $150,000 to help support the organization’s capacity to sustain services following the May 4, 2007, tornado that destroyed much of the community (six-month grant)

  • Jayhawk Area Agency on Aging, Inc., Topeka - $20,000 for a new telephone system

  • Jewell County Hospital, Mankato - $19,826 to upgrade a telephone/paging system

  • Kansas Big Brothers Big Sisters, Wichita - $15,546 for payroll and management software

  • Kansas Children’s Service League, Wichita - $20,000 for Web site management technology

  • Kansas Health Consumer Coalition, Topeka - $10,000 for strategic planning consultation

  • Medical Service Bureau, Inc., Wichita - $20,000 for information technology upgrades and training

  • Medical Service Bureau, Inc., Wichita - $3,881 for accounting software and financial management training

  • Midway-Kansas Chapter, American Red Cross, Wichita - $19,100 for strategic planning and leadership development

  • National Kidney Foundation of Kansas & Western Missouri, Overland Park - $18,000 for technology upgrades and related training for fund development, volunteer management and event management

  • Planned Parenthood of Kansas & Mid-Missouri, Overland Park - $20,000 for financial and clinical services systems technology for four Kansas clinics

  • Positive Directions, Inc., Wichita - $5,209 for a new telephone system

  • Scott County Hospital, Scott City - $20,000 to interface technology between the main facility and two off-site locations

  • South Central Mental Health Center, El Dorado - $20,000 for practice management software

  • South Wind Hospice, Inc., Pratt - $11,395 for board and staff development, strategic planning, succession planning and fund development software

  • Southwest Boulevard Family Health Care, Kansas City - $19,706 to network computers and telephone systems between the main facility and an annex building

  • The Race Against Breast Cancer, Inc., Topeka - $12,500 for program evaluation

  • tiny-k Foundation, Hutchinson - $20,000 for strategic, financial and marketing planning and leadership development

  • Tiyospaye, Inc., Wichita - $11,790 for telephone system and Web site upgrades

  • Topeka AIDS Project, Topeka - $14,436 for a new telephone system and strategic planning

  • United Methodist Youthville, Inc., Wichita - $20,000 to establish a videoconferencing link between the Wichita and Dodge City facilities

  • YWCA of Topeka, Topeka - $20,000 for program assessment consultation and technology enhancements

General Grants

  • Oral Health Kansas, Inc., Topeka - $68,600 to help support training and evaluation components of the Dental Champions Leadership Program, a statewide network of oral health advocates (18-month grant)

Special Events

  • Sunflower Foundation Grantee Workshop, September 14, 2006 – Framing Social Issues for Public Understanding and Support

HEALTHY BEHAVIORS AND PREVENTION

School, Community and Worksite Grants

  • East Central Kansas Area Agency on Aging, Ottawa - $45,393 to assess community walkability and implement interventions to increase physical activity (two-year grant)

  • Girl Scouts of Mid-Continent Council, Kansas City - $49,064 to implement a program to address health, nutrition and physical activity among Latino girls in Wyandotte County (three-year grant)

  • Healthy Kids Challenge, Dighton - $72,905 for a pilot project, in collaboration with USD 418, McPherson, to assess physical activity and healthy eating in district schools, to recommend strategies to make the school environment healthier for students and staff, to evaluate the project and to develop a mechanism for dissemination lessons learned to other school districts (31-month grant)

  • Kansas Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Lenexa - $103,625 to create, test and disseminate an online intervention for pediatric obesity for Kansas pediatric primary care providers in private and public health settings (three-year grant)

  • Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Topeka - $74,168 to assess, develop and evaluate a community downtown walking program and mid-week Farmers’ Market to increase physical activity and access to fruits and vegetables among area workers and to develop, promote and disseminate a toolkit to communities interested in replicating project (two-year grant)

  • Kansas Recreation and Park Association, Topeka - $80,053 to develop and implement a statewide recreation amenity database and map server (three-year grant)

  • Kansas State University, Manhattan - $7,913 to develop a Web site on youth obesity information to be used by adults who work with Kansas teens

  • Kansas State University, Manhattan - $149,672 to enhance the capacity of rural communities in thirteen counties to understand and create healthy food environments in areas with limited access to grocery stores (three-year grant)

  • Sedgwick County Health Department, Wichita - $169,342 to provide area employers with resources, trainings, data and technical assistance to implement and evaluate worksite wellness interventions (three-year grant)

  • University of Kansas School of Medicine – Wichita, Wichita - $69,774 to develop a Web-based, multi-component physical activity program to be piloted with faculty and staff of USD 259 Wichita

  • USD 418, McPherson - $82,224 to develop a physical activity and healthy eating program, with specific emphasis given to Roosevelt Elementary School and to increasing physical activity to 150 minutes per week for all students (three-year grant)

Walking Trails Grants

  • City of Arkansas City, Arkansas City - $15,000 to build a 4,380 foot walking trail around Veterans Lake

  • City of Merriam, Merriam - $12,246 to build a 1/3 mile neighborhood walking trail to connect to the Turkey Creek Streamway Trail

  • City of Newton, Newton - $15,000 to build a 1/4 mile neighborhood walking trail

  • Community Foundation of Dickinson County, Abilene - $4,500 to build a 1/2 mile walking trail in Eisenhower Park

  • USD 233, Olathe - $7,500 to build a 1/5 mile walking trail around the Ridgeview Elementary School playground

General Grants

  • Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Topeka - $10,000 to help support the Governor’s Fitness Council, in partnership with two area health foundations

  • University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc., Lawrence - $109,703 to help support the continuation of the weekly statewide radio series “Kansas Health: A Prescription for Change” (30-month grant)

SPECIAL PROJECTS

Responsive Grants

  • Kansas Health Institute, Topeka - $3,000 for a planning grant to assist in the development of the Midwest Health Journalism Fellowships program, in partnership with four area health foundations (two-month grant)

  • Kansas Health Institute, Topeka - $120,000 to help support the Midwest Health Journalism Fellowships program, in partnership with five area health foundations (three-year grant)

 

FY 2006 Grants and Initiatives
Unless otherwise noted, grants are for one year.

ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE

Bridge Grants

  • Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas, Pittsburg - $100,000 to expand services by adding a psychologist and social worker for on-site behavioral health services (two-year grant)
  • Good Samaritan Health Ministries, Wichita - $99,472 to expand services by adding an RN and ARNP to provide care in a mobile clinic setting (three-year grant)
  • Guadalupe Clinic,Wichita - $20,368 to expand primary care services on weekends
  • Health Ministries Clinic, Newton - $100,000 to expand services by adding a half-time physician/Medical Director and a staff nurse (two-year grant)

  • Marian Clinic, Topeka - $30,000 to expand services by adding a part-time dentist, two part-time dental assistants and a part-time social worker
  • Miami County Mental Health Center, Paola - $52,402 to expand services by adding a licensed therapist for a satellite office in Louisburg, KS (two-year grant)
  • Morris County Hospital, Council Grove - $100,000 to expand services by adding two family physicians to provide services at the White City and Chase County Clinics (three-year grant)
  • Pratt Community College, Pratt - $16,441 to expand primary care services for students and staff
  • Swope Health Services, Kansas City - $75,000 to expand services by adding a dental hygienist at Swope Health Wyandotte Dental Clinic (two-year grant)
  • We Care Project, Inc., Great Bend - $100,000 to expand services by adding a dentist, dental hygienist and dental assistant

Health Disparities Grants

  • Black Health Care Coalition, Inc., Kansas City - $14,713 to add two church-based screening centers in northeast Kansas City, KS

  • Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Topeka - $5,000 to support the 2006 Health Disparities Conference, “Healthy Cultures, Healthy Kansas”

  • Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Topeka - $10,500 to support an advisory committee process for the Office of Minority Health

  • Kansas Foundation for Medical Care, Inc., Topeka - $85,127 to assess statewide the utilization of physical, mental and behavioral services for children receiving services under the Child Welfare program, stratified by race and region (13-month grant)

  • Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas, Reserve - $59,120 to secure a director for the Four Tribes Women’s Wellness Coalition’s breast and cervical cancer education program

  • St. Mark - E.C. Tyree Health Clinic, Wichita - $65,000 to assess obesity-related health status and develop a nutrition education and fitness program for selected minority populations in northeast Wichita (three-year grant)

General Grants

  • Kansas Action for Children, Inc., Topeka - $167,890 to assess the effectiveness of free and reduced school meals as a gateway for identifying and enrolling eligible children in public health insurance

  • Kansas Association for the Medically Underserved, Topeka - $326,496 to expand the participation of qualifying health clinics in the federal 340B program and other prescription drug assistance programs (two-year grant)

  • Kansas Health Institute, Topeka - $69,276 to create a central source of timely information about health insurance coverage rates and related issues for state policymakers, advocates, the press and other interested parties (two-year grant)

  • Kansas Public Telecommunication Services, Inc., Wichita - $34,103 to produce nine half-hour television programs that focus on public policies and practices that impact access to health care in Kansas

  • Oral Health Kansas, Inc., Topeka - $250,000 to assist in establishing an Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD) residency program at Wichita State University

CAPACITY BUILDING

Assessment and Organizational Development Grants

  • Autism Asperger Resource Center, Kansas City - $20,000 for telephone upgrades, computer hardware and treatment planning software

  • Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center, Lawrence - $22,553 to support a comprehensive evaluation of the WRAP (Working to Recognize Alternative Possibilities) Program implemented in Lawrence public schools

  • Breakthrough Club of Sedgwick County, Wichita - $13,687 to update client management technology and support related staff training

  • Catholic Charities, Inc., Wichita - $13,600 to upgrade fund development technology

  • Center for Health and Wellness, Inc., Wichita - $20,000 for organizational evaluation consultation and a sustainability challenge grant

  • Center for Practical Bioethics, Kansas City - $22,500 to assess and expand the service capacity of a referral network that links low income uninsured with specialty medical care

  • Disability Planning Organization of Kansas, Inc., Salina - $12,280 to develop a Web site and database to capture service quality and satisfaction data

  • Harper Hospital District #5, Harper - $5,656 for multiple technology enhancements

  • HopeNet, Inc., Wichita - $11,513 for telephone system and donor/volunteer management software upgrades

  • Iroquois Center for Human Development, Inc., Greensburg - $20,000 to upgrade patient management software

  • Kansas Advocates for Better Care, Inc., Lawrence - $11,359 to upgrade communications hardware and software

  • Kansas Elks Training Center for the Handicapped, Inc., Wichita - $20,000 for a telephone system upgrade

  • Kansas Public Health Association, Topeka - $20,000 for technology upgrades for the association and capacity building training for members

  • Kansas Statewide Homeless Coalition, Topeka - $11,657 for financial management consultation and software

  • Kansas Wesleyan University, Salina - $10,527 to support organizational assessment and strategic planning for the Volunteer Connection

  • Labette Center for Mental Health Services, Inc., Parsons - $19,100 for computer hardware

  • Lyons Good Samaritan Center, Lyons - $20,000 for telephone system upgrades

  • Marshall County Community Resource and Education Center, Marysville - $7,651 for strategic planning and board development

  • Medical Service Bureau, Inc., Wichita - $20,000 for telephone system, Web site and database upgrades

  • Oral Health Kansas, Inc., Topeka - $15,750 for strategic planning and membership management software

  • Partnership for All Cherokee County Children, Inc., Riverton - $5,096 for financial management and strategic planning consultation and technology upgrades

  • Pregnancy Crisis Center of Wichita, Inc., Wichita - $20,000 for client information management software

  • Sedgwick County Health Department, Wichita - $20,024 for a medical records consolidation project

  • Shepherd’s Crossing, Inc., Manhattan - $11,254 for hardware and client management software upgrades

  • Sumner Mental Health Center, Wellington - $19,500 for record management software

  • Sunflower Diversified Services, Great Bend - $20,000 for payroll and client management software and hardware upgrades

  • The Center for Learning Tree Institute, Girard - $17,229 for a program and needs assessment of the Addiction Recovery Center (14-month grant)

  • The Guidance Center, Leavenworth - $20,813 for a new telephone system

  • TLC for Children and Families, Inc., Olathe - $9,360 to develop a payroll processor and accounting system interface

  • United Methodist Western Kansas Mexican-American Ministries, Inc., Garden City - $35,000 to upgrade practice management software at networked clinic sites in four communities

  • United Methodist Youthville, Inc., Wichita - $20,000 for strategic and business planning

  • University of Kansas School of Medicine – Wichita Medical Practice Association, Wichita - $20,000 to help support the transition to a new practice management system

  • Valeo Behavioral Health Care, Topeka - $20,000 for Human Resources and payroll software upgrades

  • Wichita Community Foundation, Wichita - $20,000 to help support a pilot project to build capacity in area health and human services nonprofit organizations through a community foundation-directed program (18-month grant)

General Grants

  • Governor’s Health Care Cost Containment Commission, Topeka - $25,000 to help support the first phase of an initiative to develop a statewide strategic plan for Health Information Technology (HIT) and Health Information Exchange (HIE)

  • Governor’s Health Care Cost Containment Commission, Topeka - $30,000 to help support the second phase (working groups and implementation) of the initiative to develop a statewide strategic plan for Health Information Technology (HIT) and Health Information Exchange (HIE)

  • Hutchinson Community Foundation, Hutchinson - $14,000 to build the capacity of the newly organized Kansas Association of Community Foundations (KACF) by providing start-up membership incentives (two-year grant)

  • Oral Health Kansas, Inc., Topeka - $60,000 to develop a statewide network of oral health advocates through intensive leadership training (18-month grant)

Special Events

  • Sunflower Foundation Grantee Workshop, October 12, 2005 – Delivering the Message: How Strategic Communications Can Build and Strengthen Your Organization

HEALTHY BEHAVIORS AND PREVENTION

School, Community and Worksite Grants

  • Kansas City, Kansas Housing Authority, Kansas City - $120,218 for the Healthy Kids in KCK program for youth in seven public housing sites (three-year grant)

  • Kansas Department on Aging, Topeka - $149,631 to implement Healthy Aging: STEPS, a program to increase physical activity among persons 60 and over at 15 sites in Kansas (three-year grant)

  • Mid-America Coalition on Health Care, Kansas City - $5,000 for consulting services to advise the development of a Healthy Lifestyles Employee Attitudinal Survey to measure attitudes and receptivity among over 75,000 Kansas employees towards employer interventions aimed at changing unhealthy behaviors

  • University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc., Lawrence - $136,254 to the Kansas Enrichment Network to research and disseminate a physical activity curriculum and training to after-school programs statewide (three-year grant)

  • USD 337/Royal Valley School District, Mayetta - $78,807 to plan and implement a K-8 after-school program that encourages life-long fitness and learning and incorporates the tribal heritage of the Prairie Band Pottawatomie Nation (two-year grant)

  • USD 484/Fredonia, Fredonia - $10,271 to increase physical activity among students in grades 6-9, to enhance nutrition curriculum in Family & Consumer Science classes and to involve students in instructing adults on these issues during a series of community Adult Exercise Events Tobacco Control and Prevention Grants

Tobacco Control and Prevention Grants

  • Coffey County Health Department, Burlington - $9,000 to bring a tobacco control and prevention motivational speaker to six communities, in partnership with the American Legacy Foundation and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment

  • Meade County Health Department, Meade - $9,000 to bring a tobacco control and prevention motivational speaker to six communities, in partnership with the American Legacy Foundation and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment

  • Tobacco Free Kansas Coalition, Topeka - $151,926 to support the implementation of grassroots and media strategies to reduce spit tobacco use in Kansas (18-month grant)

Walking Trails Grants

  • City of Washington, Washington - $15,000 to create a one-half mile trail around the city park

  • City of Wichita, Department of Park and Recreation, Wichita - $15,000 to build a one-quarter mile trail loop in Grove Park

  • Franklin County Mental Health Clinic, Inc., Ottawa - $15,000 to build a one-third mile walking trail on the south side of Ottawa

  • Friends of the Kaw, Inc., Kansas City - $15,000 to build a one-third mile trail to connect with the River Front Heritage Trail along the Kansas River

  • Riley County-Manhattan Health Department, Manhattan - $15,000 to build a one-quarter mile trail connecting several health facilities

  • Sunflower Resource Conservation & Development Area, Harper - $15,000 to build a three-quarter mile trail to connect the Wellness Center, city park, tennis courts, basketball courts and swimming pool

  • USD 259/Pleasant Valley Elementary School, Wichita - $4,538 to build a one-quarter mile trail around an existing playground/park area between Pleasant Valley Elementary School and Pleasant Valley Middle School

  • USD 340/Jefferson West Schools, Meriden - $15,000 to build a half-mile trail around the middle and high school property
    General Grants

General Grants

  • Kansas Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (KAHPERD), Topeka - $3,227 to support the keynote presentation of Steven Blair, P.E.D., President & CEO, The Cooper Institute, Dallas, TX, at the KAHPERD 2005 Annual Convention

  • Kansas Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (KAHPERD), Topeka - $5,000 to support speakers for the Health and Physical Activity Symposium to be held during the KAHPERD 2006 Annual Convention

  • Kansas Health Institute, Topeka - $3,632 to support a presentation to policymakers, advocacy groups and the media by Kenneth E. Thorpe, Ph.D., Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, on the connection between obesity and rising health care costs

  • University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc., Lawrence - $3,500 to support the keynote presentation of David Ludwig, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard University, Boston, MA, and Director, Obesity Program, Children’s Hospital Boston, at the University of Kansas 2005 Conference on Prevention and Treatment of Overweight and Obese Individuals

Responsive

  • Family Service and Guidance Center of Topeka, Inc., Topeka - $150,000 to help leverage a challenge grant from the J.E. and L.E. Mabee Foundation for the construction of a new facility to consolidate children’s mental health services at one centralized location (22-month grant)

  • Kansas Association for the Medically Underserved, Topeka - $227,108 to hire a health policy analyst and create a legislative education program for member clinics statewide (three-year grant)

  • Kansas Food Bank, Wichita - $250,000 to help leverage challenge grants from the J.E. and L.E. Mabee Foundation and the Kresge Foundation for the construction of a new headquarters and distribution center

FY 2005 Grants and Initiatives
Unless otherwise noted, grants are for one year.

ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE

Bridge Grants

  • Cloud County Health Center, Concordia - $100,000 to add a family practitioner (two-year grant)

  • Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas, Pittsburg - $100,000 to add a dentist and dental hygienist

  • Dickinson County Health Department, Abilene - $21,879 to add two nurses and one social worker at a clinic in Herrington

  • Flint Hills Community Health Center, Emporia - $100,000 to add a family practitioner

  • GraceMed, Inc., Wichita - $100,000 to add medical and dental staff

  • Health Ministries Clinic, Newton - $100,000 to add a nurse practitioner (two-year grant)

  • Marian Clinic, Topeka - $45,312 to add a dentist, dental hygienist and social worker

  • Pawnee Mental Health Services, Inc., Manhattan - $100,000 to add a child psychiatrist

  • Rural Health Resources of Jackson County, Inc., Holton - $97,055 to add a nurse and nurse practitioner

  • Shawnee County Health Agency, Topeka - $94,332 to add one licensed clinical social worker and one psychologist

Health Disparities Grants

  • American Lung Association of Kansas, Topeka - $39,922 to develop a smoking cessation program for Native American smokers, in partnership with Haskell Indian Nations University and the University of Kansas School of Medicine (two-year grant)

  • Hunter Health Clinic, Wichita - $20,000 to expand Asian-American/Pacific Islanders interpreter services

  • Jewish Vocational Service, Kansas City - $20,000 to strengthen cultural competency among health providers working with limited English-proficient clients in three sites in South Central, East Central and Southwest Kansas

  • Kansas Health Institute, Topeka - $4,475 to print the data book, Racial and Ethnic Minority Health Disparities in Kansas, summarizing the findings on health disparities from the Minority Health Research Project

BUILDING CAPACITY

Assessment and Organizational Development Grants

  • Caritas Clinics, Inc., Leavenworth - $10,000 for technology evaluation and upgrades of patient database and financial software

  • Catholic Charities of Salina, Inc., Salina - $8,850 for telephone system and equipment upgrades

  • Catholic Charities, Inc., Topeka - $11,486 for computer and server upgrades and related staff training

  • Central Kansas Foundation for Alcohol and Chemical Dependency, Salina - $18,128 for information system upgrades related to data management, data analysis and quality improvement

  • Central Plains Regional Health Care Foundation, Wichita - $75,000 in support of a project to link patient information among five community clinics and Project Access (three-year grant)

  • Community Health Center, Hutchinson - $15,000 for grant writing technical assistance to support a federal grant application

  • Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas, Pittsburg - $15,895 for technology and management technical assistance

  • Cowley County Mental Health and Counseling Center, Winfield - $20,000 for software upgrades related to billing, scheduling, records and communications

  • East Central Kansas Area Agency on Aging, Ottawa - $8,490 for telephone system upgrades

  • Family Service and Guidance Center of Topeka, Inc., Topeka - $20,000 for a mail server to centralize scheduling

  • Good Samaritan Clinic/World Impact, Inc., Wichita - $16,025 for practice management technology upgrades

  • GraceMed, Inc., Wichita - $15,000 for grant writing technical assistance to support a federal grant application

  • Harper Hospital District #5, Harper - $18,000 to audit and upgrade technology to enhance electronic security and integration with a remote clinic site (Argonia)

  • Harvey County Health Department, Newton - $15,000 for grant writing technical assistance to support a federal grant application

  • Health Care Access, Inc., Lawrence - $8,893 for organizational planning, staff and board development

  • Integrated Behavioral Technologies, Inc., Eudora - $19,625 to evaluate and enhance organizational training

  • Jefferson County Memorial Hospital, Winchester - $20,000 to replace and upgrade information technology

  • Kansas Association for the Medically Underserved, Topeka - $8,000 for grant review technical assistance to support the federal grant applications of member clinics

  • Kansas Association for the Medically Underserved, Topeka - $62,500 to assist the continuation and expansion of the Kansas Community Health Corps/AmeriCorps program

  • Kansas Association of Centers for Independent Living, Salina - $17,500 for management and governance development of the Kansas Youth Leadership Forum

  • Kansas Association of Local Health Departments, Topeka - $92,400 for the development of maternal and infant clinic software for statewide use, tested initially in four counties

  • Kansas Statewide Homeless Coalition, Topeka - $12,875 for organizational evaluation and strategic planning

  • Morris County Hospital, Council Grove - $19,100 to upgrade communication and scheduling technology

  • Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg - $20,000 for practice management software to coordinate care between student health services and university counseling services (two-year grant)

  • Riverview Community Services, Kansas City - $6,800 to upgrade prescription drug program technology

  • Shawnee County Health Agency, Topeka - $20,000 for a comprehensive organizational evaluation, community needs assessment and strategic planning

  • Stanton County Health Care Facility, Johnson City - $20,000 for a telephone system

  • Sunflower Diversified Services, Great Bend - $20,000 for telephone system upgrades

  • The Virginia Brown Community Orthodontic Partnership, Kansas City - $22,900 to develop a Web-based patient management system

  • TLC for Children and Families, Inc., Olathe - $12,025 to upgrade client management technology and telephone system

  • Topeka AIDS Project, Topeka - $16,106 for financial management technology upgrades, program evaluation and board development

Kansas Community Foundation Initiative (a partnership to enhance local efforts to build capacity for health and human services organizations)

  • Abilene Community Foundation, Abilene - $5,250

  • Coffeyville Area Community Foundation, Coffeyville - $12,503

  • Community Foundation of Southwest Kansas, Dodge City - $5,144

  • Greater Salina Community Foundation, Salina - $52,328 (three-year grant)

  • Hutchinson Community Foundation, Hutchinson - $87,150 (two-year grant)

  • Topeka Community Foundation, Topeka - $125,450 (three-year grant)

Special Events

  • Grantee Workshop, September 15, 2004 – Storytelling as Best Practice

HEALTHY BEHAVIORS AND PREVENTION

School, Community and Worksite Grants

  • El Centro, Inc., Kansas City - $47,676 for a Healthy Habits, Healthy Latinos physical activity and nutrition program (two-year grant)

  • Girl Scouts of Kaw Valley Council, Topeka - $8,771 for a Shape Up! physical activity and nutrition program for girls 5-17 in four activity center sites

  • Healthy Kids Challenge, Dighton - $182,300 for a Kansas Kids C.A.N. program for approximately 10,550 children grades K-5 in Southwest and West Central Kansas (three-year grant)

  • Junction City-Geary County Health Department, Junction City - $5,000 for a planning grant to develop the Geary County On the Move physical activity and nutrition program

  • Kansas Health Institute, Topeka - $94,985 to conduct a comprehensive assessment of how current school district and school level physical activity and nutrition policies affect school environment

  • Kansas State Department of Education, Topeka - $4,289 to support a statewide meeting for education and health organization leaders to obtain input on model school wellness policy guidelines

  • Kansas State Department of Education, Topeka - $150,000 to expand and implement Coordinated School Health and Team Nutrition projects in Kansas schools (two-year grant)

  • Kansas State Research and Extension, Manhattan - $70,000 to develop walking trail programs statewide through local 4-H Clubs and other youth groups (two-year grant)

  • Lane County Health Department, Dighton - $5,000 for a planning grant to develop a staff wellness program and a physical activity and nutrition program in an after school setting

  • Mid-America Coalition on Health Care, Kansas City - $36,575 to conduct a Healthy Lifestyles Employee Attitudinal Survey of over 75,000 Kansas employees to measure attitudes and receptivity towards employer interventions aimed at changing unhealthy behaviors

  • Rawlins County Health Department, Atwood - $5,000 for a planning grant to develop a senior citizen physical activity program and a nutrition program for children and adults

  • USD 313, Buhler - $34,360 for a Foundation for Fitness after school program for students K-6 (two-year program)

  • USD 376, Sterling - $5,000 for a planning grant to develop the Sterling Wellness for Life program

  • USD 453/Anthony Elementary School, Leavenworth - $104,628 to expand the Eat, Exercise, Excel physical activity and nutrition program (two-year grant)

Walking Trails

  • Bird City Century II Development Foundation, Bird City - $15,000 to develop a quarter mile trail at Bird City Park

  • Hesston College, Hesston - $15,000 to establish a two-mile trail between several intergenerational community facilities

  • Kansas State University, Manhattan - $15,000 to establish a half-mile trail at Rock Springs in partnership with Rock Springs Center and the Kansas 4-H Foundation

  • Kanza Rail-Trails Conservancy, Inc., Emporia - $15,000 to help build an 8.8 mile trail between Southeast Topeka and the Clinton Wildlife Area

  • Strong City – Community Connection Trail Coalition, Strong City - $15,000 to connect trails between Cottonwood Falls, Strong City and the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

  • USD 233/Fairview Elementary School, Olathe - $4,688 to build a quarter-mile path around a school playground area

Tobacco Control and Prevention
Grants under this program are funded in partnership with the American Legacy Foundation and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment

Planning Grants – focus on coalition building strategies and developing local resources

  • Coffey County Health Department, Burlington - $5,000

  • Meade County Health Department, Meade - $5,000

  • Osage County Health Department, Lyndon - $5,000

  • Pratt County Health Department, Pratt - $5,000

  • Rawlins County Health Department, Atwood - $5,000

Capacity Grants – support for existing coalitions in tobacco prevention (two grant cycles included)

  • Barber County Community Health Department, Medicine Lodge - $4,000 (cycle 2)

  • Barton County Health Department, Great Bend - $10,000 (cycle 1)


    Barton County Health Department,     Great Bend - $8,000 (cycle 2)

  • Crawford County Health Department, Pittsburg - $5,000 (cycle 2)

  • Edwards County Health Department, Kinsley - $7,000 (cycle 2)

  • Flint Hills Community Health Center, Emporia - $2,250 (cycle 1)

  • Greeley County Health Department, Tribune - $5,000 (cycle 2)

  • Jefferson County Health Department, Oskaloosa - $5,000 (cycle 1)

    Jefferson County Health Department, Oskaloosa - $3,000 (cycle 2)

  • Lane County Health Department, Dighton - $4,000 (cycle 2)

  • Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department, Lawrence - $5,000 (cycle 1)

  • Mitchell County Health Department, Beloit - $6,000 (cycle 2)

  • Nemaha County Community Health Services, Sabetha - $2,000 (cycle 2)

  • Norton County Health Department, Norton - $10,000 (cycle 2)

  • Ottawa County Health Planning Commission, Inc., Minneapolis - $5,000 (cycle 2)

  • Rooks County Health Department, Stockton - $7,000 (cycle 2)

Enhancement Grants – support of advanced coalition activities in tobacco prevention (two grant cycles included)

  • Butler County Health Department, El Dorado - $12,000 (cycle 2)

  • City-Cowley County Health Department, Winfield - $5,000 (cycle 1)

    City-Cowley County Health Department, Winfield - $7,000 (cycle 2)

  • Cloud County Health Department, Concordia - $20,000 (cycle 1)

    Cloud County Health Department, Concordia - $24,000 (cycle 2)

  • Dickinson County Health Department, Abilene - $5,000 (cycle 1)

  • Dickinson County Health Department, Abilene - $5,000 (cycle 2)

  • Finney County Health Department, Garden City - $5,000 (cycle 1)

  • Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department, Lawrence - $12,500 (cycle 2)

  • Lyon County Health Department, Emporia - $8,250 (cycle 2)

  • Kansas State Research and Extension, Pottawatomie County, Westmoreland - $6,500 (cycle 1)

  • Kansas State Research and Extension, Pottawatomie County, Westmoreland - $7,000 (cycle 2)

  • Reno County Health Department, Hutchinson - $5,000 (cycle 1)

  • Reno County Health Department, Hutchinson - $10,000 (cycle 2)

  • Riley County-Manhattan Health Department, Manhattan - $10,000 (cycle 1)

  • Riley County-Manhattan Health Department, Manhattan - $1,500 (cycle 2)

  • Sedgwick County Health Department, Wichita - $11,000 (cycle 1)

  • Sedgwick County Health Department, Wichita - $18,000 (cycle 2)

  • Smoky Hill Foundation for Chemical Dependency, Inc., Hays - $8,000 (cycle 1)

  • Smoky Hill Foundation for Chemical Dependency, Inc., Hays - $13,000 (cycle 2)

Youth Grants

  • Tobacco Free Kansas Coalition, Topeka - $56,480 – for a statewide initiative to award grants to local youth organizations affiliated with the tobacco program

Evaluation

  • Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Topeka - $90,000 for a statewide evaluation of the Tobacco Utilization and Prevention Program (TUPP)

RESPONSIVE

  • Douglas County AIDS Project, Lawrence - $3,444 for an HIV prevention and support program

  • Kansas Association for the Medically Underserved, Topeka - $105,000 to support the development of the Kansas Health Consumer Coalition (three-year grant)

  • Kansas Association of Counties, Topeka - $2,500 to support seven regional prescription drug work group forums

  • Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Topeka - $5,000 to support the first Kansas Minority Health Conference

  • Kansas Insurance Department, Topeka - $5,000 to support the Kansas Insurance Institute 2005 Anti-Fraud Conference

  • Meadowlark Hills Retirement Community, Manhattan - $182,842 for the development of the workforce and quality improvement components of a resident-directed care training program for long term care facilities

  • Positive Directions, Inc., Wichita - $4,500 for an African-American HIV prevention program

  • Prairie View, Inc., Newton - $50,000 to help leverage a challenge grant from the Kresge Foundation for construction of a new facility

  • Regional AIDS Project, Manhattan - $2,500 to support a Women Helping and Empowering Women HIV/AIDS education and prevention program

  • Shawnee Mission Unitarian Universalist Church, Overland Park - $1,775 to develop an Internet-based HIV prevention program

  • USD 214 Grant County School District, Ulysses - $1,354 for an HIV/AIDS prevention program

  • Wichita State University, Wichita - $50,000 to expand the dental hygiene clinic to increase training capacity

FY 2004 Grants and Initiatives
Building Capacity within the Health Care Safety Net

  • Caritas Clinics, Inc., Leavenworth - $13,913 for new telephone systems at two clinic sites

  • Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of Kansas City, Kansas City - $19,000 for technology upgrades

  • Central Kansas Foundation, Salina - $9,085 to evaluate client admissions and develop strategies to enhance access to care

  • Cloud County Health Center, Concordia - $20,000 for technology upgrades

  • Douglas County Dental Clinic, Inc., Lawrence - $5,000 for new telephone system

  • Guadalupe Clinic, Wichita - $4,721 for needs assessment and strategic planning

  • Harvey County Health Department, Newton - $15,000 for a community healthcare access needs assessment

  • Hays Medical Center, Hays - $19,577 to assess technology status among 20 Critical Access Hospitals in Western Kansas

  • Health Ministries Clinic, Newton - $13,996 for telephone and technology upgrades

  • Heartland Regional Alcohol and Drug Assessment Center, Roeland Park - $15,000 to evaluate organizational mission and develop systems to measure the impact of core programs and services

  • Iroquois Center for Human Development, Inc., Greensburg - $19,973 for technology upgrades

  • Kansas Association for the Medically Underserved, Topeka - $19,675 to help support training and technical assistance addressing the application process for community health center funding

  • Kansas Association for the Medically Underserved, Topeka - $41,000 to support Kansas Community Health Corps programs

  • Kansas University Endowment Association – JayDoc Free Clinic, Kansas City - $13,496 for patient management technology

  • Lawrence Memorial Hospital Endowment Association, Lawrence - $9,520 for an assessment of services provided to persons over age 65

  • New Frontiers Health Services, Oakley - $8,150 for a needs assessment of those in the community who are uninsured and underinsured

  • Pioneer Health Network, Garden City - $9,900 to provide strategic planning and leadership training for network members (17 hospitals in Southwest Kansas)

  • Prairie View, Inc., Newton - $19,831 for technology upgrades

  • Sedgwick County Health Department, Wichita - $16,253 to assess current programs and the capacity to expand services provided to vulnerable populations

  • Southwest Boulevard Family Health Care, Kansas City - $19,460 for telephone and technology upgrades

  • Sunflower HIV/AIDS Fund, Inc., Wichita - $13,200 for board development and activities to strengthen community relations and donor support

  • Tiyospaye, Inc, Wichita - $19,974 for board development and fund development training

  • Turner House Clinic for Children, Kansas City - $9,176 for technology upgrades

Reducing the Prevalence of Obesity

  • Barton County Health Department, Great Bend - $20,009 for a four-county project to promote walking and healthy eating through multiple intervention sites

  • Boy Scouts of America, Coronado Area Council, Salina - $22,403 to promote and implement a new Physical Fitness BSA Award program in 32 counties

  • Community Health Coalition for Reno County, Hutchinson - $50,000 to implement and evaluate a worksite wellness program

  • Family Service and Guidance Center of Topeka, Inc., Topeka - $10,810 to implement the “Get Moving” program for children 6-12 and their families

  • Girl Scouts of Mid-Continent Council, Kansas City - $9,811 to support the “A Healthier You” program to improve physical fitness and nutrition behaviors among Kansas girls 8-12

  • Highland Park United Methodist Church, Topeka - $3,627 for a church-based neighborhood program to provide exercise and nutrition classes

  • Hodgeman Community Foundation, Jetmore - $28,842 to develop a community wellness facility and promote walking within two small, rural communities

  • Holton Community Hospital, Holton - $29,084 to create a partnership between a rural community hospital and two rural school districts to promote healthy eating and physical activity among elementary school children

  • Kansas Department of Health and Environment – Bureau of Health Promotion, Topeka - $242,892 for a school-based data collection project to determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity among children and adolescents K-12 in Kansas

  • Kansas Health Institute, Topeka - $55,337 to identify and assess policy initiatives in state legislatures that target obesity and physical inactivity

  • Kansas Health Institute, Topeka - $113,775 to conduct and analyze data from a statewide telephone survey to provide statistically valid, state-specific estimates of obesity prevalence and related health behaviors and chronic disease burden, including special attention to minority households

  • Kansas Learning Center for Health, Halstead - $16,381 to enhance and develop student curricula related to obesity prevention

  • Kansas State Department of Education, Topeka - $97,000 to expand the number of schools participating in the Coordinated School Health Program

  • Kansas State Research and Extension (Southwest Area), Liberal - $85,766 to expand and strengthen four physical activity and weight control programs in 15 Southwest Kansas counties

  • Kansas State University, Manhattan - $80,487 for a project to survey obesity/overweight status of a targeted community and apply findings to a city redevelopment planning process to influence designs that promote physical activity

  • Kansas State University, Counseling Services, Manhattan - $112,209 to access university freshmen regarding exercise, nutrition and stress to provide an intervention for those at risk

  • Kearny County Hospital, Lakin - $6,924 to conduct a countywide survey regarding health trends and barriers to physical activity and to create educational programs and interventions to reduce the identified barriers

  • National Kidney Foundation of Kansas & Western Missouri, Westwood - $17,372 for a four-county pediatric-focused pilot project addressing treatment skills in the prevention and management of childhood obesity

  • Ottawa County Health Planning Commission, Inc., Minneapolis - $44,039 for a multi-agency, countywide program to support healthy eating and physical activity

  • Take Charge Challenge, Shawnee Mission - $50,000 to help start a community-based worksite behavior modification program, focusing on physical activity, nutrition and stress management

  • University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc., Lawrence - $214,098 to expand “Kansas Get Moving!,” a program focused on increasing physical activity and better nutrition, to six additional sites across the state, with a emphasis on outcomes measurements among an estimated