MFH gives 34 groups $4M in Basic Support grants - St. Louis Business Journal:

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Missouri Foundation for Health (MFH) has committed $12 millionm to Basic Support fundingin 2006. The two-yead Basic Support grants help organizationxs maintain existing programs and The St. Louis-area organizations receiving Basic Supporttgrants are: located in St. Louis receive d a $100,000 grant to provide counseling, case management and educatio services to homeless teenage mothers andtheirr children. received a $100,000 grant that will supportf its operational costs to provide informationj and other outreach servicesd to individuals insoutheast Missouri. located in St.
Louis receivedr a $199,984 grant to offer vision screeninge and eyeglassesfor uninsured, underinsure d and underserved people in metropolitan St. Louis. located in St. Louixs received a $89,641 grant that supports salaries, suppliesw and expenses for the Healthu TherapyServices Program, which assists childrenj with medical conditions and their families. located in St. Louiss received a $100,000 grant for equipment and operationaol costs forthe organization, which increasesa public awareness of brain injuries throughg education and services to individuals and families. locatedr in St.
Louis received a $72,4787 grant to maintain the organization's efforts to providw durable medical equipment to uninsured individualsa in the metropolitan locatedin St. Louis receivesd a $197,971 grant to help with operational and equipmeny costs forthe organization, which provides healtjh care and residential services to adults with disabilities. located in St. Louix received a $92,949 grant to suppor the costs for staff training as part ofthe organization' s operation of a care facility for mentally retardedd individuals. located in St.
Louis received a $200,000 granft to help support the organization's efforts in providintg access to oral health services for underserved locatedin St. Louis, received a $100,00p grant that will support the organization'ws transitional housing program, which provides residentiap and support services for homeless familiewsin St. Louis City and County. locatexd in St. Louis received a $100,000. This grant supportes operational costs ofthe organization, whicb provides no-cost diabetes awareness programs and screening serviced to high-risk seniors. received a This grant covers operational expensesx ofthe organization, which worksz to improve maternal, child and family health.
of Easterm Missouri & Metro East located in St. Louis received a $94,967. This granyt provides for operation costs related tothe organization' screening program for kidney disease amon lower income, uninsured and underinsureds people. located in St. Louis received a $99,586. Funding allows the organization to providde early intervention and care for infantds and young children affected by abusreand neglect. St. Louis received a This grant supportsthe organization's Consumee Directed Services/Independent Living Services which helps disabled individuals live located in St.
Louis received a Funding supports mental health services offered by the which hopes to preventr child abuse and neglecy and serves children and families in 49Missourik counties. located in St. Louis receivexd a $190,033. This grant supports operational expensez related tothe organization's prevention, intervention and treatment health services for youth and located in St. Louis receive a $34,950. Funding allows the organizationb to continue providing transportation to healtuh providers for the elderly and disabled in the Cityof St. located in St.
Louis received a This grant supports operational expenses of the which strives to improve the quality of life of people livintwith asthma. located in St. Louis received a Funding supportsthe organization's follow-up program for former homeleses individuals leaving the structured residential program. , St. Peters, Mo., receivedc a $199,760 grant for staffing so the organization can continude to strengthen and enhance its physical and occupational therapy receiveda $99,760 grant that supports operational costz related to conducting support groups for those suffering with located in St.
Louis received a $99,588 grant to addresses operational expenses ofthe organization, whicu provides support and education for individuals coping with located in Chesterfield, Mo., received a $100,0090 grant that covers gasoline and oil expenses needed to maintain the organization's medical air transporg service. located in St. Louis received a $100,000 grant that supports operational costsz ofthe organization, which assists families that must travel for children's hospitalization and medical care.
The Missouri Foundation for Healty is the largest health care foundation in the statew and was established with the conversion of Blue Crossx Blue Shield of Missourifrom non-profigt to for-profit status. The foundation currentlh has about $1.2 billion in assets.