Access to Health Care
Increasing Health Care Access through Grassroots Engagement and Policy Advocacy to Reform the Health Care System
* These projects are funded in partnership with United Way of the Columbia-Willamette. Click here to learn more.
Stand for Children Leadership Center *
Increasing Access to Health Care for Children
To fund advocacy for children’s dental services in Clackamas County and children’s health insurance in Portland. $25,000
Washington Community Action Network Education and Research Fund *
The Secure Health Care Program
To organize small business support of health reform in five counties of Southwest Washington. $40,000
American Academy of Family Physicians - Oregon Chapter
Saving Lives, Saving Money: Finding a Cure for What Ails Health Care in America
To engage family physicians across Oregon in health reform activities. $10,000
Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon *
Oregon Interfaith Health Justice Campaign
To mobilize a diverse partnership of the faith- and non-faith based consumers to advocate for statewide health reform. $40,000
Oregon School-Based Health Care Network *
Building Grassroots Leadership for Policy Change
To increase youth and family advocacy for, and increase sustainability of, school-based health centers. $40,000
Oregon Small Business for Responsible Leadership *
Oregon Small Business Healthcare Initiative Mobilization Project
To establish an organization to mobilize the small business community in Oregon’s health reform conversation. $40,000
OSPIRG Citizen Lobby
Moving the Health Care Constituency
To support statewide health reform advocacy activities, including lobbying, before and during the 2009 legislative session. $40,000
Increasing Access to Health Care Within the Current Health Care System
Volunteers in Medicine, Clinic of the Cascades
Volunteers in Medicine Clinic of the Cascades Physician-Partnership
To address the needs of patients with chronic care needs by recruiting physicians who will provide primary care homes and offering chronic care classes, resulting in an increase in acute care delivery capacity. $55,000
United Way of Lane County
Medical Access Program: A Coordinated Care System for the Uninsured
To support a program that connects uninsured individuals with needed basic health care and social services. $39,500
Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital Foundation
Gorge Dental Access Council
To support dental treatment as part of a comprehensive strategy to provide access to dental care to low-income and uninsured populations. $20,000
Outside In
Neighborhood Sparks
To address immediate health care access needs by providing services from outside health and social service organization while planning for longer-term implementation of a community health center and school-based health center. $73,293
CHOICE Regional Health Network
Pacific County Access and Health Care Improvement Coalition
To support insurance coverage outreach and enrollment for uninsured residents, and develop a community coalition to address pressing health problems. $73,472
Community Health Center
Increasing Health Care Access by Strengthening Health Care Delivery Capacity
To increase the provision of primary care and mental health services to previously unserved patients through the addition of a licensed clinical social worker. $38,640
Project Access NOW
Project Access NOW Regional Services and Care Coordination
To support a regional volunteer network and coordinated access to charity care. $75,000