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Oregon Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation
Eyeglass Equity Advocacy Project
2010 - Part of an effort by NWHF to help Oregonians shape the next phase of health care reform implementation by addressing health equity and public health.
$17,647
Oregon Center for Christian Values
Health Care Digital Stories Advocacy Project
2010 - Part of an effort by NWHF to help Oregonians shape the next phase of health care reform implementation by addressing health equity and public health.
$50,000
Cascadia Behavioral HealthCare
Mental Health Consumer Advocacy Initiative 2011
2010 - Part of an effort by NWHF to help Oregonians shape the next phase of health care reform implementation by addressing health equity and public health.
$49,344
Community Health Partnership
Partnering Public Health and Business to Promote Physical Education and Prevent Chronic Disease
2010 - Part of an effort by NWHF to help Oregonians shape the next phase of health care reform implementation by addressing health equity and public health.
$32,750
Center for Intercultural Organizing
Racial Equity and Prevention in Health Care
2010 - Part of an effort by NWHF to help Oregonians shape the next phase of health care reform implementation by addressing health equity and public health.
$50,000
Upstream Public Health
Community and Strategic Planning for Decreasing Oral Health Services through Community Water Flouridation
2010 - Part of an effort by NWHF to help Oregonians shape the next phase of health care reform implementation by addressing health equity and public health.
$35,000
CAUSA Oregon
Organizing and Advocating for Latino immigrant children and their families’ health care
2010 - Part of an effort by NWHF to help Oregonians shape the next phase of health care reform implementation by addressing health equity and public health.
$50,000
Conference of Local Health Officials
Disseminating Public Health Capacity Report
2009 - To disseminate findings of the Oregon Public Health Capacity Assessment report to legislators and public health leaders, a report based on the National Association of Count City Health Officials' capacity assessment tool.
$2000
Resource Innovation Group
Climate Change Preparation for the Public Health Sector in Oregon: Phase II
2009 - To partner with the Coalition of Local Health Officials, Department of Human Services, League of Oregon Cities and Association of Oregon Counties to train and empower public health departments and communities to develop climate change strategies.
$12000
Lane Coalition of Active and Healthy Youth
Films and Forums Series
2009 - To host four or more film screenings and follow-up forums to raise awareness and stimulate conversation about community health priorities.
$5000
Center for Intercultural Organizing
Unnatural Causes: Dialogue Series
2009 - To conduct a series of health equity community dialogues among its diverse immigrant and refugee members and other organizing serving this community.
$5000
Sidney Lezak Project
Lezak Institute at Camp Westwind
2009 - To convene Oregon leaders and food policy activists from government, public health, medicine, non-profits, business, philanthropy, agriculture, academia, public schools, faith communities and the media to share information and strategize.
$3500
VOZ Workers’ Rights Education
Unnatural Causes: Viewing, Reflection and Community Forum
2009 - To conduct and document community discussions related to the showing of the Unnatural Causes documentary series.
$5000
Native Research Network, Inc.
21st Annual National Native Research Conference
2009 - To support Dr. Camara Jones' keynote on the social determinants of health and support dialogue around actions addressing Native American and American Indian populations
$2500
Lutheran Community Services Northwest
Health Equity and Diversity: A Community Open Forum
2009 - To convene a multidisciplinary colloquium on the topic of health equity and diversity for refugees in the Portland metro area.
$1000
Health Equity Alliance
Community Forums on Health Inequality
2009 - To facilitate three public discussions and mobilize local resources in Linn and Benton Counties to reduce health inequality and promote healthy communities.
$4901
Health Policy Research Northwest
Increasing Mental Health Access for Low-Income Pregnant and Postpartum Women
2009 - To evaluate the effectiveness of using vouchers as an incentive in accessing mental health treatment.
$50,000
Klamath Health Partnership Inc./Klamath Open Door Family Practice
Behavioral Health Primary Care Integration Demonstration Project
2009 - To integrate mental health care with primary care services delivered at a safety net clinic.
$75,000
Outside In
Outside In Medical Case Management Project
2009 - To support bilingual case management for homeless youth and Latino clients, as well as increased data analysis capacity, for a primary care safety net clinic.
$66,585
Asian Health and Service CenterChronic Disease Link
Chronic Disease Link
2009 - To create a collaborative partnership between primary care clinics and culturally competent chronic disease programs for the Asian population.
$75,000
Oregon Pediatric Society
Oregon START: Screening Tool and Referral Training
2009 - To systematically integrate children’s behavioral and developmental screening within the primary care setting through a program that trains primary care providers how to screen for the early signs of these problems and connect to early childhood community resources.
$50,000
Central City Concern
Expansion of Primary Care Services to Behavioral Health
2009 - To add a Behavioral Health Assistant to the safety net clinic’s multi-disciplinary primary care home team.
$74,568
La Clinica del Carino
Empanelment for our Primary Care Home
2009 - To increase the capacity of the clinic’s electronic medical records system to contribute to its primary care home model implementation.
$60,950
Casa Latinos Unidos de Benton County
Community Health Needs and Assets Survey and Organizational Capacity Building
2009 - To conduct a community needs and assets assessment of Benton County’s Latino population, forge new relationships with mainstream health and social service agencies, and develop a strategic plan to guide this new organization’s outreach and advocacy agenda.
$50,000
Child Advocates, Inc
A CASA for Every Child
2009 - To enable this agency to recruit and train an additional 55 court appointed special advocates (CASAs) to serve all of the children in the Clackamas County criminal justice system who have been abused or neglected.
$82,500
Upstream Public Health
Community Approaches to Reduce Soda Consumption
2009 - To build a broad-based community advocacy campaign to design and implement effective strategies to reduce consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages.
$250,628
Western States Center
Organized Communities, Healthy Communities
2009 - To work with leaders and staff of organizations based in, and/or led by, people of color and low-income populations to build their organizations’ capacity to affect policy change toward the broad goal of equality and elimination of disparities.
$100,000
Center for Intercultural Organizing
Pan-Refugee and Immigrant Social Movement-Building (PRISM) Project
2009 - To implement a comprehensive plan for engaging immigrants and refugees in civic actions that address the social determinants of health in Washington County.
$225,000
Fair Share Research & Education Fund
People of Color Collaborative
2009 - To build a statewide network of organizations led by people of color, immigrants and refugees that will mobilize their communities to successfully change public policy and practices that result in increased health equity.
$300,000
Community Cycling Center
Communities in Motion: Overcoming Barriers to Bicycling to Promote Health
2009 - To engage low-income communities of color in North and Northeast Portland to identify and overcome barriers to using bicycles as a regular means of transportation.
$49,976
Oregon Tradeswomen, Inc.
Constructing Green Futures
2009 - To advocate for public policies that end occupational segregation in high-wage, blue collar building, construction, mechanical and utility trades, develop peer mentoring and prepare women to participate fully in the green economy.
$50,000
Partners for a Hunger-Free Oregon
Grassroots and Root Causes: Implementation of the Act to End Hunger
2009 - To build a diverse constituency to advocate for public policies that will reduce food insecurity among Oregon families.
$210,000
Sisters of the Road
Systemic Change Program
2009 - To build relationships that lead to local, regional and national changes in our society and its institutions to improve the lives of people dealing with poverty and homelessness.
$250,000
Fruit Valley Neighborhood Food Access Project
Clark County Health Department
2009 - To build community capacity and leadership to advocate for improved nutritional options in this low-income neighborhood of Vancouver.
$50,000
Native American Youth and Family Center
NAYA Family Center Early College Academy Teen Pregnancy Prevention Capacity Building Project
2009 - To create a collaborative culturally relevant and social responsive Teen Parent Prevention Program.
$50,000
Ecotrust
Healthy Foods for Healthy Kids and Communities
2009 - To implement an online service called FoodHub to increase participation in Farm to School programs.
$139,580
VOZ Workers’ Rights Education Project
LUCHA, Laborers United for Collective Health
2009 - To expand its leadership development and community organizing activities to improve the well being of day laborers in Portland.
$95,000
Community Health Partnership
Addressing the Health & Equity Impact of Portland Urban Planning
2009 - To improve opportunities for health in outer southeast Portland by conducting a Health Impact Assessment and using the results to advocate for improved development policies and infrastructure.
$138,971
Community Health Partnership
Healthy Eating at Farmer’s Markets: Exploring Barriers & Solutions
2009 - To convene farmer’s market managers and public health professionals to develop strategies to make farmer’s markets more accessible to low-income customers while enhancing their financial sustainability.
$49,926
Center for Diversity and the Environment
Environment, Health, & Equity Project: Addressing racial equity in the environmental movement to achieve health equity
2009 - To address institutional and cultural racism in Portland’s environmental movement in order to create more equitable policies and practices that affect social determinants of health.
$182,273
The Children’s Institute
Essential Investments in the First Five Years
2009 - To support research, policy, and advocacy work related to seeking first-time funding in the state budget for Early Head Start, which addresses the achievement gap for at-risk children under age four.
$200,000
Multnomah County Commission of Children, Families, and Community
Got Health?
2009 - To develop youth councils for all eight high school School-Based Health Centers in Multnomah County.
$50,000
Organizing People, Activating Leaders (OPAL)
East Portland Transportation and Health Equity Project
2009 - To build capacity to address the unequal distribution of transportation burdens and benefits in East Portland neighborhoods.
$50,000
Innovative Housing, Inc.
Innovative Changes: Making Change Matter
2009 - To develop the capacity of a new Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) in order to provide asset-building opportunities to low-income residents in Portland.
$50,000
Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon (APANO)
Asian Pacific Islander Policy Capacity Project
2009 - To strengthen the capacity of APANO’s members to better organize, analyze, and advocate for policies that addressing social determinants of health for the Asian and Pacific Islander community.
$50,000
Neighborhood Partnerships
Building Pathways to Security: Implementation Phase
2009 - To support the statewide advocacy efforts of a broad-based coalition to develop and advocate for policies that address asset poverty.
$150,000
Central City Concern
Advocacy Training & Expansion
2009 - To support a community outreach worker who will recruit and train 120 clean and sober individuals to serve as advocates for recovery, housing, and employment services.
$90,000
Partnership for Safety and Justice
Promoting prevention based strategies for addiction within a public safety context
2009 - To launch a campaign to expand access to drug and alcohol treatment services, as well as access to effective alternatives to incarceration for addiction-driven crime.
$225,000
Janus Youth Programs, Inc.
Village Gardens
2009 - To improve nutritional options, social cohesion, social capital, and opportunities for micro-enterprise among residents of housing complexes by first establishing a CBPR advisory board.
$20,000
Benton County Health Department
Latino Health Ambassador Network
2009 - To develop a Latino Health Ambassador Network to formally engage Latino community members and other formal/informal Latino community leaders in addressing the disproportionate impact of chronic disease on Latinos living in Benton and Linn Counties.
$15,000