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Total results: 750
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
Lutheran Community Services Northwest
African Partnership for Health
2009 - To enhance the capacity for health leadership and policy advocacy among African refugees and immigrants in the Portland Metro area using CBPR.
$19,857
Mountain View Hospital Foundation
Policy Approaches to Children’s Health (PATCH)
2009 - To test if school-based policies such as menu labeling, recess before lunch, and parental notification of body mass index will have an impact on childhood obesity.
$175,271
Family Building Blocks
Advocacy for Oregon’s Relief Nurseries
2009 - Using Community-Based Participatory Research to Inform Policy Advocacy for Oregon’s Relief Nurseries: Identifying Returns on Investments. To study the cost effectiveness and return on investment of the relief nurseries programs in Oregon using CBPR.
$180,000
Western Oregon University - Louise Silva, M.D., MPH
Qigong Massage for Early Intervention in Autism Spectrum Disorders: Parent Training Aspect
2008 - Dr. Silva’s research determined the effect of qigong massage as an early intervention for autism, especially as it at relates to a child’s social and communication abilities and functions. This research built off earlier studies on qigong massage, and included the testing of a parent and provider training intervention that can be delivered in the educational settings. The Teaching Research Institute of Western Oregon University provided the research support and facilities to conduct this research.
$150,000
From: Mark O. Hatfield Fellowship
Sigma Theta Tau International
Geriatric Nursing Leadership Academy
2008 - To sponsor the participation of two Oregon representatives in becoming effective agents for systemic change.
$54,800
Project Access NOW
Project Access NOW Regional Services and Care Coordination
2008 - To support a regional volunteer network and coordinated access to charity care.
$75,000
Community Health Center
Increasing Health Care Access by Strengthening Health Care Delivery Capacity
2008 - 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
CHOICE Regional Health Network
Pacific County Access and Health Care Improvement Coalition
2008 - To support insurance coverage outreach and enrollment for uninsured residents, and develop a community coalition to address pressing health problems.
$73,472
Outside In
Neighborhood Sparks
2008 - 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
Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital Foundation
Gorge Dental Access Council
2008 - To support dental treatment as part of a comprehensive strategy to provide access to dental care to low-income and uninsured populations.
$20,000
United Way of Lane County
Medical Access Program: A Coordinated Care System for the Uninsured
2008 - To support a program that connects uninsured individuals with needed basic health care and social services.
$39,500
Volunteers in Medicine, Clinic of the Cascades
Volunteers in Medicine Clinic of the Cascades Physician-Partnership
2008 - 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
OSPIRG Citizen Lobby
Moving the Health Care Constituency
2008 - To support statewide health reform advocacy activities, including lobbying, before and during the 2009 legislative session.
$40,000
Oregon Small Business for Responsible Leadership
Oregon Small Business Healthcare Initiative Mobilization Project
2008 - To establish an organization to mobilize the small business community in Oregon’s health reform conversation.
$40,000
Oregon School-Based Health Care Network
Building Grassroots Leadership for Policy Change
2008 - To increase youth and family advocacy for, and increase sustainability of, school-based health centers.
$40,000
Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon
Oregon Interfaith Health Justice Campaign
2008 - To mobilize a diverse partnership of the faith- and non-faith based consumers to advocate for statewide health reform.
$40,000
American Academy of Family Physicians - Oregon Chapter
Saving Lives, Saving Money: Finding a Cure for What Ails Health Care in America
2008 - To engage family physicians across Oregon in health reform activities.
$10,000
Washington Community Action Network Education and Research Fund
The Secure Health Care Program
2008 - To organize small business support of health reform in five counties of Southwest Washington.
$40,000
Stand for Children Leadership Center
Increasing Access to Health Care for Children
2008 - To fund advocacy for children’s dental services in Clackamas County and children’s health insurance in Portland.
$25,000
Benton County Health Department
South Corvallis Healthy Eating Active Living Community Initiative
2008 - To implement changes that will improve opportunities for residents to engage in regular physical activity and access healthful nutrition.
$107,000
Willamette Pedestrian Coalition
Improving Health Through Pedestrian Advocacy, Empowerment and Action
2008 - To improve environmental supports for walking opportunities through the development of a pedestrian advocacy network.
$74,000
Ecotrust
Oregon Farm to School and School Garden Network
2008 - To build a statewide network of organizations and businesses dedicated to advocating for Farm-to-School policies and funding, and to effectively implementing those policies at the local level.
$105,145
Community Choices
Sustainability for Pedestrian Advocacy Efforts
2008 - To build and activate a broad-based community coalition that will advocate for pedestrian-friendly engineering improvements and policies.
$68,303
Health Policy Research Northwest
Obesity Prevention Toolkit for Healthy Lane Neighborhoods
2008 - To identify factors in the neighborhood environment that can be addressed to improve opportunities for healthy eating and active living, and to pursue a policy agenda that advocates for those changes.
$84,200
Boys & Girls clubs of the Umpqua Valley
Triple Play - a game plan for the mind, body & soul
2008 - To improve and expand their physical activity and nutrition program, and to train youth to advocate for health-promoting changes in their community that will support these behaviors.
$55,467
Upstream Public Health
Engaging Social Service Agencies and Poverty Rights Groups in Tobacco Control
2008 - To engage people concerned about the welfare of low-income Oregonians in policy advocacy for tobacco prevention in the 2009 legislative session.
$20,000 over one year.
Upstream Public Health
Assessing the Health Benefits of Reducing Car and Truck Traffic
2008 - To conduct a CBPR-centered Health Impact Assessment (HIA) that would map the impact of reduced vehicle use to key health indicators.
$72,140 over one year.
Community Alliance of Tenants
Mold and Moisture: Effective Interventions, useful Practice, and Better Policies
2008 - To pilot and evaluate an CBPR intervention to address high mold/moisture conditions and its effects on respiratory disease among rental housing unit tenants, and use data to affect rental housing policies in Multnomah County.
$180,000 over three years.
Coalition of Communities of Color
Making People of Color Count in Policy Making
2008 - To gather information to develop community profiles about the “lived realities” of communities of color in Multnomah County, and utilize this information to inform agencies and policymakers about these communities.
$180,000 over four years
Urban League of Portland
The State of Black Oregon
2008 - To expose health disparities in Oregon through a “State of Black Oregon” report.
$35,000
Upstream Public Health
Advocacy for Chain Restaurant Menu Labeling
2008 - To support communities in passing local and statewide ordinances requiring nutritional menu labeling in fast food and other chain restaurants.
$247,525
United Way of the Mid-Willamette Valley
Responding to the Call: United Way’s Volunteer & Mentor Center
2008 - To expand the capacity of the Volunteer and Mentor Center in recruiting, training, and retaining volunteers for 101 partner organizations.
$180,000
ROSE Community Development Corp.
Leander Court Social Capital Project
2008 - To increase the social and economic assets of the residents in a 37-unit apartment complex in outer southeast Portland.
$48,400
Peninsula Children’s Center
North Portland Children and Families Partnership
2008 - To provide integrated, multi-disciplinary services to meet the multiple needs of low-income families.
$20,000
Metropolitan Family Services
Parent Education/SUN System Integration
2008 - To integrate a parenting program into community-based after-school programs.
$210,000
Mercy Enterprise Corporation dba Mercy Corps Northwest
Building Freedom Through LIFE (Lifelong Information for Entrepreneurs)
2008 - To provide social skills, business training, and access to long-term support to incarcerated women.
$244,824
Mano A Mano Family Center
The Community Wellness Initiative
2008 - To build leadership among Latinos in the Salem-Keizer area to advocate for improved community services and self-sufficiency.
$140,000
Janus Youth Programs, Inc.
Village Gardens
2008 - To improve food security, social cohesion, economic opportunities and nutritional behaviors by establishing community gardens at three low income housing developments in North Portland.
$196,599
Highlands Neighborhood Association
Highlands Community Coach
2008 - To help a low-income community implement a variety of projects focused on neighborhood revitalization.
$221,397
Hacienda CDC
Micro Mercantes Cooperative: An Asset Building Strategy to Strengthen Families and Improve Health
2008 - To expand its micro-enterprise program for residents of Hacienda’s affordable housing developments, with the goal to transition the program toward being an independent, self-sustaining cooperative.
$150,000
Friends of the Children
Friends of the Children Program Expansion
2008 - To expand the organization’s proven model of intensive mentoring for high-risk youth to Rigler Elementary School in the Cully neighborhood of Northeast Portland.
$165,000
Coalition for a Livable Future
Regional Health Equity Collaborative
2008 - To develop a coordinated approach for influencing public policy decisions in order to create systemic change related to built and social environment factors that contribute to poor health and health disparities.
$220,000
Camp Fire USA - Portland Metro Council
School-based Program Sustainability Project
2008 - To drive systemic changes to remove barriers and expand access to high-quality after-school programs.
$130,599
VOZ Workers’ Rights Education Project
LUCHA, Laborers United for Collective Health Action
2008 - To develop the leadership skills of day laborers, so that they will be able to address the social, economic and legal factors that affect their health and well-being.
$50,000
Verde
Bridging the Green Divide
2008 - To develop partnerships and mechanisms to ensure that the Portland area’s growing “green” economy serves as a vehicle to lift people out of poverty.
$50,000
Partnership for Safety and Justice
Promoting prevention based strategies for addiction within a public safety context
2008 - To develop an advocacy plan to shift Oregon policy away from criminalizing addiction toward a more cost-effective prevention and treatment approach
$50,000
Partners for a Hunger-Free Oregon
Act to End Hunger
2008 - To create the next five-year plan to end hunger in Oregon, concentrating on policy options that address the root causes of hunger, rather than the provision of emergency food aid.
$50,000
Oregon Mentors Initiative
Legislative Support for Mentoring Programs
2008 - To evaluate opportunities and create a plan to approach the 2011 legislature for assistance to bolster the ability of the strongest quality mentoring programs’ ability to serve waiting youth.
$50,000
Neighborhood Partnership Fund
Building Pathways to Security
2008 - To develop a statewide coalition to support asset building activities in both urban and rural areas to positively impact the health and well-being of low income Oregonians.
$50,000