September 2001
Following is a listing and brief description of grants totaling $664,220 that were approved by the St. Luke’s Health Initiative’s Board of Trustees in September 2001:
$47,305 for one year
Partnership
Community Grants
Myasthenia Gravis Foundation
$35,920 for two years
Organizational development
Arizona United Spinal Cord Injury Association
$15,000 for one year
Purchase and operation of specialized van
Crossroads, Inc.
$32,400 for one year
Computer network to improve service delivery to clients
Maricopa Community Colleges Foundation
$18,490 for one year
Diabetes prevention and education for American Indians
UCP of Central Arizona
$21,000 for one year
Training for home and community-based care providers
University of Arizona (Arizona Hispanic Center of Excellence)
$213,000 for three years
Development of a Spanish-English bilingual medical Interpreters’ training program
Carondolet Foundation (Southern Arizona Community Diaper Bank)
$75,005 for one year
Expansion of the Southern Arizona Community Diaper Bank
Touchstone Community, Inc.
$105,000 for one year
Start-up costs for development of a multidimensional treatment foster care model
Small/Bridge Grants
Alice’s Wonderland
$3,000 for six months
Market survey
Arizona State Schools for the Deaf & Blind
$7,370 for one year
Speech therapy equipment
Encore Inter-Active Theatre, Inc.
$10,000 for one year
Strategic plan and board development
Mental Health Association of Arizona
$5,000 for one year
Support for “Seeds of Success” symposium
M.I.S.S. Foundation
$6,430 for one year
Support for “Passages 2001 Conference”
New Arizona Family, Inc.
$9,300 for one year
Computer system to coordinate services to clients
Parents Anonymous of Arizona
$10,000 for one year
Database design to improve client services and advocacy
Southwest Institute on Aging
$10,000 for one year
Start-up funding