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Fallbrook Healthcare District presents 22 grants totaling $582,559

At its July 17 meeting, the Fallbrook Healthcare District (FHD) presented 22 grants totaling $582,559 for the fiscal year 2012-2013 to various entities within the community that help with the health and well-being of residents of the Fallbrook area. The event was held at Fallbrook Hospital.

Fallbrook Healthcare District administrator Vi Dupre said the sum of worthy grants requested is routinely more than the amount of funds available for distribution.

“Constraints of this difficult economy have reduced the dollars available through other funding sources while the need continues to expand,” said Dupre. “Nearly $650,000 was requested. The FHD board awarded a total of $582,559.”

But no entity was turned away.

“All organizations that applied were awarded some funding,” said Dupre. “No applicants were declined.”

Organizations are required to detail how the specific grant funds will be utilized in the delivery of their program/services. And board members carefully review those plans. The scope of benefit is quite large.

“Programs vary broadly and the population served ranges from infants to senior citizens,” said Dupre. “ The programs include medical, dental and mental health services; exercise, nutrition, and food sources; physical therapies; vision, obesity, health education, chronic disease management, transportation for health services, education and opportunity to foster healthy choices relative to alcohol and drugs and personal safety; and more.

Organizations receiving grant awards were:

• FUHS Asperger’s Support Center - $8,500 – to address social and emotional needs of students who have Asperger’s Syndrome.

• Fallbrook Hospital Auxiliary - $7,450 – To provide transportation for district residents without financial means or physical ability to get to and from their healthcare providers.

• NICPP – Youth Advocacy Programs - $8,500 – To engage youth in proactive prevention efforts and to bring awareness about youth access to and use of alcohol and drugs to youth, parents, educators, and law enforcement.

• Fallbrook People to People Services - $7,000 – To facilitate homecare services for low and moderate income seniors and handicapped individuals to help them live at home with the assistance of part time, full time, or live-in caregivers.

• Save our Children’s Sight (UCSD) - $6,600 – To ensure continuity for Fallbrook preschool children to receive ophthalmic screening and eye care.

• Trauma Intervention Program (TIP) - $6,800 – To provide emotional and practical support to victims experiencing a trauma.

• Think First - $8,500 – To educate and inspire students to make life-saving choices with the ultimate goal of preventing injury and death.

• Foundation for Senior Care (Senior/Adult Care Program) - $10,000 – To provide senior and disabled Fallbrook residents and their caregivers with a program that provides a secure and safe environment.

• Foundation for Senior Care (Care Van) - $32,500 – To give senior and disabled citizens free door-to-door transportation to medical and dental appointments, physical therapy, grocery stores, pharmacies, and more, in-town.

• Boys & Girls Clubs of N. County - $29,500 – To promote health and wellness for Boys & Girls Club members ages 5 through 14 through the Triple Play program.

• Fallbrook Family Health Center (Behavioral Health) - $70,000 – To increase access to psychiatric care for persons afflicted with biological brain disorders, behavioral/mental conditions that require medication and/or counseling that reside in the district.

• Fallbrook Family Health Center (Uncompensated Care) - $70,000 – To provide a wide range of primary care, dental care and prevention services to the underserved population of the district.

• Fallbrook Food Pantry - $52,250 – To provide nutritionally balanced supplemental food to those whose income is below the federal guideline for poverty level income.

• Palomar Family Counseling - $62,109 – To serve Fallbrook children and youth who do not qualify for Medi-Cal or other public services and who suffer from severe mental health disorders.

• REINS Therapeutic Horsemanship Program - $26,500 – To recruit, train, monitor and schedule the volunteer base that provides assistance with over 200 weekly therapy sessions for the clients of the REINS program.

• Smiles Project (Dental) - $15,000 – To provide a resource to needed restorative dental care and to screen children in local schools for existing or potential decay and to educate them on prevention of dental disease.

• Smiles Project (Health) - $52,250 – To facilitate a nutrition – diabetes – health education program at the community clinic; to continue nutrition education and diabetes screening services in district schools and more. Provide assistance, materials, to health educator of GANAS mentoring program for at-risk youth.

• Fallbrook Senior Services Center - $42,250 – To provide nutrition to needy seniors who have mobility and daily living challenges through a home-delivered meal program.

• Jeremiah’s Ranch - $8,450 – To continue to develop and implement community outreach to raise awareness of the need to provide a quality safe living environment for special needs citizens and to develop plans to establish appropriate housing and support programs within Fallbrook.

• Healthy Adventures - $10,000 – To create healthy cooking, nutrition classes and a garden to educate youth and target parents to promote healthy lifestyles. This is a collaborative with the Fallbrook Community Center Wellness Project.

• Rainbow Volunteer Fire Dept. - $7,400 – To purchase five Physio Medtronic 500 AED units, five additional batteries and five each adult and pediatric pad sets. These units will be placed on the five front-line units serving the community and travelers on Interstate 15.

Monitoring of the funded programs continues throughout the year.

“Each grant recipient is required to submit periodic reports of their program and of their utilization of funds,” explained Dupre. “A schedule of report and incremental payments is defined with the formal contractual agreement between the district and the recipient organization.”

The mission of the Fallbrook Healthcare District is to identify, promote, and support a broad range of healthcare needs within the community, while managing its’ assets to provide for continuance of the community’s hospital facility, and more.

For more information on the healthcare district or its grant program, email fallbrookhealth

[email protected] or call (760) 731-9187.

 

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