CareSource Foundation Funds $148,500 in Grants to 20 Non-Profits

DAYTON, Ohio, January 25, 2011 – The CareSource Foundation recently awarded it’s final round of grants for 2010. The CareSource Foundation invests in nonprofit organizations that focus on critical trends in children's health, community health issues, special needs populations and strategies to address the medically uninsured throughout Ohio and Michigan. A total of $148,500 was awarded to 20 non-profit organizations.

CareSource Foundation Grant recipients include:

  • ACCESS Shelter: $10,000 to provide emergency housing and self-sufficiency programs for homeless women and children in the Akron region
  • American Red Cross, Dayton Chapter: $15,000 to provide humanitarian support for victims of disaster and those in need of temporary housing
  • Assistance Dogs of America: $7,500 to provide specialty training for service dogs working with the elderly and people living with disabilities
  • For Love of Children (FLOC): $3,000 to support gift distribution to more than 2,000 children in the Montgomery County foster or protective services
  • Grandview Foundation: $15,000 to expand DO-WOP (Diabetes and Obesity Wellness Opportunities Program) collaborative designed to prevent childhood obesity in at-risk urban children
  • Heritage Day Health Centers: $10,000 to provide adult daycare for almost 200 individuals who are frail, elderly disabled or low income in the Columbus region
  • Hilltop Equestrian Center: $4,500 to support the equine-assisted physical therapy program for children with disabilities or life-threatening illness
  • March of Dimes: $15,000 to help improved the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality
  • Mercy Neighborhood Ministries: $7,500 to provide visiting nurse services to promote health among low-income minority seniors in Cincinnati
  • Metro Outreach Ministries: $5,000 to provide food and nutrition education for children in Montgomery & Clark County neighborhoods with high incidence of crimes, drug use, violence and poverty
  • OUR Home Family Resource Center: $2,500 to support a central entry point through which residents of Mercer County can receive health and human services including food pantry, domestic violence shelter and court advocacy
  • Rehabilitation Center for Neurological Development: $5,000 to partner with Miami County Children’s Services to pilot a Neurofeedback program targeting children with learning disabilities, anxiety, sleep disorders, migraine or brain injury
  • Ronald McDonald House Cleveland: $5,000 to help provide home-like environment for families of critically ill children housed in Cleveland-area hospitals
  • St. Vincent de Paul: $7,500 to address dramatic increases in the number of homeless families with children seeking emergency housing by supporting the Gateway Family Shelter
  • YWCA Columbus: $9,000 to increase capacity in the family shelter and connect families with appropriate health/human services resources
  • Access of West Michigan: $5,000 to reduce the impact of poverty in Kent County including expansion of the hunger response network and case management support services
  • Alpha Women’s Center: $3,500 to support teen parent education and provide a safe daytime environment for homeless or at-risk mothers with babies
  • Battle Creek YMCA: $3,500 for targeted anti-obesity campaign for families in the Calhoun County, Michigan region
  • Cherry Street Health Services: $10,000 to support comprehensive primary and Preventative care in Kent County’s largest federally qualified health center with a focus on healthy kids
  • Community Healthcare Connections: $5,000 for the Health Assistance Fund which provides medical transportation for low-income families when a child is hospitalized

The CareSource Foundation was developed to provide strategic healthcare solutions for the underserved through grants, outreach, medical expertise, community partnerships and volunteerism. For more information on the Foundation, visit www.caresourcefoundation.com.

About CareSource

CareSource is a non-profit health plan founded on the principles of quality and service, delivered with compassion and a thorough understanding of the Medicaid consumer. By staying true to its mission of making a difference in the lives of underserved people by improving their health care, CareSource has become one of the largest and fastest growing Medicaid managed care plans in the nation and currently serves more than 873,000 Medicaid and Medicare Advantage consumers in Ohio and Michigan.

With a strong focus on preventive care, CareSource utilizes a continuum of care model to members at all stages of health and illness. In addition to all required services, CareSource offers extra benefits such as a 24-hour nurse advice line, transportation to doctor's appointments, and a variety of care management programs. For more information about CareSource, visit www.caresource.com. 

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Contact: Jenny Michael at 937.531.3103 or jenny.michael@caresource.com