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2008 Grants

Recipients are organized according to the Foundation's program areas: Physical Health - Clinic-Based Services , Mental Health, Services for Older Adults, Services for Other Special Populations, and Oral Health. Information on Innovation and Capacity Building Grants can be found here.

Physical Health - Clinic-Based Services
El Buen Samaritano: General operating support for Wallace Mallory Healthcare Clinic

Lone Star Circle of Care: General operating support for Williamson County Safety-Net

People's Community Clinic: General operating support for clinic and special projects

Samaritan Health Ministries: General operating support for clinic and special projects

Travis County Medical Society: Project Access: volunteer physicians for the uninsured

U.T. School of Nursing: Children's Wellness Center in Del Valle: General operating support for two clinics and immunization program

Volunteer Healthcare Clinic: General operating support for walk-in clinic services and chronic disease management services
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Mental Health
Any Baby Can: No Estas Solo (You Are Not Alone)

Austin Child Guidance Center: Children's Psychological Services Unit

Austin Recovery: Recovery Step Down

Breakthrough: Project Safety Net

Capital Area Mental Health Center: 2008 Expansion

Communities In Schools-Central Texas: Middle School Mental Health

Easter Seals-Central Texas: Transitions Counseling Project

FamilyConnections: Blue Moon Project

Family Crisis Center: Youth Counseling and Intervention Project

Hays-Caldwell Women’s Center: Counseling services for victims of abuse, and strategic salary increases

Helping Hand Home for Children: Foster Care Mental Health Services

Interagency Support Council of East Williamson County: East Williamson County School Based Mental Health Project

Leander ISD: Leander ISD School-Based Mental Health Project

LifeWorks: Youth and Adult Counseling Program

Lone Star Circle of Care:Integrated Mental Health Program

People’s Community Clinic: Program Funding for Integrated Behavioral Health Care Initiative

SafePlace: Counseling for Domestic/Sexual Violence Survivors

Samaritan Center for Counseling and Pastoral Care: Mental Health Counseling Scholarship Program

SIMS Foundation: Mental Health Services to Austin Musicians

Waterloo Counseling: Low-Income Mental Health Project



Services for Older Adults
Aging Services Council of Central Texas: Program Coordination

Austin Groups for the Elderly: Supported Elderhaven Adult Day Care Center and Caregiver Resource Center.

Capital Area Food Bank of Texas: Healthy Options Program for the Elderly (HOPE)

Care Communities: Program Capacity Expansion to Serve Additional Clients and Recruit Volunteers

Faith in Action Caregivers: General Operating Support

Family Eldercare: General Operating Support

Greater Austin CARES: Collaboration of faith-based Alzheimer's respites

Hospice Austin: Hospice Austin Charity Care

Manos de Cristo: Affordable Dental Care for the Elderly

Meals on Wheels and More: Second meal program, nutrition services, Medi Wheels Program in East Austin

New Connections: General operating support

Round Rock Area Serving Center: Assistance for basic needs and pharmaceuticals and case manager

Services for the Elderly: In-home care for elderly and disabled

Texas Ramp Project: Wheelchair ramps for homes

Williamson-Burnet County Opportunities, Inc.: Meals on Wheels, Care Calls, fund development

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Services for Other Special Populations
Austin Voices for Education & Youth: Life skills and drug prevention for middle school students

Boys & Girls Club of Austin & Travis County: Kids' Cafe: Nutritious food courier service to 10 clubs and cooks' salaries

Breast Cancer Resource Center: Breast Cancer Patient Navigation and Physician Outreach

Cancer Connection (formerly CanCare): Expansion of pilot program for training volunteers in hospitals

Children's Hearing Aid Texas: Hearing aids and services and some operating costs

Community Case Manager for Vision and Hearing: Linking children to services

Easter Seals - Central Texas: Medical Rehabilitation Sliding Fee Scale Project

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Austin & Central Texas: Construction of the Ronald McDonald House on Barbara Jordan Blvd.

Tandem Project: General operating support for parenting teen program with intensive case management

Wonders & Worries: Child Life Specialists for children affected by illness

Youth InterActive: Adapted sports/activities for underserved children

Oral Health
Manos de Cristo Dental Clinic: To purchase dental supplies forthe clinic's program, Affordable Dental care for the Elderly

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Innovation Grants
Planned Living Assistance Network of Central Texas (PLAN): To purchase dental supplies forthe clinic's program, Affordable Dental care for the Elderly

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Capacity Building Grants
Austin Area Mental Health Consumers: Strategic planning and other consulting services from Greenlights for Nonprofit Success

Elgin Caregivers: Start-up costs to provide transportation and other services to older adults and join Faith in Action collaboration

Manos de Cristo Dental Clinic: Strategic planning and other consulting services from Greenlights for Nonprofit Success

People's Community Clinic: Strategic planning and other consulting services from Greenlights for Nonprofit Success

Southwest Austin Caregivers: Start-up costs to provide transportation and other services to older adults and join Faith in Action collaboration

Susan G. Komen for the Cure: Strategic planning and other consulting services from Greenlights for Nonprofit Success

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