Active Grantees

Organization Name

Project Description

Grant Amount

American Heart Association

To provide support and technical assistance to over 300 Miami Dade County public schools making these school environments more health promoting.

$400,000

Areawide Council on Aging of Broward County

Partner with Broward County Elderly & Veterans Services Division and other key stakeholders to provide evidenced based healthy aging programs to older adults.

$204,186

Baptist Health South Florida Foundation

Improve medical practitioners' ability to provide culturally competent end-of-life care

$280,950

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Miami

To provide a healthy lifestyles program to over 200 children, mentors and parents to increase knowledge, improve attitudes and behaviors.

$89,941

Borinquen Health Care Center, Inc.

Expand the dental clinic by adding 4 new operatories

$100,000

Boys & Girls Club of Broward County

Implement a physical activity program at two sites

$35,000

Broward Community College /School of Nursing

Support nursing scholarships

$40,000

Broward Community College Foundation

Establish a collaboratively supported safety-net dental clinic

$266,000

Broward County Elderly and Veteran's Service

To provide evidence based healthy aging programming

$171,495

Broward County Health Department

Broward County Health Department Breast and Cervical Cancer Initiative

$90,000

Broward County Health Department

Provide breast and cervical cancer screening and follow-up services to uninsured women ages 40-64

$31,133

Broward Partnership for the Homeless Inc.

To expand dental services

$30,000

Broward Regional Health Planning Council, Inc.

Develop a database that provides information on avoidable hospitalizations for pediatric patients

$30,000

Camillus Health Concern, Inc.

Assist eligible homeless individuals with getting needed social security and health benefits.

$50,000

Centro Mater Child Care Services, Inc.

Provide a family based nutrition education program at two child care centers to a minimum of 200 families

$125,000

Citrus Health Network, Inc.

To establish a dental clinic

$100,000

Citrus Health Network, Inc.

Year two of an evidenced based health programs to Hispanic older adults who have been diagnosed with diabetes

$124,372

Community AIDS Resource

Provide staffing, purchase office and dental supplies, computers, expansion of software for newly established dental clinic

$94,291

Community Health of South Florida, Inc.

Further establish the development of CHI's employee wellness program through funding a Wellness Coordinator staff person

$50,000

Community Health of South Florida, Inc.

Year two of an evidenced based health program "Living Healthy" to low-income older adults

$50,018

Community Partnership for Homeless, Inc.

Provide dental services to the homeless at two shelters using a Mobile Dental Unit

$40,000

Community Partnership for Homeless, Inc.

Provide primary care for homeless families and individuals at a large shelter

$450,000

Creative Children Therapy, Inc.

Implement a family-based nutrition program for children with varying abilities

10,000

Cross Road Food Bank, Inc.

Staff and IT support designed to increase organizational efficiency

$50,000

Dade County Dental Research Clinic, Inc./Community Smiles

To improve dental services through the addition of 4 new digital x-ray machines.

$60,000

Dade County Dental Research Clinic, Inc./Community Smiles

Provide expanded capacity for a major safety-net dental care clinic

$192,604

Florida Heart Research Institute

Provide over 3,000 cardiovascular health screenings and link to medical home if needed

$125,000

Florida Impact Inc

Increase capacity of a farmer's market to serve low-income families

$60,000

Florida International University

Develop Master's level nurses to teach at Miami-Dade College and Broward Community College.

$800,000

Florida International University

Provide support for nursing scholarships

$40,000

Florida Introduces Physical Activity and Nutrition to Youth, Inc.

Implement nutrition workshops at various community settings

$30,000

Florida Keys Area Health Education Center Program Inc.

Implement a nutrition education program in 10 elementary schools

$75,000

Florida Keys Area Health Education Center Program Inc.

Year two of an evidence based healthy aging programs to needy older adults living in the Keys

$118,200

Florida PACE Centers, Inc.

Build a second site in the Hialeah area for fragile older adults needing comprehensive health care

$300,000

Gilda’s Club of South Florida, Inc.

Upgrade needed hardware and software

$10,100

Good News Care Center

Provide diabetes and hypertension screening, treatment and education

$25,000

Hearing and Speech Center of Florida, Inc.

Purchase, customize and implement a patient and treatment information management system

$110,000

Henderson Mental Health Center

Upgrade the organization's information management system

$200,000

Hispanic Unity of Florida Inc.

Assist underserved residents of South Broward gain access to health information, health benefits and primary care services

$20,000

Holy Cross Hospital

Implement a nutrition program at 15 elementary schools and increase participation in the National School Lunch Program

$80,000

Hospice by the Sea, Inc.

Support the purchase, installation and adoption of electronic medical records

$40,000

Independent Living Community Services, Inc.

Implementing Evidence-based Programming for Independent Living - Year 1

$90,000

Informed Families

To upgrade and enhance the existing telephone and information technology system to provide more reliable, higher speed internet and other technical upgrades

$27,236

Jessie Trice Community Health Centers, Inc.

Implement an initiative designed to achieve improvements in efficiency and effectiveness of primary care services

$30,000

Jessie Trice Community Health Centers, Inc.

Lead agency in implementing Enhance Fitness in Northwest Dade County. Work with established partners to build support and interest in the provision of this evidenced base fitness program for older adults

$66,640

Jessie Trice Community Health Centers, Inc.

Purchase 10 new dental operatories for installation at the new clinic

$380,000

Jewish Community Services of South Florida, Inc

To install a new agency-wide data management system

$258,000

Jewish Community Services of South Florida, Inc

Year two of a fitness program for at least 300 seniors in 3 HUD sites, a Community Center in connection with congregate meal program; and a condominium community

$83,700

Kids In Distress

To establish a new dental clinic that will serve at-risk children in Broward County

$100,000

Liga contra el Cancer (La Liga)

Provide free cervical cancer screening services to over 300 women

$25,000

Lighthouse of Broward County

Secure the Medicare license needed to allow billing for occupational therapist services at the low vision clinic

$26,650

Little Havana Activities and Nutrition Centers

Year two of a fall prevention program for needy older adults.

$60,000

Memorial Foundation, Inc

Provide primary health care to residents of targeted underserved neighborhoods and promote enrollment in publicly subsidized programs.

$200,000

Miami Dade Community College

Nursing Scholarships

$40,000

Miami Jewish Home and Hospital for the Aged

Second year of Healthy IDEAS, an evidenced based depression screening, referral and management program

$62,987

Miami-Dade AHEC, Inc.

Implement a nutrition and physical activity program to K-1 grade students at 10 public schools

$75,000

Miami-Dade County Health Department

To operate a mobile dental van that will provide preventive oral healthcare for children in South Dade County

$30,000

Miami-Dade County Health Department/Breast & Cervical Cancer Screening Program

Provide breast and cervical cancer screening and follow up to uninsured women

$90,000

Miami-Dade County Public Schools

Implement a physical education program in 40 elementary schools

$25,000

Michael-Ann Russell Jewish Community Center

Provide access to fitness programs for low-income seniors

$150,000

MicheLee Puppets, Inc.

To provide highly engaging health education in elementary schools

$15,000

North Broward Hospital District

Provide linkage to health care for needy children living with grandparents and other relatives

$241,850

Nova Southeastern University

Provide community-based oral health education and dental services

$256,145

Open Door Health Center, Inc.

Provide multi-year support for a community based health clinic for the uninsured in South Miami-Dade County

$450,000

Open Door Health Center, Inc.

Year two of EnhanceFitness to increase the capacity of older adults to reduce the impact of chronic disease, keep active and promote independence

$30,000

Psychosocial Rehabilitation Center, Inc.

To establish a club house (step-down treatment program) for persons with severe and persistent mental illness.

$100,000

Rural Health Network of Monroe County

Partnership providing increased access to cancer screenings in Monroe County

$50,000

Rural Health Network of Monroe County

To establish a new full-service dental clinic on Key Largo in Monroe County

$60,000

Sant La Haitian Neighborhood Center

Cancer related education and referrals in the Haitian community

$10,000

Sister Emmanuel Hospital

Healthy Aging: Offering Chronic Disease Self Management programming

$60,000

South Florida Veterans Foundation for Research & Education, Inc.

Provide evidenced based fitness program, EnhanceFitness, to older adults

$60,000

Susan B. Anthony Center

To install and implement a new data management system

$85,000

Taylor Breast Health Center

Increase capacity and efficiency to provide mobile mammography services

$165,000

The Sundari Foundation , Inc.

Provide comprehensive primary, dental and vision care to 175 women sheltered at the Lotus Houses

$50,000

Unidad of Miami Beach, Inc.

Provide free dental education, preventive and restorative services to public school students in collaboration with community-based dental clinics

$100,000

United HomeCare Services, Inc.

Improves medication management among homebound elderly through case management and a pharmacy consultant

$63,658

United HomeCare Services, Inc.

Year two of an evidence based depression screening, referral and management program, Healthy IDEAS

$65,000

University of Florida

Train physicians to do oral health assessments, education and fluoride varnish in South Florida

$150,000

University of Miami

Trainings for local organizations focused on evidence-based programs and strategies in the area of cancer screenings

$30,000

University of Miami

Identify the best and most cost effective data management system to enhance coordination of care for transplant patients

$20,000

University of Miami

Establish a cervical cancer education, early detection, and prevention initiative

$175,000

University of Miami Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Provide vascular screenings to senior citizens who reside in underserved areas in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties

$198,000

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Provide dental services for children with urgent oral health needs

$77,000

YWCA of Greater Miami Dade

To provide additional breast and cervical cancer screenings to women ages 18 to 49, expand outreach educational efforts and refer 100% of women diagnosed with cancer to appropriate treatment and support.

$30,000

YMCA of Broward County, Inc

YMCA EnhanceFitness Community Exercise Program for Seniors - Year 1

$100,000

 

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