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The Harris County Hospital District Foundation Children's Health Fund is a
permanent endowment. The proceeds of this endowment fund support
children's health issues in Harris County in furtherance of the Foundation's
role as a supporting organization for the Harris County Hospital District.
The emphasis relating to such grants will be to provide funds for long range
health programs for children who are not currently eligible for other
similar programs and who are at the highest risk in our society.
Typically the Children's Health Fun is
awarded on an annual basis. This year, however, a second
cycle of funding will be available in the Fall.
Applications will be due Friday,
September 12th. Please click on the links
below for more information and the application.
Children's Health Fund
Recipients 2007-2008
(no particular order)
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Harris
County Hospital District Trauma Services Outreach - Car Seat
Safety Program
Funds awarded
will provide an education program at Ben Taub General Hospital to
educate Harris County residents and their families about car seat
safety and to provide those unable to purchase one with a new seat
of their own. $4,615 will provide funding for car seats for
infants and toddlers, booster seats for older children and
supplies for the parent and family education program.
Injury
Prevention Program, MLK Med/Peds Clinic
The MLK Clinic of
HCHD is developing an injury prevention program. Through this
$5,000 grant, the clinic will purchase bicycle helmets and promote
bicycle safety and overall injury prevention through various
events in the community served by the MLK Clinic.
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Kamp
K'aana: A Weight Management Program for Obese Children
Kamp K'aana is an
innovative, multi-disciplinary, outcome-based, skill-learning and
fun-based summer camp program geared towards the treatment of
childhood obesity. Children from the Harris County Hospital
District (HCHD) who would otherwise not be able to afford to go to
camp will be given the opportunity through scholarships. $41,000
has been awarded to include 25 obese children from HCHD in this
comprehensive weight management program. This is the second year
of the program and in its first year at the 6 month reunion, 25%
of the participants were no longer obese!
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Walking
School Bus Coordinators: Promoting Injury Prevention and Physical
Activity in HISD
Walking School
Bus promotes injury prevention and physical activity in HISD.
This is a national program to help address childhood injury and
obesity by providing students with a practical solution to get
them safely to and from school with adult chaperones who teach
pedestrian safety. This $50,000 grant will provide 2 part-time
coordinators to lead programs in 8 elementary schools in HISD.
Harris
County Hospital District Mental Health Program for Pregnant Teens
A grant of
$50,000 will provide support for child and adolescent psychiatry.
Although the goal of American society is to prevent unintended
adolescent pregnancy, approximately 1 million adolescents become
pregnant each year. This program provides psychiatric
consultation, follow-up, psychoeducation and supportive
psychotherapy for pregnant adolescents and their families with a
goal to better address needs and support and to prevent future
pregnancies during adolescence.
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