2022 Funded Partners

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Alzheimer's Association San Antonio & South Texas Chapter

$40,000

Alzheimer's Association expands access to dementia education, care & support services in the LRGV.

https://www.alz.org/sanantonio

Aurora House Foundation

$75,000

Aurora House works to provide quality, compassionate end-of-life care to terminally ill patients, supports grieving loved ones, and prepares healthcare students for the future in a sustainable way.

https://www.aurorahouse.org

ARISE

$100,000

ARISE Adelante's Sustainability Project will strengthen service delivery and operational capacity to address community needs.

https://www.arisesotex.org

Boys and Girls Clubs of Harlingen

$50,000

Triple Play delivers a Game Plan for the Mind, Body, and Soul to promote Healthy Lifestyles.

www.mybgchkids.org

Buckner Children and Family Services, Inc.

$50,000

Buckner will addressing sustainability, access to care and promoting healthier lives for underserved families.

www.buckner.org

Cameron County Children's Advocacy Centers, Inc.

$47,246

This grant will serve child victims of abuse by providing therapeutic services to them.

https://www.caccwc.org/

Cameron County Drainage District Number 6

$350,000

Improvements to the Green Bay South community will reduce recurring flooding and associated health issues.

https://www.ccdd6.org

C.A.M.P. University

$53,500

C.A.M.P. University provides opportunities for adults with special needs to continue developing interests as well as life, social, and job skills so that they Can Achieve their Maximum Potential.

https://www.campuniversity.org/

Capable Kids Foundation, Inc.

$45,000

Capable Kids will increase capacity and expand services to more families of children with disabilities in the four-county area.

https://www.ckrgv.org/

Child Abuse Education Program of South Texas

$30,000

This conference aims to bring together primarily those in the Lower Rio Valley interested in all aspects of
child maltreatment and domestic violence - prevention, intervention, and long-term effects.

https://www.fsseminar.com

Children's Museum of Brownsville

$7,760

This grant is to obtain air purification units and an AED device to continue upholding the museum's new standards of public health and safety while also reassuring our visitors that we have their best interests in mind.

https://www.cmofbrownsville.com

El Milagro Clinic

$100,000

IBH - medical, nutrition & mental health to address co-morbidities & promote disease prevention.

https://www.elmilagroclinic.org

Epilepsy Foundation Central & South Texas

$29,599

EFCST provides specialized epilepsy care to 200 people in Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr & Willacy Counties.

https://www.efcst.org

Friendship of Women, Inc.

$50,000

Support general operating expenses to impact organizational readiness and infrastructure growth for Friendship of Women.

https://www.fowinc.org

Harlingen Consolidated School District

$888,280

Implementation of Hope Squad for grades 6-12 and Capturing Kids' Hearts grades K-5.

https://www.hcisd.org/

Holy Family Services, Inc.

$250,000

To offer health assessments, disease prevention and management for women in at-risk communities.

https://www.holyfamilybirthcenter.org

Housing and Community Services, Inc.

$25,000

Prospera provides Social Determinants of Health (SDOH)-focused programs for low-income families.

https://www.prosperahcs.org

IDEA Public Schools

$702,982

IDEA will scale Hope Squad to provide school-based, peer-to-peer suicide prevention programming.

https://www.ideapublicschools.org

IT'S TIME TEXAS

$325,000

To strengthen and support collective action to drive improvements in social determinants of health in the Rio Grande Valley.

https://www.itstimetexas.org

Loaves & Fishes of the RGV

$100,000

Great Physician Healthy Living addresses the causes and consequences of homelessness and poverty by meeting the health related needs of our clients.

https://www.lfrgv.org

Planned Parenthood South Texas

$100,000

Planned Parenthood Cameron County provides essential health services on a sliding fee scale to increase access to care.

https://www.ppsouthtexas.org

Plaza Amistad

$300,000

The Plaza Amistad community center in Donna affirms and promotes the success of partner agencies working together to address the community’s health, education, social service and spiritual needs.

Prevent Blindness Texas

$15,000

To expand eye health screenings/education/resources for increased health equity in vision health.

https://www.preventblindnesstexas.org

Proyecto Juan Diego, Inc.

$100,000

Improve the overall health of families through education, home gardens, and advocacy.

https://www.proyecto-jd.org/

RCCC, Inc.

$50,000

RCCC will provide Substance Abuse treatment to 160 Cameron County residents.

https://www.recoverycentercc.org/

Rio Grande State Center Citizen's Volunteer Council

$50,000

To secure specialty services from community providers needed for complicated patient cases.

San Juan Nursing Home

$25,000

To maintain and support initiatives that will impact the comfort of the residents living in our facility and the satisfaction of the families that seek our services.

https://www.sanjuannursinghome.org

Sight Savers America

$50,000

SSA's Low Vision Program provides high-tech vision aids to children with severe visual impairment.

https://sightsaversamerica.org/

Special Olympics Texas RGV

$35,000

Special Olympics Texas RGV provides year round sports for people with intellectual disabilities.

https://www.sotx.org

South Texas Afghanistan Iraq Veterans Association

$50,000

Operation Vet Care will provide medical vouchers for veterans and their dependents.

https://www.staivargv.org/

South Texas Juvenile Diabetes Association

$99,900

STJDA will continue serving families of children with diabetes starting with initial diagnosis, through summer camps, monthly food pantries, and medical assistance, and a new mental health initiative.

https://www.stjda.org

Su Casa De Esperanza

$50,000

The program provides education & resources for families from the colonias about child development.

https://www.sucasadeesperanza.org

Su Clinica

$274,788

Expansion of pediatric behavioral health services to meet increased demand from the COVID-19 pandemic.

https://www.suclinica.org

Sunshine Haven

$70,000

To continuously make accessible 24 hour free comfort/palliative care to terminally ill patients enrolled in Hospice, support their families & create a curriculum on preparation of Death & Dying.

https://sunshinehaveninc.org/

Teach For America

$150,000

Teach For America will support teacher wellness and provide professional development to meet students’ social-emotional needs.

https://www.teachforamerica.org/riograndevalley

Texas Ramp Project

$25,000

The McAllen Ramp Project builds free wheelchair ramps for low-income elderly and disabled people.

https://www.texasramps.org

Texas Southmost College

$107,851

Texas Southmost College will establish a student food pantry, greenhouse, and community garden to help address food insecurity, in collaboration with Brownsville Wellness Coalition.

https://www.tsc.edu

The Enrique San Pedro Ozanam Center, Inc.

$50,000

The Ozanam Center Food Pantry Program provides food assistance to needy families.

https://www.ozanambrownsvillecenter.org

Tropical Texas Behavioral Health

$1,066,652

MHOT officers facilitate a response for clients in mental health crisis to appropriate treatment.

https://www.ttbh.org

UT Health Science Center at San Antonio

$187,300

Provision of interprofessional preventive oral health education and screenings to increase oral health awareness, improve oral health of the community, and facilitate service access.

https://wwww.uthscsa.edu

VIDA

$200,000

Addressing the compounding nursing and allied health shortage in our region through student certification and achieving living-wage employment.

https://www.vidacareers.org