We are happy to present the results of Caring for Colorado s 2012 grantmaking in this report.

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1 2012 Annual Report

2 September 2012, Dear Friends and Colleagues, We are happy to present the results of Caring for Colorado s 2012 grantmaking in this report. This fiscal year we awarded over $5.8 million in grants to 124 non-profit and governmental entities across Colorado. All of these awards had the same theme: to promote the health of Coloradans. Since the foundation was formed in 1999, Caring for Colorado has provided over $73 million dollars to Colorado communities to further our vision of making Colorado the healthiest state in the nation. Highlights from the past year include: The conclusion of Caring for Colorado s 10-year, $10 million Oral Health Improvement Project that worked to: strengthen Colorado s oral health safety net, increase and improve prevention programs for children and support policies that improve access to care for underserved populations. An evaluation report on this special initiative will be available on the Caring for Colorado website at the end of this year. The conclusion of Advancing Colorado s Mental Health Care, a 5-year, $4.5 million joint effort among Caring for Colorado, The Colorado Health Foundation, The Colorado Trust and The Denver Foundation to support mental health system improvements in communities across Colorado. The results of this project, as well as the publication, The Status of Behavioral Health Care in Colorado, can be found at: The launch of a new Caring for Colorado Safety Net Initiative designed to strengthen the capacity of Colorado s safety net clinics, and thereby communities, to provide high quality primary care to underserved populations. The primary objectives of this project are to support safety net clinics in building strategic, financial and administrative resources; explore and implement innovative plans to support continued access to care and build expertise through technical assistance. A funding opportunity was released in summer 2012 and grantee partners will be selected in fall The participation in the Partners Investing in Nursing Project, working to strengthen the home healthcare workforce by developing innovative, replicable tools and strategies to increase the number and competencies of nurses providing home healthcare. This project is a partnership among

3 Caring for Colorado, The Colorado Health Foundation, The Colorado Trust, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Colorado Center for Nursing Excellence. The incubation, within Caring for Colorado, of a new program: The Colorado Partnership for Children s Oral Health (recently renamed Cavity Free at Three). This project, funded by Caring for Colorado, The Colorado Health Foundation, The Colorado Trust, Delta Dental Foundation of Colorado, Kaiser Permanente and Rose Community Foundation, spent a year conducting research and planning for a statewide effort to increase private dentists participation in the Medicaid program and to increase the number of children in our state who have a dental home by age one. The project was given to the Colorado Area Health Education Center Program to implement in June of It will be a three year effort to improve children s oral health outcomes in Colorado. For more information visit The introduction of a new on-line grant application. This new system will simplify the grant application process for potential grantees as well as improve operational efficiencies for the Foundation. The launch of our new website that is designed to provide better information about the Foundation s grantmaking priorities, results, and instructions for how to seek funding. We said thank you and farewell to two Board members: Sue Birch from Steamboat Springs and Cindy Stevenson from Boulder. We welcomed new Board members: Dr. Judith Albino from Denver and Christy Whitney from Grand Junction. We invite you to peruse the list of Caring for Colorado s 2012 grants. We are grateful for the opportunity to work with countless dedicated people throughout our state who work tirelessly to reach our collective goals of increased access to care, improved health outcomes and good health for all of the people in our state. Feel free to contact us if you have any questions. Sincerely, Chris J. Wiant, MPH, PhD President and CEOC William Lajoie, CPA Chairman of the Board

4 Caring for Colorado s four main funding priority areas are: Build health care capacity with the goal of improving access to care for underserved populations and people living in rural areas of the state. Strengthen systems of care so that people can receive comprehensive, high quality health care. Link people to care in order to overcome the barriers presented by geography, culture, income, language and system fragmentation. Promote prevention by addressing the root causes of poor health with the goal of improving both individual and community health. 9% 2012 Grant Allocation by Funding Priority Area 11% Build Health Care Capacity Stengthen Systems of Care 44% Link People to Care Promote Prevention 21% Other 15% Caring for Colorado strives to support our partners in providing direct health services to the underserved. In 2012, Caring for Colorado funding went to programs promoting oral health, behavioral health, physical health and integrated health care delivery models Grant Allocation by Type of Health Service 3% 10% Oral Health 29% 17% Behavioral Health Physical Health Comprehensive/Integrated Care 41% Other

5 The types of organizations funded by Caring for Colorado in 2012 include the following: 2012 Grant Allocation by Type of Organization 1% 6% 7% Public Health Agency 8% 2% 1% 4% Rural Health Clinic 3% 5% School-Based Health Center Community Mental Health Center Critical Access Hospital 2% Federally-Qualified Community Health Center Government Higher Education 11% Hospital Non-Profit 49% 1% Other Safety Net Clinic K-12 Other Caring for Colorado has a strong commitment to funding organizations throughout Colorado. We are proud of our commitment to rural Colorado Grant Allocation by Geographic Area 18% Rural 40% Urban Statewide 42%

6 2012 Grant Awards All Points Transit Delta, Montrose and San Miguel counties Non-Emergent Medical Transportation -- Providing medical transportation for seniors and persons with disabilities -- $35,000 American Diabetes Association-Colorado Area Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and Jefferson counties Por Tu Familia -- Offering an evidence-based diabetes and cardiovascular disease prevention program for underserved Latinos -- $30,000 Asian Pacific Development Center Denver Metro Mental Health Services -- Increasing access to linguistically and culturally appropriate mental health services to Asian American and Pacific Islander communities in Colorado -- $50,000 Arapahoe/Douglas Mental Health Network Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert, and Lincoln counties Mental Health Court Treatment Team Expansion -- Adding a mental health therapist to the treatment team for the 18th Judicial District's Mental Health Court -- $54,645 Arkansas Valley Ambulance Fremont County Medical Equipment -- Supporting the purchase of a new ambulance in a rural and frontier county -- $50,000 Axis Health System Dolores and Montezuma counties Integrated Healthcare -- Constructing a new health clinic in Cortez where mental health and physical health services will be provided via an integrated delivery model -- $50,000 Baby Bear Hugs Elbert, Kiowa, Lincoln, Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington and Yuma counties Nurse Home Visitation Program -- Providing parenting education, support and connections to community resources and to establish a Nurse Family Partnership program -- $87,949 Bayaud Enterprises Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver, Douglas, Elbert and Jefferson counties Community Resource Navigator Program -- Providing Bayaud clients with assistance in enrolling in government programs and navigating the health care system -- $50,000 Boulder County Public Health Boulder County Community Infant Program -- Supporting a home visitation program that pairs public health nurses and mental health providers with high-risk families to prevent child abuse and neglect -- $46,146

7 Boulder Valley Women's Health Center Boulder, Broomfield and Weld counties Women's Health Services -- Providing comprehensive reproductive health services to low-income and uninsured women and teens in Longmont -- $15,000 Brent's Place Statewide Brent's Place -- Providing services for rural Colorado children and families at the region's only hospital approved housing for immuno-comprised children with cancer -- $20,000 Carin' Clinic Jefferson County Health Project for Children -- Providing primary health care services to low-income children and adolescents in Arvada -- $33,500 Centennial Mental Health Center Cheyenne, Elbert, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington and Yuma counties Parenting with Love and Limits -- Providing evidence-based behavioral health services for at risk adolescents and their families -- $50,000 Centro de la Familia El Paso and Teller counties Fortaleciendo Familias (Strengthening Families) Program -- Providing culturally appropriate mental health services for mono-lingual Spanish speaking and Native American populations -- $36,500 CHARG Resource Center Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver and Jefferson counties Smart Mouths Oral Health Project -- Providing dental care for mental health consumers -- $35,000 Clinica Family Health Services Adams County Medical Equipment -- Providing medical equipment for a new safety net clinic in Federal Heights -- $150,000 Clinica Tepeyac Adams, Arapahoe, Denver, Douglas and Jefferson counties Prenatal Program -- Offering prenatal care services for low-income, uninsured, primarily Spanish-speaking women -- $30,000 Colorado Alliance for Health Equity and Practice Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, El Paso and Jefferson counties Culturally Appropriate Access to Health Services for Immigrants -- Offering health screenings, navigation services and referrals for medical care for multi-ethnic populations to help reduce health disparities -- $50,000 Colorado Center for Nursing Excellence Statewide Care and Career Transitions: Innovations in Home Healthcare -- Strengthening the ability of Colorado s home health nursing workforce to provide quality, accessible home health care -- $50,000 Colorado Center on Law and Policy Denver County A Community Blueprint for Home Based Care Service Delivery -- Supporting a community-based effort to identify and address barriers in low-income communities to accessing home-based health services -- $16,325 Colorado Children's Healthcare Access Program Statewide Colorado Children's Healthcare Access Program -- Recruiting, training and supporting pediatric and family practices in providing a medical home for children covered by Medicaid and CHP + -- $45,000 Colorado Coalition for the Homeless Denver and Jefferson counties West End Health Clinic -- Supporting the construction of a new safety-net clinic in west Denver -- $75,000

8 Colorado Commission on Aging Statewide Senior Source -- Providing a repository of resources, including direct services, for older adults in Colorado's communities -- $25,000 Colorado Community Health Network Statewide Colorado Covering Kids and Families -- Supporting a coalition to ensure low-income, working families and their children have health coverage through Medicaid and CHP+ -- $62,000 Colorado Cross Disability Coalition Statewide Health Care Advocacy -- Supporting efforts to help people with disabilities access the health care services they need -- $35,000 Colorado Gerontological Society Statewide Colorado LIS/MSP Consumer Outreach Initiative -- Working to increase enrollment of Medicare beneficiaries in the Low Income Subsidy Program and Medicare Savings Program -- $47,750 Colorado Health Institute Statewide Health Data and Policy Analysis -- Supporting the collection, analysis and dissemination of health data to inform health policy -- $250,000 Colorado Prevention Center Archuleta County Colorado Heart Healthy Solutions -- Providing an evidence-based program designed to improve the health of individuals with heart disease and high blood pressure -- $50,000 Colorado Rural Health Center Statewide Safety Net Clinic Practice Improvements and Enhancements -- Supporting a Quality Improvement Specialist to work with safety net clinics -- $50,000 Colorado School of Public Health Statewide Lessons Learned from the Listeria Cantaloupe Outbreak: Moving from Response to Prevention -- Supporting a seminar and working group meeting -- $1,800 Colorado State University-Pueblo Foundation Alamosa, Baca, Bent, Conejos, Costilla, Crowley, Custer, Fremont, Huerfano, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero, Prowers and Pueblo counties Doctorate of Nursing Practice Transition -- Supporting the transition of the existing Master of Science Nurse Practitioner programs to the Doctor of Nursing Practice -- $50,000 Community Resource Center Statewide Rural Philanthropy Days -- Helping to improve the understanding of rural Colorado by grant makers -- $10,000 Conejos County Hospital Conejos and Costilla counties Strengthening Health Care Services for the Underserved -- Supporting clinic renovations for a new clinic building in Antonito --$93,389 Dental Aid Boulder and Broomfield counties Dental Aid Practice Management Assessment -- Supporting a practice management assessment in partnership with Safety Net Solutions -- $15,000 Dental Lifeline Network Statewide Colorado Donated Dental Services -- Linking low-income disabled, elderly or medically at-risk adults with volunteer dentists who will provide free care to those whose health is compromised due to dental disease -- $25,000

9 Denver Children's Home Statewide Intensive In-Home Therapy Program -- Supporting an intensive, home-based, mental health treatment program for highly vulnerable children and families -- $30,000 Denver Health and Hospitals Foundation Denver County Denver In-School Immunization Program -- Providing vaccines to children, including many of Denver's uninsured and underinsured children, in select Denver Public Schools -- $50,000 Denver Health and Hospitals Foundation Denver County Cavity Free at Three -- Measuring the impact of the Cavity Free at Three program on preventing early childhood caries -- $42,265 Denver Hospice Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, Elbert, Jefferson and Weld counties Video Conferencing Project -- Purchasing a video conferencing system to facilitate interdisciplinary meetings and improve patient care -- $35,600 Denver Indian Family Resource Center Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and Jefferson counties Building Healthy, Strong Indian Families -- Providing case management services to ensure that families are enrolled in eligible insurance programs, have medical and dental homes and are able to access resources and education to reduce health disparities in the American Indian population -- $40,000 Denver Regional Mobility and Access Council Statewide Transportation Information and Assistance Call Center -- Establishing a coordinated Call Center to remove transportation as a barrier to accessing key community services such as medical appointments, food and pharmacies --$30,000 Doctors Care Arapahoe, Douglas and Elbert counties Doctors Care Clinic -- Providing access to primary and specialty outpatient and inpatient medical care for uninsured children and adults -- $60,000 Eagle County Schools Eagle County Avon Elementary School-School Based Health Clinic -- Offering primary and preventive medical, dental and behavioral health services to youth at a school-based health center -- $50,000 Falcon School District 49 El Paso County Academy of Health Sciences -- Supporting the growing need for health care professionals in Colorado -- $45,000 Family Advocacy, Care, Education, Support Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and Jefferson counties Home Visitation Program -- Providing in-home mental health counseling, parenting education, case management and child-focused interventions -- $38,750 Family Visitor Programs Garfield and Pitkin counties Healthy Families America -- Supporting a home visitation program for high risk infants and toddlers -- $79,000 Florence Crittenton Services of Colorado Adams, Arapahoe, Denver and Jefferson counties Student Support Program -- Linking pregnant and parenting young women to health and human services -- $25,000 Fremont County Public Health Agency Fremont County Fremont County Public Health Clinic -- Offering public health services at a new location in Florence -- $30,540

10 Friends of Nursing Statewide Administrative Partnership -- Supporting administrative costs associated with raising scholarship funds for eight Colorado schools of nursing -- $10,000 Friends of the Haven Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and Jefferson counties Workforce Development to Increase Behavioral Health Services -- Implementing a comprehensive training program focused on the integration of mental health and substance abuse treatment interventions for The Haven's clients --$50,000 Grand County Rural Health Network Grand County Patient Navigator Program -- Strengthening a patient navigation system to link rural residents to health and human services -- $30,000 Gunnison County Health and Human Services Gunnison and Hinsdale counties Access to Health Care Project -- Providing health navigation services to low-income, uninsured and underinsured Spanish speaking individuals and families -- $50,000 Health District of Northern Larimer County Larimer County Dental Connections -- Linking low-income adults to pro-bono dental care in the community -- $48,411 Hilltop Community Resources Mesa County B4 Babies Program -- Providing a single point of entry for prenatal care services for low-income women -- $35,000 Inner City Health Center Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and Jefferson counties Dental Program -- Providing comprehensive oral health care for under and un-insured adults and children -- $100,000 Invest in Kids Statewide The Incredible Years -- Supporting an evidence-based early childhood program that works to improve the mental, social and emotional health of children ages $25,000 Karis Community Denver County The Empowerment Program -- Supporting individual and group mental health therapy -- $10,000 Kit Carson County Health Service District Cheyenne, Kit Carson and Yuma counties Medical Equipment Helping provide digital mammography equipment for the hospital -- $50,000 Lamar Area Hospice Association Bent, Kiowa and Prowers counties Helping Hands Respite Program -- Providing the frail elderly in geographically isolated areas of southeastern Colorado with assistance with activities of daily living to delay or eliminate the need for nursing home placement -- $30,000 Lamar Community College Foundation Baca, Cheyenne, Kiowa and Prowers counties Retooling for Better Health Care in Southeastern Colorado -- Supporting simulation learning technology and staff support for the college's nursing program -- $60,000 Lincoln Community Hospital and Nursing Home Cheyenne, Elbert, Kit Carson and Lincoln counties Medical Equipment -- Expanding access to mammography services with the purchase of a digital mammography unit -- $50,000 Marillac Clinic Mesa County Cardiovascular Program -- Improving the quality of cardiovascular care by evaluating and ensuring adherence to clinical guidelines and behavioral health interventions -- $39,885

11 MDS Counseling Center Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and Jefferson counties Options Program -- Providing access to mental health counseling services for working-poor individuals and families -- $50,000 Memorial Hospital Foundation Moffat County Picture Archiving and Communication System -- Purchasing a new imaging system to provide accurate and timely diagnostic services in northwest Colorado -- $50,000 Mental Health Center of Denver Denver County Landmark Fund of Growth - Enrichment - Recovery campaign -- Supporting the development of a new Adult Recovery Center -- $100,000 Metro Community Provider Network Adams and Arapahoe counties Oral Health Improvement Program -- Adding a pediatric dentist to provide specialized care for children -- $100,000 Metro Crisis Services Statewide Crisis Line -- Adding a behavioral health therapist to deliver increased crisis intervention services -- $50,000 Metropolitan State College of Denver Foundation Denver Metro Nursing Simulation Lab Equipment -- Purchasing high fidelity simulation equipment for use in nursing education -- $67,500 Mi Casa Resource Center for Women Adams, Arapahoe, Denver and Jefferson counties Healthcare Professions Training Program -- Supporting a training program designed to help low-income workers pursue health care careers -- $30,000 Midwestern Colorado Mental Health Center Delta, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Montrose, Ouray and San Miguel counties Telehealth Technology -- Purchasing telehealth equipment to enhance the delivery of mental health services in a large, rural area of Colorado -- $47,940 Montezuma County Public Health Department Montezuma County Montezuma Heart Healthy Solutions -- Supporting healthy living through an evidence-based cardiovascular disease prevention and management program -- $31,752 Mount Evans Home Health and Hospice Clear Creek, Gilpin and Park counties In-Home Nursing Services -- Providing nursing services for home-bound and frail seniors -- $30,000 Mount Saint Vincent Home Statewide Healthy Futures for Colorado Children -- Supporting therapeutic residential mental health treatment and providing health promotion activities for children receiving this care -- $32,190 National Jewish Health Denver County Denver Public Schools Step Up Asthma Program -- Supporting a collaborative effort to implement a uniform approach to asthma management thereby reducing urgent care utilization and increasing school attendance for children with asthma -- $25,000 Northeastern Colorado Transportation Authority Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick and Yuma counties Non-Emergent Medical Transportation -- Providing medical transportation for seniors and persons with disabilities -- $42,000 Olathe Community Clinic Delta and Montrose counties Rural Health Care Services -- Delivering primary health care services to low-income and/or rural individuals -- $45,250

12 Peak Vista Community Health Centers El Paso and Teller counties Family Health Center at North Academy -- Supporting the construction and establishment of a new integrated primary care clinic for low-income and uninsured individuals in Colorado Springs -- $140,000 Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains Montezuma, Dolores, San Miguel and San Juan counties Sustaining Accessible Reproductive Health Care -- Supporting health services for low-income women and men at the Cortez Health Center -- $45,000 Poudre School District Larimer County Early Childhood Oral Health Project -- Providing preventive dental care, education and referral to a dental home for young children and their families in a school setting -- $31,058 Project WISE Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Denver and Jefferson counties Mental Health Counseling Program -- Providing individual and group mental health counseling for low-income women who are unable to access public mental health services -- $25,000 Prospect Home Care and Hospice Douglas, El Paso, Park and Teller counties In-Home Nursing Services -- Providing nursing services for home-bound and frail seniors -- $25,000 Prowers Medical Group Prowers County Medical Equipment -- Purchasing medical equipment to support the expansion of maternal and child health services at the Holly Medical Clinic -- $23,610 Pueblo Step-Up Pueblo County Medical Assistant Site Expansion Program -- Expanding enrollment in Medicaid and Medicaid buy-in programs to qualifying adults and children in Pueblo County -- $25,000 Regis University Statewide Interprofessional Simulated Health Center -- Expanding the health simulation lab to accommodate new scenarios and to train nursing, pharmacy, physical therapy and health administration students in interprofessional teams -- $70,000 Roaring Fork Family Resource Centers Eagle, Garfield and Pitkin counties Student Health & Well-Being Program -- Helping medically underserved students and their families access physical, oral, mental and vision care and family supports through navigation services -- $40,000 Rocky Mountain Multiple Sclerosis Center Adams, Arapahoe, Denver, Douglas and Jefferson counties King Adult Day Enrichment Program -- Supporting the KADEP program for adults with multiple sclerosis and other neurological disabilities -- $25,000 Rocky Mountain Rural Health Park County Sustain and Improve Access to Care -- Supporting health care providers at South Park Medical Group to maintain access to health care in a geographically isolated area -- $65,568 Rose Community Foundation Statewide Early Childhood Mental Health Assessment -- Identifying opportunities for philanthropic and policy investments to increase early childhood mental health prevention and intervention services in rural and frontier communities -- $10,000 Rural Communities Resource Center Kit Carson, Washington and Yuma counties Oral Health Access -- Reducing oral health disparities by providing preventive and restorative care to low-income, underserved children -- $80,534

13 Salud Family Health Centers Adams County Medical Equipment -- Purchasing an ultrasound system to enhance the quality of prenatal diagnostic services offered at Salud clinics -- $105,000 Sedgwick County Health Center Sedgwick County Medical Equipment -- Purchasing a digital mammography unit for the expansion of mammography services -- $50,000 Senior Hub Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Denver and Jefferson counties Respite and In-Home Supportive Services -- Providing assistance to frail older adults and their caregivers with the goal of seniors remaining in their homes and independent -- $15,000 Senior Resource Services Weld County Non-Emergent Medical Transportation -- Providing non-emergent medical transportation services for seniors -- $9,550 Silverton San Juan County Ambulance Association San Juan County Medical Equipment -- Supporting the purchase of a new ambulance in a rural and frontier county -- $42,409 Sisters of Color United for Education Denver County Entrenamiento Liderazgo (Leadership Training) -- Training promotoras to remove barriers to care and improve adherence to individualized health plans -- $46,045 South Central Council of Governments Huerfano and Las Animas counties Regional Access to Healthcare Program -- Providing non-emergent medical transportation for rural residents -- $35,000 Southeast Mental Health Services Baca, Kiowa and Prowers counties Expanding Lamar's Healthcare Hub -- Constructing a facility to provide integrated mental and physical health services -- $50,000 Spanish Peaks Regional Health Center Custer, Huerfano and Las Animas counties Better Together -- Supporting a community case management program that helps manage transitions in care and avoid unnecessary hospitalizations -- $34,330 St. Anthony Health Foundation Adams, Arapahoe and Denver counties Integrated Behavioral Health and Care Management in Primary Care -- Providing integrated physical and behavioral health services at the St. Anthony North Family Medicine Clinic and training future family medicine physicians in this delivery model -- $50,000 St. Luke's Ministry Adams, Arapahoe, Denver and Jefferson counties CNA Training Program -- Supporting low-income workers to pursue health care careers -- $15,000 Summit Community Care Clinic Summit County Comprehensive Health Care for the Medically Underserved -- Increasing the clinic's capacity to provide health care to vulnerable populations through extended hours and on-call coverage -- $58,240 Tennyson Center for Children at Colorado Christian Home Statewide Special Services Unit for Families in Need -- Supporting a newly established unit to provide behavioral health crisis intervention services to children and adolescents -- $53,720 Therapeutic Riding and Education Center Custer, El Paso, Fremont, Otero and Pueblo counties Hippotherapy Program -- Supporting a physical, occupational and speech and language treatment strategy that utilizes equine movement to achieve functional outcomes for children and adults with disabilities -- $10,000

14 Tri-County Health Network Montrose, Ouray and San Miguel counties Prevention Through Community Outreach -- Improving cardiovascular and diabetic health of adults through the adoption of Heart Healthy Solutions, an evidence-based program -- $69,595 Uncompahgre Medical Center Montrose and San Miguel counties Dental Program -- Expanding dental services to low-income and uninsured populations in rural Colorado -- $100,000 University of Colorado Foundation - Colorado Springs Aging Center Baca, Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero and Prowers counties Clinicians in the Community: Integrated Behavioral and Medical Health Services -- Providing integrated physical and behavioral health services for vulnerable, underserved seniors and training health professionals to deliver care using an integrated model -- $75,000 University Of Colorado Foundation - Colorado Springs - Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Sciences Baca, Bent, Crowley, El Paso, Las Animas, Otero and Prowers counties Southern Colorado Rural Nursing Education Collaborative -- Improving access to nursing education programs and expanding the health care workforce in rural southern Colorado through the use of innovative technology and simulation platforms -- $100,000 University of Colorado Foundation - School of Medicine Adams, Arapahoe, Denver and Jefferson counties Refugee Mental Health Program of Colorado -- Providing mental health services to refugees and developing cultural competence for psychiatry and psychology residents -- $61,110 University of Colorado Foundation - School of Medicine Baca, Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero and Prowers counties Testing to Prevent Colon Cancer -- Providing community education and marketing to engage community members on colon cancer and colon cancer testing in order to improve testing rates in rural communities -- $60,688 University of Colorado Foundation - School of Public Affairs Statewide Solutions Health Policy Website -- Expanding coverage of health care issues and promoting informed debate among policymakers, health care practitioners, opinion leaders and interested citizens -- $25,000 University Of Colorado Foundation - University of Colorado at Denver Statewide Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science-Medical Doctor Program -- Investing in Colorado's future physician workforce by supporting 30 diverse students pursuing a combined undergraduate and medical degree -- $50,000 University of Denver Denver County Bridge Project Health Case Management Program -- Addressing barriers to care for children and youth and their families living in public housing facilities through case management and enrollment in public benefit programs -- $25,000 Urban Peak Denver Adams, Arapahoe, Denver, Douglas and Jefferson counties Homeless Youth Medical Clinic -- Supporting medical staff at Urban Peak's clinic to increase access to care for a vulnerable population -- $33,000 Valley-Wide Health Systems Crowley and Otero counties La Junta Clinic Project -- Supporting the construction of a new and expanded primary care clinic -- $100,000 Visiting Nurse Association Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and Jefferson counties In-Home Supportive Care Program -- Providing in-home health care for homebound and frail seniors -- $40,000 Washington County Clinic Washington County Medical Equipment -- Increasing access to medical services at a rural health clinic by purchasing new or replacing outdated medical equipment -- $16,228

15 Women's Resource Center Larimer County Health Care Access Program -- Educating and connecting underserved women to health services through patient navigation, early detection and treatment, as well as enrollment in public and private benefit programs -- $20,000 Wray Rehabilitation and Activities Center Yuma County Facility Improvements -- Sustaining access to health and wellness programs at the county's only recreation center through facility upgrades -- $100,000