WELBORN
BAPTIST FOUNDATION
SUMMARY OF GRANTS AWARDED 2004*
*All Projects
Listed Below were granted in the name of the
Welborn Foundation, Inc.
EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
Goals:
The Welborn Foundation believes that early childhood development is
critical to a child's academic success as he/she prepares to enter the school
environment. Because school readiness is influenced by many factors, the
foundation is encouraging programs that invest not only at the level of the
child, but also support the family, schools, and neighborhoods.
GRANTS AWARDED: 1 Grant
totaling $75,000
Joshua
Support for program that sets high expectations and
academic standards for some of our community’s most vulnerable children in
pre-school through 5th grade.
This program also strives to instill strong values in the children and
teaches them how to make positive choices in their lives.
Joshua
Goals: Although targeted interests receive the
majority of available funds, Welborn Foundation considers other worthy
opportunities that fit within its chosen domains of health, social environment,
and education.
The third year of capital
funding for a portion of the new 11,500 square foot Eykamp
Scout Center, which will be completed in early 2005. The total amount granted
to this project is $500,000, in a five-year pledge. The facility will provide
strategic accessibility for youth and families, a new training and conference
center, new outdoor program center, an expanded Scout Shop as well as a larger
resource room and library.
Capital Funding for
Family YMCA facility
$20,000
Study to identify students with special needs and
determine how best to meet those needs within each of the twenty-eight schools
in the Evansville Catholic Diocese.
Hands On
Discovery, Inc.
$100,000
HEALTHY ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT
Goals: Adolescence
is a time when adolescents are laying the groundwork for their future health
and well-being. The decisions
adolescents make about nutrition, physical activity, drugs, alcohol, tobacco,
sex, and relationships affect their health and well-being, both immediately and
into their adult years.
Teenagers’
openness to new experiences also means that adolescence is the time of life
when 70% of the behaviors that place young people at risk begin.
Substance Abuse Prevention
$75,000
Substance Abuse Prevention
$350,000
IMPROVEMENTS TO COMMUNITY HEALTH
STATUS
Goals: It is known
that persons' longevity and quality of life are affected by the environmental
and population characteristics of their community. In addition, certain socioeconomic and health
status indicators reflect county-level health-related quality of life
issues.
Those
indicators include infant mortality, a health status outcome commonly used as
an overall measure of the health and quality of life in the community, since it
often reflects disparities in income, education, and access to health care
services. Several other health status measures reflect social, education, and
economic differences, including African American breast and cervical cancer
rates, and injury and death due to violence in the community.
GRANTS AWARDED: 6 grants totaling $820,000
Fit Kids
FIT KIDS program, directed towards increasing
physical activity for children participating in the before and after school
programs, summer day camps, and the downtown YMCA. Funds are for
purchase of additional fitness equipment and support for program coordinators.
Research
into root causes of infant morbidity and mortality in
Dentist
services for uninsured and Medicaid population awaiting emergency care in the
Diabetic Wellness Program
Diabetes
screening, education, and treatment program to serve Saline and
The
second year of support for a program designed
to address the rapid repeat pregnancy rate, a key factor in infant mortality
and poor medical outcomes, among low-income families. As most of these pregnancies are unplanned,
the program will provide education on pregnancy prevention, regular follow-up,
increased utilization of family planning, and outreach to high-risk
populations.
The
third year of funding, for this program and facility, which opened in
September, 2003, dedicated to supporting and educating people with diabetes on
controlling their disease. Services
include monitoring of people already diagnosed with diabetes, as well as
screening for people with high risk factors and family history of
diabetes. The Center maintains full-time
diabetes and nutrition educators on staff, in addition to a physician.
SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH and SOCIAL SERVICE CENTERS
Goals: School-based health programs have
evolved to include far-reaching goals which integrate health care, health
education and preventative efforts, mental health, and social services, all in
an effort to improve children’s success in school and life. Successful models often work through
family-community-school partnerships.
School-Based
Continued
support for school-based wellness center that serves as the community’s only
primary care provider, for more than 900 students, their families, the faculty
and the staff.
Full-service School Initiative
Expansion of full-service school initiative from the
elementary school into the junior-senior high school, addressing root causes of
traditionally low educational attainment and generational substance abuse.
Full-Service School Initiative
Continuation
Continued implementation of full-service school
initiative, including refinements of specific programs and services, expansion
of parenting programs, piloting of prevention-based parenting initiative,
developmental screenings and referrals.
Further
development of full-service school initiative, emphasizing health, pre-school
and family literacy needs, and substance abuse prevention.
Henderson County Schools
School-Based Health and
This support is for continued
development of a collaborative component of full-service school initiative,
addressing root causes of their highest-risk students' dysfunctional behavior,
raising academic achievement, improving family functioning, and improving their
lives in the community.
While
assigned to the
GRAND
TOTAL: 18 Grants totaling $2,163,850