Special Grant Making

In 2007, The Woodruff Foundation selected four grant recipients for its special initiative on Behavioral Health and Primary Care Integration. The grant recipients are:

• Applewood Centers, Inc. $16,650 to establish co-located behavioral health services with Northeast Ohio Neighborhood Health Services, Inc.
• Cleveland Department of Public Health $58,000 to provide resources and training on children's mental health to pediatricians and family practitioners
• Mental Health Services, Inc. $30,000 to provide prevention and care for chronic physical health conditions to residents of Kingsway Manor in partnership with Neighborhood Family Practice
• Recovery Resources $38,707 for a clinical data sharing project in partnership with Recovery Resources and Lutheran Hospital

The Foundation received 13 letters of inquiry in response to the Request for Proposals for this initiative issued last spring. A subcommittee of Board members reviewed these letters, and, from this selection, invited 5 to submit full proposals, which totaled $233,357.

Several of the letters of inquiry that were not invited back, as well as other new and existing projects in the community, may represent good funding opportunities for the future.