Towards the end of their grant periods, these projects reported on their accomplishments, their challenges, their lessons learned during their years with Local Initiative Funding Partners and their future plans. Please read these one-page graduate reports presented at the 2003 LIFP Annual Meeting.

Early Care Network in St. Louis, MO whose primary objective is to create an early care network that focuses on prevention and early intervention to improve the health and safety of children and families in the 63104 and 63118 zip codes of St. Louis ... (Graduate Report)

Healthy CMHA in Cleveland, OH aims to motivate CMHA’s public housing residents to fully utilize the many health services already available to them, coordinate wellness efforts within the community, and provide new programs and services where needed ... (Graduate Report)

Miles for Smiles in Denver, CO primary objective is to increase access to comprehensive dental services by: bringing affordable dental services to children; providing communities with the expertise of a public health dentist and program; servicing a larger geographic area, which will reach more children in traditionally remote communities with few dental resources; and enabling communities to integrate this dental program into existing services and health programs ... (Graduate Report)

Chronic Disease Prevention and Control Project (CDPCP) in Cidra, PR primary objective is to provide 100% access to the patients identified to the Chronic Disease Prevention and Control Project (CDPCP) to be developed with “Health Promoters”, COSSMA interdisciplinary health care team and community collaborators. This way we can improve the health care for people with chronic health conditions specifically with asthma, diabetes and hypertension ... (Graduate Report)

National University in La Jolla, CA primary objective is to address the mental/behavioral health needs of the four East African Refugee/Immigrant communities located in San Diego, California ... (Graduate Report)

United Methodist Western Kansas Mexican-American Ministries, Inc. in Garden City, KS strives to improve the health of Southwest Kansas residents by improving and expanding oral health education, decay prevention, and access to dental care ... (Graduate Report)

Janus Youth Programs, Inc. in Portland, OR provides coordinated, innovative and accessible alcohol and drug treatment services to homeless youth in Portland, Oregon, through a collaboration of homeless youth providers in order to decrease the alcohol and drug use and abuse of street youth ... (Graduate Report )

The Osborne Association in Long Island City, NY sponsors Safe Landing, a pilot reentry project designed to improve the care and support mechanisms for prisoners with less severe mental health conditions, conditions that are often exacerbated by incarceration ... (Graduate Report)

Pike Place Market Foundation in Seattle, WA works to improve the health of seniors with mental, physical and/or substance abuse problems; seniors with one or more chronic diseases; and homeless or homebound seniors ... (Graduate Report )

Eastside Neighborhood Center, Inc. in Pierre, SD sponsors South Dakota Frontier Health Initiatives, a project dedicated to Delivering primary care and mental health services to 6000 children in Central South Dakota ... (Graduate Report )

Shepherd's Hope, Inc. in Orlando, FL provides free medical care through faith-based volunteer sponsors in eight health centers. Target population is the working uninsured ... (Graduate Report )

South East Senior Housing Initiative in Baltimore, MD address the chronic health conditions of low-income seniors and prevents unnecessary accidents and disability through a program of comprehensive home assessment, home adaptations, and on-going service coordination ... (Graduate Report )

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