D-CHIPP Hosts Community Health Small Grants Dissemination Forum

With funding from The Emmy Lou Tompkins Foundation, D-CHIPP recently selected three community organizations to receive grants that will be used for small community health improvement projects. Michelle Hartman wrote for and received the $10,000 grant from The Emmy Lou Tompkins Foundation with the goal to provide small grants to community health organizations serving the most vulnerable populations in Durham.

Ten Durham organizations completed the grant application online, and, through a competitive process, the following organizations were selected for funding: Dementia Inclusive Durham, Families Moving Forward and Lincoln Community Health Center. Community partner agencies, DUSON faculty, students and staff attended the forum to hear from the organizations selected for grant funding and about their projects.

Dementia Inclusive Durham’s project will partially fund the Dementia Inclusive West End Community Forum. Dementia Inclusive Durham (faculty affiliate: Ellie McConnell) will use the second half of their grant to purchase music therapy supplies that will be made available for borrowing by caregivers for loved ones living with dementia. Families Moving Forward (faculty affiliate: Alison Edie) will offer CPR/First Aid classes for their residents. For individuals living at Families Moving Forward, many have limited job experience or skills and finding gainful employment is often challenging. The CPR/First Aid classes will give them a skill to add to resumes and build self-confidence in their residents.  Finally, Lincoln Community Health Center (faculty affiliate: Bradi Granger) plans to expand its outreach and education to patients with second-tier hypertension (systolic BP 160 and/or diastolic BP over 100.) Additional blood pressure cuffs and educational materials will be purchased as part of their project.