Health First Foundation Announces 2024 Community Health Grant Awards

We are pleased to announce annual awards from our 2024 Community Health Grant for Northern Arizona. Grant funding of more than $500,000 has been awarded to nonprofit organizations with projects that align with our mission to strengthen community health in northern Arizona. 

The organizations and their funded projects include: 

• The Hopi Foundation:  Assisting people in Navajo and Coconino Counties, Health First funding is aimed at addressing tribal behavioral health to prevent alcohol and substance abuse and assisting in recovery.  

• Polara Health:  Aiding people in Yavapai County, Health First funding works to improve access to behavioral and physical healthcare services for uninsured and underinsured people who struggle to navigate the system.  

• Kingman Regional Medical Center: Health First funding supports people in Mohave County by providing patient education, access to self-management supplies, and healthcare services to those with diabetes who are uninsured and underinsured, thereby slowing the progression of the disease.  

• Creek Valley Health Clinic:  Health First funding supports the integration of oral health of low-income individuals living in a remote area of Mohave County into efforts to sustain their overall physical health through whole-person coordinated care.  

• Griffith Blue Heart:  By preparing and equipping Coconino County Sheriff’s Office first responders with automated external defibrillators and high-performance resuscitation training, Health First funding aids these officers to handle cardiac emergencies to save lives. 

• Verde Valley Caregivers Coalition:  In Yavapai County, many Verde Valley seniors live alone on an income at or below 150% of the poverty level, and many are unable to drive. With the support of Health First funding, these individuals receive personalized support, nutritious food, door-to-door transportation, and access to healthcare services so they can stay in their own home as they age. 

• Northern Arizona Community Dental Days Collaborative:  Health First funding is providing underinsured and uninsured adults in Coconino County access to oral health care to improve their physical, mental, and social well-being.  

We look forward to the positive outcomes these programs will generate with funding from Health First Foundation. And to you, our donors and supporters, we offer our sincere appreciation. Your gifts have been put to work improving the health of people throughout northern Arizona. 

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