Priority Health Care
Funding Opportunity

2002 Funding Awards

Access

Ventura County District Attorney ($17,000): The Multi-Disciplinary Interview Center will bring government and community services and professionals to one place for a coordinated delivery of services for child victims of sexual or physical abuse. Services providers will include medical, psychological, and legal specialties. This grant will fund a high-resolution camera that takes detailed images to document sexual abuse.

Westminster Free Clinic (WFC) ($99,980): Health Matters, a partnership between the WFC and Many Mansions will bring basic medical services to an increased number of people in east Ventura County with limited transportation options, limited income and cultural and language barriers. The Health Matters program is a multicultural approach, driven by the community, which brings healthcare to people where they live.

Interface Children/Family Service ($86,341): The Children's Resource Program will match donor doctors, dentists, anesthesiologists, orthodontists, therapists, and other specialists with uninsured and underinsured children whose families are not otherwise able to gain access to the treatment and services they need. Community outreach, education and advocacy for culturally sensitive health care and human services assistance will also be provided.

Salvation Army ($45,679): The County Outreach and Education Project will focus on assisting and educating the homeless, under-employed, seniors, and migrant farm workers to access medical, dental and other social service programs provided by both County and public organizations. The project will also focus on enrolling qualified individuals into insurance programs such as Medi-Cal and Healthy Families.

Bioterrorism

Ventura County Terrorism Working Group (TWG)/ Public Information Officers ($11,000): A Public Information Campaign will provide residents and businesses of Ventura County with bio-terrorism health-related information. A TWG Internet site will be established and brochures in English and Spanish will be published.

Ventura County Terrorism Working Group (TWG) / Fire Protection District ($25,000): Mass Decontamination Equipment: The Ventura County Fire Protection District will purchase and equip a mobile trailer with equipped with decontamination supplies for use on large-scale hazardous materials/bio-terrorism incidents when large numbers of the public are contaminated. The equipment will also be made available to local hospitals; and training on its use will be provided by the Fire Protection District.