The Foundation for a Healthy High Point is proud to support these transformative organizations and their efforts to create a healthier community.
RePurpose Program
A Simple Gesture plans to expand its RePurpose perishable food recovery program to Greater High Point. Funding will assist with staff salaries, costs associated with an educational series, educational/ promotional materials for developing new relationships with businesses/families, and program supplies.
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No Child Hungry Program
Funding supports the No Child Hungry program, a collaborative effort that seeks to establish food distribution sites in pediatric offices. Funding assists with program supplies, operational expenses, and staff salaries, including a part-time coordinator focused on program expansion in High Point. The organization anticipates feeding 1,390 women and children through pediatric offices, securing 1,000 new food donors, and establishing four new food distribution sites within pediatric and/or maternal health clinics.
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A Special Blend is a social enterprise nonprofit and coffee shop that provides job training and employment to adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Funding focuses on capacity building for the initiative to open a storefront location in High Point. Funds will be used to train new staff and support the upfront costs of new equipment.
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Capacity-Building Expansion Effort
Funding supports a capacity-building expansion effort that will allow the organization to move into a larger space, hire two new staff positions—a Warehouse Assistant and Guest Services Coordinator, and purchase equipment such as a walk-in refrigerator/freezer, racking, and carts. Their goals are to serve more clients and provide wrap-around support services that help move families beyond their immediate food insecurity needs.
Visit WebsiteHealth Promotion Program Start-Up
Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater High Point aims to serve 250 youth across five locations through its afterschool and summer programming. Funding supports the start-up for the “Take Charge of Your Health” health promotion program, which focuses on healthy eating, active living, and abstaining from risky behaviors. It will expand the organization’s capacity and support a part-time project coordinator, staff salaries, and program equipment/supplies.
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MotherCare Program
Funding supports critical start-up costs for the organization’s MotherCare program, which will provide substance use recovery and treatment services to young mothers. Funding helps with marketing materials, program supplies, and essential items to care for children, such as portable cribs and booster seats. They anticipate serving 27 families during the grant year while increasing self-esteem and satisfaction of life for 70% of mothers and increasing independence and integration into the community of 70% of families.
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Opioid Crisis Intervention Services
Funds will help establish a physical office location in High Point for two crisis intervention services provided by the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG). UNCG’s social work field program and Guilford County Solution to the Opioid Problem (GCSTOP) work in collaboration with Guilford County Emergency Medical Services (EMS) to provide social services (such as crisis counseling and referrals to mental health providers) to individuals referred by EMS. The organizations anticipate serving 267 clients during the grant year.
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Substance Use and Behavioral Health Services
Funding supports capacity building for substance use and behavioral health services by funding a part-time prescriber to provide medication management services. The organization will build a business case for ongoing support of these services after the initial two-year start-up. Funding also supports a development consultant in creating a capital campaign plan that includes fundraising goals and target dates for program expansion.
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Peer Crisis Mentoring Program
Funding supports a peer crisis mentoring program that teaches participants skills for self-regulation and how to manage stress due to personal or community-level trauma, such as violence, poverty, and racism. The organization will deploy certified instructors, a licensed psychologist, and a case manager to train 40 youth mentors and 40 mentees across two middle schools and two high schools using the Community Resilience Model and will expand the reach to include parents and caretakers.
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Operational & Capacity-Building Expenses
Funding provides continued assistance with ongoing operational expenses and capacity building for marketing and business development.
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