The Foundation for a Healthy High Point is proud to support these transformative organizations and their efforts to create a healthier community.
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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Operational & Capacity-Building Expenses
Funding provides continued assistance with ongoing operational expenses and capacity building for marketing and business development.
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Child First Program
Provides startup funding to implement the Child First program. This evidence-based, intensive early childhood intervention works with the most vulnerable young children (prenatal through age five) and their families. The program includes various services, including psychiatric evaluation, medication management, child and family therapies, and coordination of care and case management.
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Healthy Minds Initiative Strategic Partner
Foundation for Health Leadership and Innovation's Center of Excellence for Integrated Care (COE) serves as the Foundation’s strategic partner and project manager for the Healthy Minds initiative by providing technical expertise for implementing evidence-based integrated care systems, accountability and oversight, and opportunities for collective advocacy and collaboration. Funding continues to support staff time and program-related expenses.
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Increased Access to Integrated Behavioral Health Services
The grant provides continued funding for the staff salary for a Behavioral Health Clinician who is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with medical specialization to provide integrated behavioral health services at High Point Medical Center and the Community Clinic of High Point. Services include immediate on-site counseling, coordination of care with patients’ primary care providers, and referrals to community resources. The Clinician educates patients on stress management and ineffective patterns of healthcare utilization and provides behavioral health and/or substance use diagnoses.
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JustTEENS Clinic
Guilford County DHHS, Division of Public Health plans to build infrastructure for the JustTEENS clinic to offer integrated behavioral health services. It recently began providing individual and group counseling, crisis intervention, and medication therapy management. Funding supports a portion of psychiatric services, advertising and recruitment efforts, and educational materials for clients.
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Maternal Navigator Program
Funding supports establishing a Maternal Navigator program at High Point Medical Center to link expectant and new mothers to community-based resources and improve birth outcomes. This position will also serve as an essential resource to providers within the hospital by offering training and information about available resources and identifying barriers to care. The grant also provides funding to convene a second Maternal and Fetal Health Summit.
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Awareness Raising & Rebranding Campaign
Funding supports efforts and materials to rebrand the organization and raise awareness about its services in the community, develop and launch a community-wide, collaborative communications campaign (Stop the Stigma) focused on decreasing the stigma related to mental health issues, communications consultants, and staff time to support and lead the efforts.
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