PANAMA CITY Nine local charity organizations received a boon recently as the Bay Health Foundation awarded $500,000 in grants.
Rebecca Pierson, the Bay Health Foundation’s community development director, cited the foundation’s mission as “promoting the health and well-being of Bay County residents.”
The foundation chose the organizations based on several criteria, including how the organization works with others in the community, how its services will “improve community health in Bay County,” focus on prevention and wellness and others.
-Avicenna Clinic, which serves uninsured patients whose gross family income is less than 200 percent of the federal poverty level, received $100,000 to fund staffing including a nurse practitioner, a certified nurse assistant as well as medications and supplies. PANAMA CITY Nine local charity organizations received a boon recently as the Bay Health Foundation awarded $500,000 in grants.
Rebecca Pierson, the Bay Health Foundation’s community development director, cited the foundation’s mission as “promoting the health and well-being of Bay County residents.”
The foundation chose the organizations based on several criteria, including how the organization works with others in the community, how its services will “improve community health in Bay County,” focus on prevention and wellness and others.
-Bay Cares was awarded $100,000 to fund staffing to coordinate specialty medical care services to indigent and uninsured patients in Bay County. -The Bay County Council on Aging, which helps senior adults maintain their health and independence, received $46,500 to provide facility and in-home respite care for caregivers who provide 24 hour per day care for patients suffering from Alheimer’s disease and related dementias.
