
Recommended Grants – Cycle 1 2019
Access to Care
• Albert Schweitzer Fellowship - Alabama Chapter, $5,000 to support capacity building as the
Alabama chapter establishes itself as an independent non-profit providing opportunities for in-
depth, year-long service learning for students pursuing health and health-care related
professions.
• The Arc of Walker County, $20,000 to purchase three vehicles for medical transportation needs
for Residential, Day Program, Supported Living, and Early Intervention participants.
• Changed Lives Christian Center, $25,000 to provide free basic health care, including mental
health care, from volunteer providers at a monthly medical night for homeless patients.
• Episcopal Foundation of Jefferson County dba St. Martin's in the Pines, $17,000 to purchase a
wheelchair lift van to transport residents to medical appointments.
• Fair Haven Retirement Center, $20,000 to provide oral health education, dental screenings, and
oral hygiene services at low-income senior centers in partnership with UAB School of Dentistry.
• GirlSpring, $15,000 to develop an mobile application so that web-based programming in self-
esteem, positive body image, substance abuse prevention, and health education can reach more
girls, especially girls who may not have access to desktop computing.
• Kid One Transport, $24,000 to support a collaboration between Kid One and Travelers Aid of
Greater Birmingham to provide transportation to medical appointments for disabled and elderly
individuals in Jefferson and Walker Counties, reducing duplication of services.
• No More Martyrs (Fiscal Sponsor Children's Policy Council), $5,000 to support access to mental
health services for women at the Housing Authority of Birmingham’s Campus of Hope through
biweekly group support.
• Oasis Counseling for Women & Children, $20,000 to develop a protocol for specialized mental
health care treatment specific to child victims of human trafficking as part of the Child
Trafficking Solutions Project.
• United Ability (formerly UCP of Greater Bham), $15,000 to support implementation of a series
of Early Intervention Specialty Clinics to support children diagnosed with a developmental
disability, or identified as high-risk, and their parents. Clinics will include a team of specialists
providing evaluation diagnosis, treatment plans and equipment recommendation.
• Unless U, $50,000 to support building a new, permanent home for this organization which
provides academic and life skills education for adults aged 19 to 40 with developmental
disabilities in a university-style setting.
• The WellHouse, $35,000 to support on-site medical services for women and children survivors
of human trafficking at The Wellhouse’s St. Clair campus in partnership with UAB School of
Nursing.