R.I. Foundation awards $250K in grants to five health care providers

THE RHODE Island Foundation awarded more than $250,000 in grants to five health care providers through its RIGHA Foundation Fund, which promotes development of an effective primary health care system in the state.
THE RHODE Island Foundation awarded more than $250,000 in grants to five health care providers through its RIGHA Foundation Fund, which promotes development of an effective primary health care system in the state.

WARWICK – The Rhode Island Foundation on Thursday awarded more than $250,000 in grants to five health care providers through its RIGHA Foundation Fund, which promotes development of an effective primary health care system in the state.
The announcement was made this afternoon at the Kent County YMCA. Some of the uses of the grants include expanding primary care for children and teens, introducing wellness programs for those with substance-use disorders and improving home health care.
The recipients of the RIGHA awards are: Comprehensive Community Action Program, $37,233; Planned Parenthood of Southern New England, $50,000; Providence Center, $61,653; Rhode Island Hospital, $49,920; and Rhode Island Parent Information Network, $55,000.
In addition, the CCAP also received a $12,767 strategy grant from the Rhode Island Foundation.
The RIGHA Foundation Fund was created after Harvard Pilgrim Health Care acquired the former Rhode Island Group Health Association. In 2010, HPHC and the RIGHA Foundation transferred its $1.6 million endowment to the Rhode Island Foundation. HPHC continues to make annual payments to the fund.
“Philanthropic support can provide the seed funding needed to take innovative ideas like these to the next level,” Karen Voci, president of the HPHC Foundation, said. “Our goal is to reduce the cost of delivering high quality primary health care to Rhode Islanders.”
Neil Steinberg, the Rhode Island Foundation’s president and CEO, said supporting comprehensive primary care that promotes good health is a “core strategic initiative” for his organization.
“These grants will further our ongoing efforts to make quality health care more accessible and affordable across the state,” he said.
CCAP will develop a home-based nurse care manager program for its patients at Wilcox Health Center in Warwick, for example.
“This grant allows us to provide additional support for those patients with persistent and chronic disease who, for a variety of reasons, have difficulty maintaining the recommended health treatment plans established by their doctor,” said Joanne McGunagle, CEO of CCAP.
Planned Parenthood will expand its primary care services. The Providence Center will integrate wellness activities and counseling for those in recovery from substance use at two facilities, including the Warwick Kent County YMCA.
Rhode Island Hospital will expand clinic hours at its Hasbro Children’s Hospital Primary Care Initiative to Saturday. The Rhode Island Parent Information Network will partner with other providers to document staffing commitments for multidisciplinary care.

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