Cape Area Community Foundation receives $10,000 Rural Ozarks Health Initiative Grant

Date: April 26, 2018

Subject: Cape Area Community Foundation receives $10,000 Rural Ozarks Health Initiative Grant

Contact: Brian Fogle, bfogle@cfozarks.org; Alice Wingo, awingo@cfozarks.org; or Bridget Dierks, bdierks@cfozarks.org; or (417) 864-6199

Caption Info: Pictured (left to right): Norman Glaus, Judy Cantoni, Dale Rauh, Trudy Lee, Stan Irwin, Dana Saverino, Moe Sandfort and Michelle Jones.

The Community Foundation of the Ozarks and Missouri Foundation for Health have awarded a $10,000 grant to the Cape Area Community Foundation through the Rural Ozarks Health Initiative to address health issues in communities or regions served by the CFO�s rural affiliate foundations.

The Cape Area Community Foundation will redistribute the grant to nonprofits addressing health needs in the Cape Giraradeau, Jackson and Scott City area, primarily to support life skills development and health initiatives to empower individuals to transition from a youth spent in foster care to making positive and productive choices as young adults.

The process for awarding these grants will be announced by the CACF in coming months.

�The Cape Area Community Foundation is very proud of the great work our community does to support many youth programs here in the Southeast Region,� said Cape Area Community Foundation Board President Michelle Jones. �We are excited to have this opportunity to assist our area nonprofits and their partners in providing a unique set of programs and resources to foster care youth between the ages of 14-21. We know this support will generate positive outcomes to those impacted by this grant. �

In each of the next three years, the CFO will make 10 grants of $10,000 (a total of $300,000 over the course of three years) to rural affiliates in the CFO�s network to address locally identified health issues. Other recipients for 2018 include the Bolivar area, Crawford County, El Dorado Springs/Stockton, Mountain Grove area, Perry County, Republic, Ripley County, Table Rock Lake area (Stone County), and the Truman Lake area (Henry County).

This is the second phase of the Rural Ozarks Health Initiative, following the selection last year of three affiliates to receive three-year, $150,000 program grants to systemically address pressing health needs in their communities. The affiliates selected for the first phase of ROHI � Carthage, Monett, and Cassville � were not eligible for this second round of grants.

This grant program was developed by Missouri Foundation for Health and the CFO because of a disparity in health indicators between urban and rural areas of Missouri and the scarcity of grant resources available for rural issues in general.

�For all of the 10 leading causes of death, rural rates are higher than urban, and rural areas face challenges of access and resources,� said CFO President Brian Fogle. �Thanks to their generosity and commitment to the rural parts of our state, Missouri Foundation for Health�s partnership will allow areas to address these challenges at the local level, with decisions made by those who know and care for their communities the most�their own residents.�

Missouri Foundation for Health is a resource for the region, working with communities and nonprofits to generate and accelerate positive changes in health. As a catalyst for change, the Foundation improves the health of Missourians through partnership, experience, knowledge, and funding.

�The Community Foundation of the Ozarks has a direct connection to the communities it�s serving, which makes our partnership even more meaningful,� said MFH President and CEO Bob Hughes. �This relationship will assist in further addressing the most pressing health needs of rural communities. Collaboration is key in this work, and we are looking forward to learning more about how we can be a resource to nonprofits working on similar issues.�

More information about ROHI is available at: www.cfozarks.org/rohi.

The CFO is a regional public charitable foundation that holds about 3,000 funds for donors, nonprofit partners and 49 affiliate foundations, including the Cape Area Community Foundation. Founded in 1973, the CFO has made grants and distributions of more $300 million and currently holds assets of more than $300 million as of March 31, 2018.

Community Foundation of the Ozarks

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Springfield, MO, 65806

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