Grants
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Grant to help Hawai'i youths
The Hawai'i Primary Care Association received a four-year $700,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for its Hawai'i Covering Kids project to connect Hawai'i's more than 14,000 eligible uninsured children and youth with free health insurance offered through Med-QUEST.
The grant will be used to find and enroll eligible kids, simplify enrollment and renewal processes, and coordinate health insurance programs.
Private and volunteer organizations, such as faith organizations, businesses, health plans, providers and foundations, in partnership with traditional child advocacy organizations and state officials, will cooperate to carry out this objective.
"Thousands of Hawai'i's parents and guardians do not realize their keiki qualify for QUEST or Medicaid," said Barbara Luksch, Hawai'i Covering Kids Project director.
"Our experience has shown that informing working families about these programs and simplifying the enrollment process are critical components in getting eligible children enrolled," said
Judith Whang, senior program officer at RWJF.
Cancer society gets $16,000
The American Cancer Society has received $10,000 from the The Bretzlaff Foundation and $6,000 from the Mary D. and Walter F. Frear Eleemosynary Trust in support of Childhood Cancer Programs in Hawai'i.
Despite Hawai'i's reputation as the Health State, more than 700 of its children are diagnosed with cancer each year. However, more children survive cancer today than ever before. This gift will help to support all three of the Society's children's camp programs: Camp Anuenue, a weeklong summer camp for children with cancer ages 7 to 17; Ho'oulu Me Ka Ikaika, a retreat for people with cancer, ages 14 to 21; and Families Can *Sure*Vive, a three-day family conference for children with cancer, their parents and siblings that provides education, guidance, support and referral services to every family member of young cancer patients.
Over the years, children with cancer have related that at camp they can be themselves and escape their troubles, generally meaning the many visits to hospitals for treatment. All Hawai'i children, ages 7 to 21, who have been diagnosed with cancer, are invited to participate in the camp programs free of charge.
MADD Hawai'i receives grant
The Hawai'i State Office of Mothers Against Drunk Driving recently received a $5,000 charitable grant from the Friends of Hawaii Charities Inc., host of the Sony Open in Hawai'i.
The money will be used to continue the Youth Alcohol Impact Program, an education and prevention program targeting high school students throughout the state to reduce underage drinking and impaired driving and the tragedies that can result.
