The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey Awards 96 Grants Exceeding $1.9 million in 2009

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The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey Awards 96 Grants Exceeding $1.9 million in 2009

By Mel Fabrikant Tuesday, December 29 2009, 06:17 PM EST

38 Charitable Organizations Receive $936,500

William J. Marino, Chairman of the Board of Directors of The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey (Foundation), announced today that the Foundation awarded more than $1.9 million in grants to 96 organizations in 2009. “I am proud to announce the following 38 organizations received fourth round grants from The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey,” said Marino. Since the Foundation’s inception in 2004, the Foundation has awarded nearly 500 grants totaling over $18 million to charitable organizations across the state.”

Fourth round grant recipients are:
· American Conference on Diversity in New Brunswick, received a grant of $20,000 to support its Delivering Quality Care for Diverse Patient Populations program. The program assists physicians, hospital administrators and other health care professionals in providing culturally appropriate health care.

· American Diabetes Association in Bridgewater, received a grant of $40,000 to support its Community Outreach Initiatives which provide diabetes information, workshops and screenings for high-risk individuals. The grant supports participants in the African American and Latino communities in New Jersey through two signature programs – Live Empowered and Por Tu Familia.

· American Heart Association in Robbinsville, received a grant of $50,000 to support its Health Disparities in Heart Health/Closing the Gap through Community Education Program, a community initiative designed to educate high risk and other individuals about heart disease and stroke. The program will also provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training to 10th grade students in Newark’s Central Ward.

· Answer-Rutgers University Foundation in Piscataway, received a grant of $20,000 to support its STD and HIV/AIDS Prevention Education Program. The program provides training for New Jersey teachers, health educators and other professionals on these diseases and prevention education through the group’s magazine and website.

· Arts Council of Princeton in Princeton, received a grant of $7,500 to support its Youth ArtReach Program that provides arts education to children in Princeton. This small group program offers educational experiences from professional artists to children who do not have access to the same extracurricular programs as their peers.

· ASPIRA, Inc. of New Jersey in Newark, received a grant of $15,000 to support the Promoting Safe Communities in Newark and Jersey City Initiative. This bilingual curriculum is for Latino students and parents in both Jersey City and Newark. The initiative promotes awareness and education on HIV/AIDS. The initiative is a component of Aspira’s Leadership and Dropout Prevention Program in Newark and Jersey City.

· Cape Assist in Wildwood, received a grant of $15,000 to support its Wellness Initiative for Senior Education (WISE) Program. This healthy-aging program for adults ages 60 and older will be expanded to include such topics as self-care for chronic disease management, basic health information and services, and how to navigate and use the health care system. The program is held in senior centers, faith-based facilities, government buildings and community facilities throughout Cape May County.

· Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Newark in Newark, received a grant of $20,000 to support its St. Bridget’s Medical Case Management program that serves homeless individuals with HIV. The program provides outreach services, on-going engagement and clinical case management to drop-in center clients and shelter residents.

· Child Development Center in Bloomfield, received a grant of $10,000 to support a new component for the Center’s Comprehensive Depression Intervention Program – the Stop & Think Social Skills Program. The program teaches children interpersonal, problem-solving and conflict resolution skills as ways of solving social problems and challenges that affect their depression.

· Children’s Aid and Family Services in Paramus, received a grant of $25,000 to support its Mobile Youth Support Outreach Project. The project assists young adults ages 16 to 26 who are struggling with their transition from group and family foster homes to living independently and who are at risk of homelessness. It also provides services for youth preparing to transition to independent living.

· Children’s Futures in Trenton, received a grant of $50,000 to support its Trenton Obesity and Medical Homes Program. The program improves the health of Trenton’s children ages 0-3 by promoting best practices to address childhood obesity and by expanding the medical home program to all Trenton pediatric practices.

· The Community Theatre at Mayo Center for the Performing Arts in Morristown, received a grant of $10,000 to support the Performing Arts Company, a component of its Arts Education and Outreach Program. Teens representing the theatre perform, free of charge, at community and fundraising events throughout the year.

· Connection for Women and Families in Summit, received a grant of $20,000 to support its Pathway’s Women’s Cancer Teaching Project. The project trains women with cancer to be patient educators for health care professionals and students, and the community at large, to increase understanding of the perspectives, stresses and needs of women with cancer.

· CPC Behavioral Healthcare in Eatontown, received a grant of $28,500 to support the Art Therapist: Circle of Friends Program in hiring a certified art therapist to provide services to children in the program who are exhibiting signs of depression.

· Family & Community Services of Somerset County in Bound Brook, received a grant of $12,000 to support its Clinical and Psychiatric Services for Depression Program. The program provides mental health counseling to individuals experiencing major depression and other depression-related disorders.

· Helen Keller International in Newark, received a grant of $10,000 to support its ChildSight New Jersey Initiative that provides in-school vision screenings for low-income students in Newark, Jersey City, Irvington, Passaic, Plainfield, East Orange and Orange public schools. The program also provides students with free eyeglasses and follow-up assessments and care as needed.

· HiTOPS in Princeton, received a grant of $25,000 to support its Adolescent Health Screening and Referral Project. This program screens for depression and eating disorders in adolescents, provides education on these topics, and refers clients to additional resources as necessary.

· Hope House in Dover, received a grant of $25,000 to support its HIV/AIDS High Risk Outreach Program that provides outreach, education, testing and referral services for Latino and other populations at women’s centers, schools, churches and through its mobile van unit.

· Inwood House in Buena, received a grant of $20,000 to support its Teen Choice Program, an HIV/AIDS and teen pregnancy prevention program. The program provides health education workshops, small group discussions, counseling and referrals for students.

· Literacy Volunteers Association Cape-Atlantic in Pleasantville, received a grant of $15,000 to support the Health Literacy Outreach Program. The program trains volunteer tutors to integrate basic health information into literacy instruction for adults in Atlantic and Cape May Counties. Additional workshops will also be offered to staff at health care facilities to improve communication about health issues with low-level literate patients.

· Little Kids Rock in Montclair, received a grant of $5,000 for the Jersey City and Newark Area Expansion Initiative that supports teachers who volunteer to instruct children on how to play musical instruments. The program also provides curriculum essentials and free instruments for economically-disadvantaged children in the program.

· Marylawn of the Oranges in South Orange, received a grant of $15,000 to support the Health and Wellness After-School Enrichment Program. The program teaches young women strategies to maintain good health through exercise, nutrition and healthy eating instruction.

· Newark Arts Council in Newark, received a grant of $9,000 to support its ArtStart Program that provides five, 14-week residency programs for students attending Newark schools. The residencies will offer comprehensive instruction in music, dance, drama and visual arts and integrate arts education into subject-based classes.

· Newark Boys Chorus School in Newark, received a grant of $20,000 to support its Life Styles of the Healthy and Wise Project that provides physical activity for the school’s students. They will receive strength conditioning and swimming instruction and the opportunity to participate in martial art classes, movement and body awareness classes and a basketball league.

· Newark Youth Golf in Newark, received a grant of $10,000 to support its Newark Youth Golf After-School Health and Academic Enrichment Program that provides academic support to students and introduces them to the game of golf. Students receive golf instruction, homework assistance, tutoring and lessons in health literacy, life skills and conflict resolution.

· New Jersey Foundation of Dentistry for Persons with Disabilities in Edison, received a grant of $50,000 to support its New Jersey Donated Dental Services Program through which volunteer dentists and lab professionals provide comprehensive care to aged, disabled or ill patients.

· New Jersey Network (NJN) Foundation in Trenton, received a grant of $75,000 to support NJN News, NJN News HealthWatch Report and its Public Awareness Campaign.

· New Jersey YMCA State Alliance in Trenton, received a grant of $143,000 to support the Healthy U Expansion into non-YMCA after-school programs. The Healthy U program was created in 2008 by The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey (Foundation) to reduce and prevent childhood obesity. The grant expands the program into 15 New Jersey After 3 after-school program partner organizations operating in public school facilities throughout the state. An additional 1,800 children will participate at approximately 25 new sites. The expanded program will reach children, ages 5-12 residing in Camden, New Brunswick, Newark, Trenton and Vineland, who will participate free of charge.

· Prevention Education in Lawrenceville, received a grant of $15,000 to support its Trauma, Loss and Depression: Intervention for Young Children Program. The program addresses the mental health needs of children ages five to ten through counseling and family intervention.

· Puerto Rican Family Institute in Jersey City, received a grant of $30,000 to support the Diabetes Outreach Program that provides interactive health, wellness and educational workshops to the Latino population in Hudson County. The workshops provide information about weight control, mental health wellness and managing diabetes.

· St. Benedict’s Preparatory School in Newark, received a grant of $20,000 to support programming of the Starfire Counseling Center. The Center serves students with psychological, emotional, or behavioral problems that may threaten their academic progress and their ability to function at school and in the community.

· St. Philip’s Academy in Newark, received a grant of $10,000 to support EcoSPACES, a program designed to give inner-city students the tools to make healthy and environmentally responsible choices to lead healthier lives. The program teaches students the origins and chemistry of food, how to make healthy and tasty food selections and provides physical education to promote healthy living.

· St. Vincent’s Academy in Newark, received a grant of $24,000 to support its Women’s Wellness Plus Program that addresses weight and other health-related problems in women attending the Academy. The program addresses physical and mental health issues, nutrition education, and improved physical fitness to combat obesity.

· Somerset Home for Temporarily Displaced Children in Bridgewater, received a grant of $10,000 to support its Street Smart HIV/AIDS Prevention Program that provides adolescents living at an emergency group home with an intensive HIV/AIDS and STD prevention education. Individual and group sessions are offered as well as free STD testing. The program is specifically designed for runaway and homeless youth susceptible to infection.

· South Jersey AIDS Alliance in Atlantic City, received a grant of $15,000 to support its Healthy Relationships Plus Program that uses intervention in a small group environment to help build the skills needed to disclose HIV status to family, friends and partners. The program also teaches safe sexual behaviors.

· South Jersey Cultural Alliance in Pleasantville, received a grant of $7,500 to support its Arts for Students Project that provides disadvantaged students in Southern New Jersey with quality arts experiences. The program enables students in grades K-12 to attend symphony concerts, theatre, dance performances, arts and cultural exhibitions.

· West Bergen Mental Healthcare in Ridgewood, received a grant of $25,000 to support its Children’s Depression Intervention Program that assesses and treats children and adolescents for depression, and integrates family therapy as needed.

· Women’s Heart Foundation in West Trenton, received a grant of $15,000 to support its Teen Esteem Program for young women attending Trenton Central High School. The program is an alternative to traditional gym classes and offers a customized exercise, nutrition and wellness curriculum.

The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey is celebrating five years of healthier, stronger communities. The Foundation promotes health, well-being, and quality of life across our state by supporting charitable organizations. For more information about the Foundation visit www.horizonblue.com/foundation.

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