Health First Foundation Northern Arizona has given $900,000 toward improving community health in the region.
Initiatives of eight nonprofit organizations were recently awarded grants during the foundation’s annual Northern Arizona Community Health Grant cycle. The recipients are the Stronger as One Coalition, Flagstaff Shelter Services, Sage Home, Northern Arizona University Foundation, Creek Valley Health Clinic, United States Veterans Initiative, Northern Arizona Healthcare (NAH) Behavioral Health Services, and NAH Children’s Health Center.
The initiatives focus on Mental Health First Aid® training, housing for the vulnerable, telehealth services for veterans, family-centered addiction treatment, mitigating abuse and trauma in a rural community, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) training, increased screening for behavioral health issues in children, and the creation of a pool of patient actors to facilitate behavioral health training for first responders and healthcare professionals.
The foundation’s focus on behavioral health this year stems from community health assessments that point to mental health as a top concern. High rates of substance abuse, suicide, accidents, and assault in northern Arizona underscore the problems. The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the distress for many people.
Additionally, the foundation gave $250,000 to other health causes this past fiscal year including assisting Navajo and Hopi communities in fighting COVID-19, providing scholarships to current and future healthcare workers, and granting sponsorship aid to other nonprofit community organizations.
Health First Foundation donors enrich our communities by helping us raise the level of health and well-being in northern Arizona. A gift of any amount makes a difference.
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