All grants support programs that impact people who are poor and underserved.

Grant Awards for Fiscal Year 2012 (Fall 2011)

Organization	Project Title	Recommended Amount	Project Description
Betty Jean Kerr People's Health Centers	Senior Mental Health Access	$50,000	To provide immediate access to behavioral health services for seniors.
Bi-Lingual International Assistant Services	Interpreters for Limited English Speaking	$40,000	To offer culturally and linguistically appropriate support to foreign-born elderly.
Christian Friends of New Americans	Enhanced Services Impacting Refugee Communities	$15,000	To enhance and expand services to refugees and immigrants that help improve their skills for adapting in the USA.
Christian HomeCare Services, Inc.	Volunteer Interfaith Caregivers	$25,000	To provide non-medical, in-home care assisting seniors with remaining independent at home.
College Bound	Internship Program for Low-Income Students	$17,135	To provide promising low-income high school students with work readiness skills.
Delta Center for Independent Living	Transportation for Senior Citizens with Disabilities	$10,000	To help adults with disabilities live independently in their community.
Employment Connection	New Americans and Employment Project	$35,000	To provide work-force and life-skills training for new Americans.
Give Kids a Smile, Inc.	Tiny Smiles and Education Outreach Project	$25,000	To continue Tiny Smiles clinics for young children and oral education and nutrition counseling in community settings.
Griffin Center	Welfare to Work for Teens	$31,165	To provide life skills training and employment for teens.
Health Connection	Refugee Health Advocacy	$9,000	To support health advocacy efforts for refugees and immigrants.
Heartland Independent Living Center	Home Is Where The Heart Is	$30,000	To provide case management and other services to eligible seniors who are transitioning to their own homes.
Independence Center	Senior Independence	$41,101	To provide senior adults with case management support.
Interfaith Legal Services for Immigrants	Family Reunification Project	$20,000	To offer free and low cost legal services to low-income immigrants.
Jefferson County Health Department d.b.a. Jefferson County Foundation for Health & Safety	Smiles to Go Mobile Dental Unit	$46,375	To provide school based dental care, oral health supplies, and oral health education to children in low-income families.
Legal Services of Eastern Missouri	Immigration Law Project	$35,000	To offer free legal assistance in immigration matters to low-income immigrants and refugees.
Lemay Housing Partnership	Partners for Improved Neighborhoods	$30,000	To provide home repairs to area low-income seniors.
Lutheran Housing Support	Older Adults Home Repair	$50,000	To complete home repairs for low-income elderly homeowners.
Memory Care Home Solutions	Family Caregiver Training and Crisis Outreach Support	$30,000	To provide training, case management, and referral resources to low-income seniors and their caregivers.
Northside Community Center, Inc.	Senior Transportation Program	$40,000	To provide neighborhood low-income seniors with safe and convenient door to door transportation that helps them remain independent.
Rebuilding Together-St. Louis	Major Repairs	$40,000	To do home repairs for low-income seniors.
Shalom House	Mental Health Services for Homeless Senior Women	$15,000	To provide mental health services for homeless, senior women.
St. John's Community Care	Adult Day Care Expansion	$35,000 (w/Contingency)	To replicate the agency's successful adult day program for seniors in a second location.
St. Louis Area Women Religious Collaborative Ministries	English Tutoring Project	$25,000	To help children of immigrant/refugee families develop English language skills.
Youth and Family Center	Teen Employment Project	$48,388	To provide teen work force readiness development.