Funding helped more than 60 clinics and organizations working on the front lines serving at-risk communities through medical care, benefit assistance, and raising community voices
EHF has awarded the final round of grants in a $6 million response to help 64 nonprofit clinics and other organizations that are serving at-risk communities in Texas on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis. This grant funding is one part of the foundation’s $10 million comprehensive plan addressing the crisis across the state.
“These organizations continue to provide medical and health services to low-income Texas families who are being most impacted by the pandemic,” said Elena Marks, EHF’s president and CEO.
“COVID-19 has highlighted how non-medical, community factors are often the root causes of poor health, including chronic diseases that leave people more vulnerable to public health events and disasters. The urgency to address these social and community factors has never been greater. This work can’t be done without our partners and this funding is helping these organizations remain strong through the pandemic.”
EHF’s COVID-19 grants supported community clinics serving low-income Texans, behavioral and mental health organizations, nonprofits offering enrollment in health and other benefit programs, organizations promoting early childhood brain development, and groups raising community voice on health inequality issues. All of the organizations that received these COVID-19 grants are current EHF grantees working within the foundation’s strategic plan to improve health, not just health care in Texas. In addition to added demand and additional costs, many of these organizations are also transitioning to telehealth and remote services during the pandemic.
Along with grant funding, EHF’s COVID-19 response plan includes an emergency loan program for grantees, technical assistance to help organizations apply for government aid programs, and an extensive research project related to COVID-19 similar to EHF’s groundbreaking survey conducted after Hurricane Harvey that will be released later this fall.
EHF COVID-19 grant recipients
Community Clinics:
These clinics operate on the front lines and are sustaining significant financial losses as a result of decreased reimbursement and increased expenses associated with response to the pandemic. Grants will fund personnel-related costs, equipment, and new and emergency needs in order to continue patient care.
AccessHealth (Fort Bend County)
$185,000
Avenue 360 Health & Wellness (Houston)
$100,000
Baylor College of Medicine – Teen Health Clinic (Houston)
$100,000
CommUnityCare (Austin)
$100,000
Community Health Network (Alvin)
$185,000
El Centro de Corazon (Houston)
$170,000
Family Health Center (Waco)
$185,000
Genesis PrimeCare (Marshall)
$100,000
HOPE Clinic (Houston)
$170,000
Legacy Community Health (Houston)
$185,000
Lone Star Circle of Care (Austin)
$185,000
Lone Star Family Health Center (Conroe)
$85,846
Matagorda Episcopal Health Outreach Program (MEHOP) (Bay City)
$185,000
Northwest Assistance Ministries (Houston)
$100,000
Palacios Community Medical Center (Palacios)
$25,000
People’s Community Clinic (Austin)
$170,000
Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast (Houston)
$104,800
Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas (Tyler and Waco)
$65,000
Spring Branch Community Health Center (Houston)
$185,000
St. Paul Children’s Foundation (Tyler)
$50,000
Tejas Health Care (La Grange)
$50,000
The Rose (Houston)
$100,000
Vecino Health Centers (Houston)
$185,000
Early Childhood Brain Development:
Partners provide programs and services in alignment with EHF’s strategy to improve maternal health outcomes and optimize early childhood brain development and is adapting work to maintain critical supports in response to the pandemic. Grants will fund equipment and new and emergency needs.
AVANCE Austin
$30,000
Angelina County & Cities Health District (Nacogdoches)
$90,000
Episcopal Relief and Development
$50,000
Nurse Family Partnership (Statewide)
$92,800
Mama Sana Vibrant Woman (Austin)
$25,000
Partners in Parenting (Austin)
$22,320
Rupani Foundation (Houston)
$32,000
Santa Maria Hostel (Houston)
$140,000
Enrollment & Benefits Assistance:
These organizations work to enroll individuals and families for health insurance and other benefit programs and are experiencing large increases in demand during the COVID-19 crisis. Grants will fund additional technology, equipment and other related costs for enrollment services and to begin remote assistance for those services.
The Beacon of Downtown Houston
$145,187
Boat People S.O.S (Houston)
$10,000
Casa Marianella (Austin)
$90,000
ECHOS (Houston)
$130,000
Every Texan (Austin)
$77,810
Foundation Communities (Austin)
$70,000
Memorial Assistance Ministries (Houston)
$130,000
North Pasadena Community Outreach (Pasadena)
$56,062
SEARCH Homeless Services (Houston)
$133,383
Mental & Behavioral Health:
Local mental health authorities, behavioral health organizations, and advocacy groups. Grants will provide personnel and equipment support to allow them to continue providing patient care, including realignment to telehealth services.
Andrews Center (Tyler)
$100,000
Community Healthcore (Longview)
$144,027
The Council on Recovery (Houston)
$100,000
Family Service Center (Galveston)
$50,000
Integral Care (Austin)
$100,000
Mental Health America of Greater Houston
$75,000
Network of Behavioral Health Providers, Inc. (Houston)
$25,000
Samaritan Counseling Center of East Texas (Tyler)
$95,000
Samaritan Counseling Center of Southeast Texas (Port Arthur)
$92,900
Spindletop Center (Beaumont)
$100,000
Texana Center (Fort Bend County)
$75,000
Raising Community Voice:
Partner raises community voice on inequality issues impacting underserved families during the pandemic and is experiencing revenue loss and increased expenses associated with response. Grants will fund personnel related costs and equipment needs to continue serving under-resourced communities.
Austin Interfaith Sponsoring Committee
$60,600
Avenue Community Development Corporation (Houston)
$25,500
Communities for Better Health (Houston)
$30,580
Go! Austin/Vamos! Austin
$70,000
Gulf Coast Leadership Council (Houston)
$61,300
Neighborhood Recovery Community Development Corporation (Houston)
$18,000
Texas Organizing Project Education Fund (Houston)
$20,000
The Immunization Partnership (Statewide)
$30,000
Young Invincibles (Statewide)
$117,260
Other organizations:
BakerRipley (Houston)
$97,325
Community service organization rapidly responding to maintain services to community members. Grant supports equipment needs to continue serving under-resourced communities.
Children’s Defense Fund (Statewide)
$25,000
Partner offers systems level advocacy and benefits enrollment service to address access to comprehensive care for underserved populations in pronounced need during the pandemic. Grant supports equipment and personnel-related costs.
Northeast Texas Public Health District (Tyler)
$92,300
Public health department operates on the front lines and is sustaining significant financial losses as a result of increased expenses associated with response to the pandemic. Grant supports personnel-related costs and equipment.
The Texas Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy (Statewide)
$100,000
Partner offers frontline provider training and systems level advocacy to address access to comprehensive care for underserved populations in pronounced need during the pandemic. Grant supports personnel-related costs.
