Medica Foundation

Filing Period

Jan 1, 2011 to Dec 31, 2011

Signed

Nov 12, 2012

Return Version

2011v1.2

Gross Receipts

$4,505,089

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Early childhood healthgrant recipients received $296,545 in funding from the medica foundation in 2011. These projects focused on the social and emotional health of young children. Sample projects include:altru health foundationgrand forks, nd grant amount: $30,000.00implement an autism screening clinic four times per year. This program provides children from 0-12 years with screenings and evaluations by pediatricians, case managers, behavioral health specialists, dieticians, and occupational, speech, and physical therapists all in one day.canvas healthoakdale, minn. Grant amount: $30,000.00support programs for children ages 0-5 who display severe emotional and disruptive behaniors, offering parents, and care providers in-home and childcare-based intervention, therapeutic classes and education focused on school readiness. Central minnesota task force on battered womenst. Cloud, minn. Grant amount: $30,000.00expand the children exposed to violence program, one of the nation's first programs for early mental health screening, assessments and services for children within domestic violence shelters.comunidades latinas unidas en serviciominneapolis, minn. Grant amount: $30,000.00support the family enhancement program to help at-risk latino families develop healthy parenting skills and foster home environments that nuture healthy child development.dakota county farmington, minn. Grant amount: $30,000.00expand the metro alliance for healthy families home visiting services, an outreach program of hennepin county medical center to first-time mothers who face multiple stressors. This program is a partnership of nine twin cities metro counties, the city of bloomington and eight non-profit agencies.genesis ii for familiesminneapolis, minn. Grant amount: $30,000.00expand the therapeutic parent child interaction program for teen parents and their infants. This program provides hands-on coaching to improve the attachment between parent and child, and improve the child's social/emotional development.greater minneapolis crisis nursery golden valley, minn. Grant amount: $30,000.00support the parent education and parent support group program to promote nurturing, attachment and knowledge of parenting and child development, and reduce risk factors associated with abuse and neglect.pact for families collaborative (putting all communities together)willmar, minn. Grant amount: $30,000.00expand the incredible years parenting classes in a five-county rural area of minnesota by engaging high-risk parents impacted by poverty, cultural isolation and their child's delayed social/emotional development.pillsbury united communitiesminneapolis, minn. Grant amount: $30,000.00support the be@school program to improve the social and emotional health of children ages 6-12 years through early intervention in truancy cases, and promoting social and behavorial challenges for healthy growth and development.southeastern north dakota community action agencyfargo, nd grant amount: $26,544.64introduce an electronic screening tool caregivers can use to apply for head start services, speed the screening/assessment process and access training for parents on the waiting list.

Activity 3

Emergency room utilizationin 2011, the medica foundation provided $198,403 in funding to projects that focus on reducing inappropriate emergency room utilization. Sample projects and the amount of funding provided include:catholic charities of saint paul & minneapolisminneapolis, minn. Grant amount: $30,000.00support a part-time nurse for the transitional recuperative care (trc) program. This demonstration project for homeless adults suffering from illness or injury, seeks to reduce emergency room readmission rates and costs associated with unnecessary use.courage centerminneapolis, minn. Grant amount: $30,000.00expand and institutionalize care coordination activities in the disability primary care clinic by maintaining the current patient population's low rate of emergency room visits and hospitalizations. Additionally, reduce the reate of inappropriate emergency room admissions and hospitalizations for new patients.emergency & community health outreachst. Paul, minn. Grant amount: $30,000.00creat four videos and a curriculum guide for esl classrooms statewide to explain the proper use of emergency room services in four languages, spanish, hmong, somali and lot-literacy english.lifecare medical centerroseau, minn. Grant amount: $18,403.00support a chronic disease management clinical care coordinator to follow up by phone with patients recently discharged from area hospitals to review their discharge plan, reconcile their medication and review appropriate steps to take if a problem arises. Lutheran social service of minnesotast. Paul, minn. Grant amount: $30,000.00reduce inappropraite emergency room utilization by at-risk youth in the duluth area by providing medical preventive services and preventive education.minnesota visiting nursing agencyminneapolis, minn. Grant amount: $30,000.00support the hospital to home (h2h) project, a partnership between mvna and the hennepin county medical center to reduce inappropriate emergency room utilization and hospital readmissions among patients diagnosed with congestive heart failure. Follow-up nursing care helps patients understand, monitor and successfully manage their condition at home.portico healthnetst. Paul, minn. Grant amount: $30,000.00support the community health care navigation pilot, a program of children's hospitals addressing the psychosocial, financial and practical issues that result in inappropriate emergency room utilization by uninsured patients and those enrolled in minnesota health care programs.

Filer

EIN

41-1812461