2^nd Funding Cycle Funded Projects

Posted on March 17, 2006

The Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Program is pleased to announce funding awards totaling $6,060,692 for 26 community-medical school partnerships in two categories:

DEVELOPMENT AWARDS - designed to support a range of health promotion or health-related prevention project ideas, including, but not limited to: planning or evaluation activities of a project or partnership, pilot project feasibility testing or implementation of a project, limited to up to $50,000 per award. 13 Development proposals received funding awards totaling $674,415. View the Site Visit Summary Report.

IMPACT AWARDS - designed to support a range of project ideas, including but not limited to: implementation of a health promotion or health-related prevention project, program and / or partnership with significant impact; or, implementation of capacity building strategies that will have significant impact on a health-related organization, sector, or system, limited to up to $450,000 per award. 12 Impact proposals received funding awards totaling $5,386,277.

The response generated by this second Request for Proposals (RFP) was strong, with over 300 community and Medical College of Wisconsin partners submitting 132 notices of intent with project ideas to develop strong community / medical school partnerships and impact residents throughout Wisconsin communities. Of these, 113 full proposals met technical eligibility and underwent competitive merit review by a National Review Panel and the MCW Consortium on Public and Community Health. 

The projects award funding, as well as their community and academic partners, are listed below in alphabetical order. Click here for a PDF overview of the funded projects.

 

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 Development Awards

 

Project Title	Arsenic in Wisconsin's Residential Drinking Water: Planning for Action
Description	This project will increase the capacity of the environmental health community to comprehensively address elevated arsenic levels in residential drinking water. [Read more]
Award Amount	$50,000
Community Partners	Winnebago County Health Department; Outagamie County Public Health Division; Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources; Wisconsin Division of Public Health (Environmental and Occupational Health); Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey; Center for Watershed Science and Education; University of Wisconsin Extension, Winnebago County; University of Wisconsin Madison, School of Nursing
Academic Partners	Syed Ahmed, MD, MPH - Family and Community Medicine

 

 

 

Project Title	Cognition and Outreach Service Delivery to Aging Seniors
Description	This project will develop a model to allow community outreach programs to more effectively provide services to cognitively impaired seniors by utilizing health science students seeking experience in service delivery to seniors and health sciences faculty experienced in delivering geriatric home care. [Read More]
Award Amount	$49,628
Community Partners	Carroll College; Interfaith Caregiving Network
Academic Partners	Edith Burns, MD - Medicine

 

 

 

Project Title	Community Mobilization Initiative Addressing Disparities in STDs and Unintended Pregnancies
Description	This initiative seeks to improve sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and adolescent pregnancy prevention outcomes for minority, uninsured youth in Milwaukee through new community planning and mobilization efforts.  [Read More]
Award Amount	$50,000
Community Partners	City of Milwaukee Health Department; Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services, Division of Public Health; Health Care Education & Training, Inc.
Academic Partners	Wendi Ehrman MD - Pediatrics; Seth Foldy, MD, MPH - Family and Community Medicine

 

 

 

Project Title	Developing Strategies: Improving the Health of LGBT People of Color
Description	The purpose of this project is to analyze 2005 needs assessment data, recruit partners, support leadership development, and develop strategies for programming that will improve health disparities that exist for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people of color in Southeast Wisconsin.  [Read More] View a thematic poster.
Award Amount	$50,000
Community Partners	Diverse and Resilient,  Inc.
Academic Partners	David Seal, PhD - Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine

 

  

 

Project Title	Elder Health Upholders
Description	This project aims to improve health outcomes for southeastern Wisconsin's African American older adults through the use of uniquely trained volunteers who will provide culturally appropriate health education, social support and health advocacy through churches where these volunteers and older adults are members. [Read More]
Award Amount	$50,000
Community Partners	Covenant Healthcare Systems, Inc.
Academic Partners	Jeffrey Morzinski, PhD – Family and Community Medicine

 

 

 

Project Title	Healthy Teeth = Healthy Kids
Description	An oral health action plan will be developed by community stakeholders in Milwaukee as a result of a community assessment, that once implemented, will result in the reduction of dental disease, need for treatment and elimination of chronic mouth pain among children. [Read More]
Award Amount	$45,627
Community Partners	Children's Health Alliance of Wisconsin; CHW Dental Center; Marquette University School of Dentistry; Milwaukee Public Schools
Academic Partners	Earnestine Willis, MD, MPH - Pediatrics

 

 

 

Project Title	Integrating Peer Support Throughout the Behavioral Health Continuum of Care
Description	The intent of this project is to develop a cost-effective, transformative service and to integrate this unique treatment modality throughout the public and private behavioral health care delivery systems in Milwaukee and Waukesha County. [Read More] View a thematic poster.
Award Amount	$50,000
Community Partners	Milwaukee County, Behavioral Health Division; Waukesha County Department of Human Services; Our Space, Inc.; Mental Health Association in Waukesha County, Inc.; Grass Roots Empowerment Project, Inc.
Academic Partners	Jon Gudeman, MD - Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine; Jon Berlin, MD - Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine

 

   

Project Title	NEW Leadership Wisconsin: Building Health Policy Leadership Capacity
Description	This project aims to plan a pilot version of a public and community health policy development module for inclusion in the summer 2007 New Leadership Development Program (NLDP) at Mount Mary College. [Read More]
Award Amount	$50,000
Community Partners	Mount Mary College
Academic Partners	Ann Maguire, MD, MPH - Medicine

 

  

 

Project Title	Northwest Wisconsin Falls Prevention Collaborative (NWFPC)
Description	Northwest Wisconsin Falls Prevention Collaborative, formed with Barron, Douglas and Washburn medical, social service, and volunteer organizations will work in partnership with the Medical College of Wisconsin to develop organizational system practices to prevent falls in older adults. [Read More]
Award Amount	$45,588
Community Partners	Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc.; Lakeview Medical Center; Washburn County Health and Human Services; Washburn County Unit of Aging; University of Wisconsin Superior; Spooner Health System; Barron County Aging & Disability Resource Center
Academic Partners	Peter Layde, MD, MSc   - Health Policy Institute

 

 

 

Project Title	Saber Para La Gente / Knowledge For The People
Description	Saber Para La Gente will test an innovative method to enhance the knowledge about Latino health disparities in Wisconsin through qualitative information drawn from descriptions of those who experience them, using theatre as a tool. [Read More] View thematic poster.
Award Amount	$50,000
Community Partners	Marquette University College of Nursing; Milwaukee Public Theatre; Spanish Centers of Racine, Kenosha and Walworth Inc.; Wisconsin Division of Public Health
Academic Partners	Christine Cronk, ScD - Pediatrics

 

   

 

Project Title	Safety Starts at Home
Description	Because the majority of injuries in young children occur in and around the home, educating at-risk families on how to create a safer environment for their children and providing them with the tools to do so will result in increased awareness and a reduction in unintentional injuries.   [Read More]
Award Amount	$34,619
Community Partners	City of Milwaukee Health Department; Milwaukee Fire Department; United Community Center; YMCA of Metro Milwaukee; Children's Health & Hospital
Academic Partners	Andrea Winthrop, MD – Surgery; Stephen Hargarten, MD, MPH – Emergency Medicine; Suzanne Brixey, MD – Pediatrics; Lisa Uherick, MD – Pediatrics; Ann Christiansen – Emergency Medicine; Mary Czinner – Emergency Medicine; Hongyan Yang – Family and Community Medicine

  

     

Project Title	Strengthening Public Health Policymaking for a Healthier Milwaukee
Description	A partnership between the City of Milwaukee Health Department and the Medical College of Wisconsin will result in the development of a model outline to guide local level public health policymaking to improve the health of Milwaukee's residents.  [Read More]
Award Amount	$49,816
Community Partners	City of Milwaukee Health Department
Academic Partners	Stephen Hargarten, MD - Emergency Medicine; John Meurer, MD, MBA - Pediatrics

 

 

 

Project Title	The Wisconsin Center for Health Communication: Pathways to Implement
Description	This project will convene public health system and other stakeholders to develop a plan to establish a Wisconsin Center for Health Communications: it will serve as a multimedia resource and infrastructure for public health communications and health marketing. [Read More]
Award Amount	$50,000
Community Partners	Wisconsin Public Health Association
Academic Partners	Alan David, MD - Family and Community Medicine; Seth Foldy, MD - Family and Community Medicine

 

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 Impact Awards

  

Project Title	Building Community Capacity: GAMP Chronic Disease Management Initiative
Description	The GAMP Chronic Disease Management Initiative will utilize case management to improve patient self-management skills, improve health outcomes, and increase the effective use of health resources for 625 indigent, uninsured persons suffering from chronic disease and establish a model for replication throughout the GAMP system. [Read More]
Award Amount	$449,970
Community Partners	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee College of Nursing; City of Milwaukee; Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital; Milwaukee Continuum of Care; 16th Street Community Health Center; WPS; Wisconsin Health and Hospital Association; Milwaukee County Department of Health and Human Services
Academic Partners	Joan Bedinghaus, MD - Family and Community Medicine; Ann Maguire, MD, MPH - Medicine

   

 

 

Project Title	Citywide Nutrition and Physical Activity for Urban Children & Families
Description	Implement a curriculum of educational and physical activities in 8 central city neighborhood centers that improves the nutrition and physical activity of ethnically diverse children ages 3 to 18 and their adult caregivers to prevent or lower the risks of health problems related to overweight, poor diet and lack of exercise. [Read More]
Award Amount	$450,000
Community Partners	United Neighborhood Centers of Milwaukee; University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, College of Nursing
Academic Partners	John Meurer, MD, MBA - Pediatrics

  

 

 

Project Title	Community Connections to Promote Independent Living (CCPIL)
Description	The purpose of CCPIL is to create a coordinated health care system in rural Wood and Marathon counties for older adults with chronic conditions that focuses on strengthening patients' ability to manage their own care through community-based services and self-management support. [Read More]
Award Amount	$450,000
Community Partners	Aging and Disability Resource Center of Marathon County; Marshfield Clinic
Academic Partners	Jeff Whittle, MD, MPH - Medicine/Primary Care

   

  

 

Project Title	Empowering Individuals to Improve Their Hypertension Control through Peer Support
Description	This intervention will establish a network of peer support groups to encourage superior blood pressure control and reduce the associated risk of death and disability among elderly members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW). [Read More] View a thematic poster.
Award Amount	$450,000
Community Partners	Clement Zablocki VA Medical Center; Department of Wisconsin VFW
Academic Partners	Jeff Whittle, MD, MPH - Medicine; Jeff Morzinski, PhD - Family Medicine

  

 

 

Project Title	Family Risk Reduction Intervention With Female Juvenile Delinquents
Description	This project will implement a family-systems prevention program for adolescent females who have been referred to juvenile court which promotes sustained abstinence from delinquency and other risk behavior, as well as improved mental health, family function, and family communication. [Read More]
Award Amount	$436,601
Community Partners	New Concept Self-Development Center; Milwaukee County Department of Health and Human Services,      Court and Delinquency Service
Academic Partners	David Seal, PhD - Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine

 

  

 

Project Title	Fight Asthma Milwaukee Allies: Improving Access to Quality Asthma Care
Description	Improving Access to Quality Asthma Care will strengthen collaborative efforts among parents of children with asthma and their families, childcare centers, schools, community agencies, and healthcare providers, to advocate for and improve the accessibility and quality of asthma care for thousands of Milwaukee children. [Read More]
Award Amount	$450,000
Community Partners	Children's Hospital and Health System; Family House; City of Milwaukee Health Department; American Lung Association of Wisconsin; Covenant Healthcare; Health & Wellness Enterprises, LLC; Covenant Home Health & Hospice, Inc.; Aurora Health Care, Inc.; Milwaukee Area Health Education Center; Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee; Milwaukee Public Schools
Academic Partners	John R. Meurer, MD, MBA - Pediatrics, Jane Brotanek, MD, MPH - Pediatrics

  

  

 

Project Title	Healthier Cumberland
Description	This project will build a community culture of healthy lifestyle behaviors and an environment that sustains a Healthier Cumberland. [Read More]
Award Amount	$450,000
Community  Partners	Cumberland Memorial Hospital; Cumberland School District; 3M Cumberland; Augustana Lutheran Church
Academic  Partners	Jane Morley Kotchen, MD - Health Policy Institute

 

 

 

Project Title	Healthier Workforce 2009: Improving Health & Employability of Welfare-to-Work Participants
Description	Healthier Workforce 2009 Improving the Health & Employability of Welfare-to-Work Participants will reduce health related barriers to employment and improve the health status of Wisconsin Works (W-2) participants. [Read More]
Award Amount	$450,000
Community Partners	Community Advocates, Inc.; MAXIMUS, Inc.
Academic Partners	Ann Maguire, MD, MPH - Medicine

 

 

Project Title	Improving Access to Quality Dementia Care Services in Underserved Rural Wisconsin
Description	The overall purpose of this initiative is to promote the health and well being of Wisconsin residents affected by Alzheimer's disease and related disorders and their families and in particular those people who reside in traditionally underserved rural and minority communities of our state.  [Read More]
Award Amount	$450,000
Community Partners	Alzheimer's Association
Academic Partners	Diana Kerwin, MD - Medicine

 

 

 

Project Title	Milwaukee Cares
Description	Milwaukee Cares will substantially improve the health status of uninsured residents of Milwaukee County by providing appropriate access to free episodic, primary and specialty care; hospital services; and medication through the creation of a voluntary network of physicians, health professionals, hospitals and pharmaceutical services. [Read More]
Award Amount	$450,000
Community Partners	Medical Society of Milwaukee County
Academic Partners	Theodore MacKinney, MD - Medicine

   

  

 

Project Title	Milwaukee Kids: Drive Me Safely-Drive for Health
Description	Since motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of injury and death in Wisconsin, all children, regardless of socioeconomic status should have access to the appropriate car or booster seat to decrease their morbidity and mortality as a result of motor vehicle crashes. [Read More]
Award Amount	$450,000
Community Partners	YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee, Inc.; Aurora Health Care - Aurora WIC Program; Milwaukee Health Services, Inc; Children's Hospital and Health System
Academic Partners	Suzanne Brixey, MD – Pediatrics; Stephen Hargarten, MD, MPH – Emergency Medicine; Lisa Uherick, MD – Pediatrics; Andrea Winthrop, MD - Surgery

 

 

Project Title	Strong Rural Communities Initiative (SRCI)
Description	The purpose of the Strong Rural Communities Initiative (SRCI) is to improve health indicators for selected rural communities in Wisconsin and significantly accelerate making collaboration for prevention the norm, not the exception, in rural Wisconsin. [Read More]
Award Amount	$449,706
Community Partners	Rural Health Development Council; Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative
Academic Partners	Syed M. Ahmed, MD, MPH - Family and Community Medicine