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    Project Heart: Healthy Empowerment to Access Resources Together

    Project Overview

    3rd Funding Cycle Impact Award
         Project Start Date: 7/1/2007
         Project End Date: 6/30/2010

    Project Goal Statement: The aim of Project Heart is to expand an existing community academic partnership to implement a health improvement model focused on increased access to health screening, preventive education and advocacy for underserved women who are involved with the criminal justice system in Milwaukee.

    Original Award Amount: $450,000
    Adjusted Award Amount: $403,028*

    Community Partners:
    Primary Community Partner: Bread of Healing Clinic
    Additional community partner organization names:

    • Community Advocates
    • Horizons Inc.

    Academic Partners:
    Primary Academic Partner: Ann M. Maguire, MD, MPH, Department of Medicine
    Additional Academic Partner: Daniel Eastwood, Department of Population Health

    Project Progress Summary Reports:
         Project Progress Report Summary July 2007 - June 2008
         Project Progress Report Summary July 2008 - June 2009
         Project Progress Report Summary July 2009 - December 2009
         Project Final Report Summary    

    Affiliated Web Pages:
         Bread of Healing Clinic
         Community Advocates

    Project Dissemination Efforts (as reported by project partners)

    • Outreach Materials/Events
      • Developed an electronic Health Resource Guide for Justice Involved Women

    *In 2009 award amounts, based on the remaining budget, were adjusted to reflect the decline in endowment asset value due to the downturn in the economy.