• Grant Deadlines: LOI due August 23, applications due September 9
• Medical interpreter training scholarships available
• PIC Network Luncheon - Homelessness: Securing Safe, Affordable Housing
• 23% of local residents skip medical appointments because they lack a ride
• Farmer Paul Fields joins HEAL Markets

The St. Joseph Community Health Foundation now requests a Letter of Intent (LOI) briefly summarizing your funding needs before completing a full grant application. Each LOI will be reviewed, and feedback will be provided within two weeks of submission. Applicants will be notified if they are to proceed with the grant application. We hope this will provide better insight into our Board‘s current funding priorities and respect grantees' time.

Letters of Intent must be submitted by August 23.

Approved applicants must submit their grant applications by September 9, 2024.

Applicants will receive a funding decision by December 6, 2024. 

How to Apply

Fort Wayne continues to be a welcoming home for refugees and immigrants, with at least 10% being foreign-born. The St. Joseph Community Health Foundation has prioritized helping immigrants just as its sponsor, the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ, did when they came to Fort Wayne in 1868 to minister to German immigrants at the request of Bishop John Luers.

One strategy the St. Joe Foundation uses to advance health access for immigrants is to support the training of medical interpreters in quality, evidence-based interpretation practices. Jackie Martinez, St. Joe Foundation’s Community Impact Director, explains, “We believe that training interpreters in best practices is vital to bridging language and cultural gaps between patients and providers and improving health outcomes in our community." 

Grantees and community partners can apply for scholarships of up to $650 per person from the St. Joe Foundation to fund the education of their bilingual staff and volunteers to become medical interpreters.

Several upcoming interpreter training opportunities are available. Click below to learn more.

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A panel of local experts will explain the housing issue facing families and pregnant women and present some regional strategies and resources available. Panelists will include Stasia Roth, Founder of A Mother’s Hope, and Jennifer Rutowski-Smith, Homelessness Strategy Manager from United Way of Allen County, among other local experts.

Thursday, September 5

11:30 – 1 PM with lunch provided

Fort Wayne Public Library

Rooms A, B, C, Main Library

900 Library Plaza, Fort Wayne 46802

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In 2000, the St. Joseph Community Health Foundation made one of its first grants, a $160,000 grant, to help launch a new organization, the Community Transportation Network (CTN). The goal was to provide transportation for the elderly and people with disabilities to their medical appointments.   

Since then, CTN has provided transportation to our community’s most vulnerable populations for rides to routine medical appointments, ongoing therapies, dialysis, cancer treatments, and more. These rides are crucial for the health and well-being of low-income seniors and people with disabilities. Offering community-based support is also far cheaper than having repeated emergency room visits, re-hospitalizations, and institutional long-term care. St. Joe Foundation has provided ongoing support totaling over $1M to CTN to help...

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Meet the newest HEAL newest farmer, Paul Fields, from Farmer Charlie's Legacy (FCL) Farms! FCL Farms is run by Farmer Charlie's daughter, son-in-law, and two grandchildren. Paul has this to say about joining the HEAL Markets:

"Farmer Charlie's Legacy is looking forward to continuing Farmer Charlie's commitment to the community by growing and supplying locally grown produce to everyone."

Please help us welcome Paul and his family at the HEAL markets!

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