Central Oregon Health Quality Alliance

1230 Ne 3rd St A-200 - Bend - OR 97701, Oregon

Latest Filing: 2023

Total Assets: $281,764

Total Giving: $211,275

Grants: 7

Median Grant: $37,500

Central Oregon Health Quality Alliance is a 990pf foundation in Oregon with assets of $280K.

2023 Summary

$281,764

Total Assets

$211,275

Funding Awarded

Grants Given

$37,500

Median Grant

$40,000

Largest Grant

$11,275

Smallest Grant

2023 Recipients

Recipient	Award	Location	Purpose
Treehouse Therapies Associates	$40,000	Bend, OREGON	Treehouse Therapies Is Partnering With The Confederated Tribes Of Warm Springs And The Central Oregon Disabilities Support Network(codsn)to Open A Therapeutic Clinic And Directly Serve Children With Special Needs Who Live In The Warm Springs Community And The Surrounding Areas. Currently, There Are No Such Services In That Community And Families Must Drive To Redmond And B End To Access Therapy For Their Children. Coupled With Insurance And Financial Limitations, Often These Children Have To Forgo Therapy. The Funding Will Go Towards Paying Physical, Occupational, And Behavioral Therapists From Treehouse To Be Based Out Of A New Clinic In The Warm Springs Early Childhood Education Center To Reduce The Barriers To Accessing High Quality Care For Children In Warm Springs.
One Community Health	$40,000	Hood River, OREGON	This Pilot Is A Collaborative Effort In Hood River And Wasco Counties That Will Serve Medically Frail Older Adult Patients, With A Commitment To Increasing Services To Latin X And Indigenous Patients With In Home, Patient Centered And Integrated Care And Advocacy Support Delivered By Community Health Workers(ch Ws). Based On The Evidence Based Grace Team Care Model, The Pilot Is Spearheaded By The Older Adult Working Group Of The Clinical Advisory Panel For The Columbia Gorge Health Council In Partnership With One Community Health And The Bridges To Health Pathways Program. Funding Will Support The Adaptation And Piloting Of New Older Adult Protocols For Ch Ws, Codifying Protocols, And Developing Related Continuing Education Opportunities For Pilot Staff And Ch Ws Regionally And Across The State.
The Peacful Presence	$37,500	Bend, OREGON	The Peaceful Presence Is A Non Profit That Works To Reimagine The Way Communities Talk About, Plan For And Experience Serious Illness And The End Of Life. Evidence Shows That The Rate Of Advance Care Directive Completion In The General Population Is Around 30% Of Adults; In The Unhoused And Bipoc Populations It Is Even Lower. This Funding Will Support An Initiative To Improve Proactive Planning For Serious Illness And End Of Life Care For Maginalized, Vulnerable And Unhoused Populations In Central Oregon. The Organization Envisions A Community Where Every Individual Has The Planning, Support, And Care To Die Where And How They Prefer.
Central Oregon Health Council	$37,500	Bend, OREGON	This Project Is A Collaboration Between Researches At Oregon State University Cascades, St. Charles Health System's Nutrition And Diabetes Manager, And The Central Oregon Health Council(cohc) To Bring Together Multiple Disciplines To Address To Address A Longstanding Issue In Healthcare Delivery That Affects Diabetic Patients And Patients At Risk For Malnutrition. Currently, The Method Of Tracking Nutritional Intake In An Inpatient Setting Is Subjective, Unreliable And Gathered Depending On The Capacity Of The Care Team. The Researchers From Osu Bring Expertise From The Fields Of Computer Science, Food & Beverage, Business Administration, And Mechanical Engineering To Enhance And Test A Prototype That Uses Image Recognition Technology, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence(ai), And Cloud Computing Resources To Track And Quantify Nutritional Intake In An In Patient Setting To Provide An Accurate Data Point For Care Teams To Make Proactive Care Decisions. The Funding Will Toward Comp
Deschutes County Health Services	$30,000	Bend, OREGON	Central Oregon's Perinatal Care Coordination(pcc) Is A Community Developed And Public Health Led Program To Assist Pregnant And Postpartum Individuals In Central Oregon Access Health Insurance, Prenatal Care, Nutritional Services, And Other Referrals With Ease And Dignity. The Pcc Program Was Developed By Deschutes County Perinatal Care Coordinators And Implemented In 2016 In Response To Central Oregon's Worsening Maternal Health And Birth Outcomes. The Program Now Serves Approximately 60% Of All Pregnant Persons In Central Oregon, Mostly Low Income And Vulnerable Populations. In March 2021, Oregon Health Authorities Healthier Together Featured Pcc As A Promising Model And Intervention For Improving Maternal Health And Birth Outcomes Across Oregon. This Funding Will Help Create A Comprehensive Handbook To Assist Other Communities With Establishing A Similar Program, As Well As To Establish An Evaluation Methodology To Continuously Measure The Effects Of The Program.
The Shield	$15,000	Bend, OREGON	The Shield Works To Eliminate Barriers To Accessing Mental Health Services For Veterans. Their Process Consists Of A Network Of Trauma Informed, Culturally Competent Mental Health Providers Ready To Offer An Appointment To Veterans Within 5 Days. As A Trusted, Collaborative Community Resource That Receives Referrals From Partners Like The Central Oregon Veterans Council, Central Oregon Suicide Prevention Alliance, St. Charles, And Central Oregon Veteran's Ranch, We Are Pleased Our Funding Will Offer Our Veterans 100 Hours Of Free Counseling Through The Shield.
Camp Fire Of Central Oregon	$11,275	Bend, OREGON	Pilot A Latinx Youth Outdoor Program For Underserved Community.

$211,275

State

Total

OR

Oregon

$211,275

Contacts

Name	Phone	Title
KIM BANGERTER MBA		President/Sec.
KIM BANGERTER MBA		Signing Officer

Historical Financials

Year	Total Assets	Total Giving	Grants	Median Grant	Max Grant	Min Grant
2023	$281,764	$211,275	7	$37,500	$40,000	$11,275