Print Article 11/02/2011
The Home Nursing Agency Foundation, a community benefit, non-profit organization, recently awarded 27 Mission Grants totaling $120,000 to Agency programs and services that will directly impact patient care and services provided in the home and in the community.
Since 1968, the Home Nursing Agency Foundation’s mission is to provide financial support to create, improve or enhance the programs and services of Home Nursing Agency that ultimately results in a benefit to the individual, the family and the community. The Foundation welcomes all private and public donations—the lifeblood of Mission Grants, and all donations are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law. To make a donation, please click here or call 1-800-992-2554.
For more information about the Home Nursing Agency Foundation and how Mission Grants make an impact in the lives of individuals and families served by the Agency, please contact Pam Seasoltz, Director of Development, at 1-800-445-6262 ext. 2565 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
The following programs and services were awarded Mission Grants for the 2011-2012 fiscal year:
Hospice – Emergency funding to help individuals who are suffering from a terminal illness maintain the family unit in a safe, warm, healthy environment by assisting with emergency utility or fuel costs, medications and other situations easing the emotional and physical challenges occurring at the end of life.
Hospice Volunteers - To provide comfort and care to patients in need of bed sheets, hospital gowns, fleece blankets, and bed socks.
Hospice Bereavement - To purchase the textbook “Understanding Your Grief” and journals for use with Hospice families and with follow-up bereavement services.
Hospice/Children’s Bereavement “Bridge” Program - To provide supplies for in-home bereavement support visits with children who are anticipating the pending death of a significant family member to create activities and projects that will assist in “memory making” between the Hospice patient and the child.
Healing Patch – Children’s Grief Center - To supplement overhead costs that will continue to provide grief support for children and their families at no charge.
Healing Patch – Children’s Grief Center - To supplement a summer event program offered to Healing Patch participants and volunteers to help maintain connections during non-programming months.
Home Health - Emergency funding for patients and families who are receiving home care and therapies in the home but lack life’s necessities, i.e. nutritional supplements, bathing aides (such as grab bar, shower chair or hand-held shower), bedding, and emergency medications that they are unable to afford.
Pediatric Private Duty - To pay for additional shifts of nursing care, respite and social services support for children in this program who are technology-dependent or suffering from chronic, life limiting disabilities.
Pediatric Private Duty – To purchase therapeutic items needed by the child that will help to ensure/maintain the child’s comfort and provide education and stimulation, i.e. toys for special needs children.
Adult Day Services - To provide additional support to the individual and their caregivers who need additional hours/days of services but do not have the financial means.
ACEL – Adult Center for Exceptional Learning - To support individuals who go over their funding allocation cap as well as help those who are on emergency waiting list for services.
Center for Counseling - To provide treatment to those who would otherwise not receive counseling services because of no insurance, unaffordable co-pays or deductibles.
Center for Counseling Art Therapy Program – Adult - To support the art therapy program that encourages expression and healing through the use of art.
Adult Partial Hospitalization - To help individuals with a mental health diagnosis who cannot afford treatment co-payments even when insurance is available.
Behavioral Health - Adult – To assist behavioral health clients who are experiencing unexpected emergencies or when an individual has minimal income.
Children and Adolescents Partial Hospitalization - To stock the “rewards store,” an incentive-based program that changes children’s negative behaviors into positive ones with the use of a rewards system.
Behavioral Health -Children/Adolescent - To fund personal/hygiene products, cleaning products, food, seasonal clothing items and other daily living needs of children and teens served by the Behavioral Health program.
Behavioral Health Rehabilitation Services (Children and Adolescents) to assist with community activity fees for children and teens receiving services who otherwise do not have the means to participate or pay for.
Drug and Alcohol Services (Intensive Outpatient, Adult Individual Outpatient, Adult Partial Hospitalization) - For those individuals who cannot afford their private insurance co-pays for outpatient services but are in need of continued treatment.
Early Intervention - To purchase therapeutic supplies, including ambulatory equipment, electronic language boards, puzzles for cognitive and sensory development , and visual tracking devices for children with physical and mental disabilities.
Nurse Family Partnership - To purchase age-appropriate, hands-on toys and educational supplies as well as prenatal and parenting education materials for low-income, first-time moms and their babies.
AIDS Intervention Project - To fund personal care/hygiene items, cleaning supplies, vitamins and dietary supplements and assist homeless individuals and families dealing with HIV/AIDS.
Women, Infants & Children (WIC) - To supply the Stork Store, an incentive-based program, with items that serve as rewards for women seeking or achieving positive behaviors that will assist in the delivery of healthy full-term infants and positive parenting and nutritional skills.
ACEL – Adult Center for Exceptional Learning - To support the continuation of the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art (SAMA) Artists-In-Residence Program that provides ACEL individuals who have cognitive and physical disabilities the opportunity to experience art, i.e. painting, dancing, and storytelling, which can improve their quality of life.
Lexington Clubhouse (A Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program) - To support a wellness program that includes fitness activities and nutrition counseling for individuals with a mental health diagnosis.
Juniata and Blair Houses (Transitional and permanent housing for adults receiving services from the Blair County Mental Health System) - To purchase outdoor furniture that would allow clients the opportunities to interact and socialize as part of their treatment plan.
