St. Mary’s Receives Barclay-Giel Seed Grant

For Immediate Release
Contact: Erica Robinson
(301) 731-9080/erobinson@coausphs.org                                                                                                     
October 27, 2020                                                                                                                

Recipients of 2020 PHS Commissioned Officers Foundation
Barclay-Giel Seed Grants
Funding for small, community-based public health programs

The Barclay-Giel Seed Grants program is funded by the PHS Commissioned Officers Foundation for the Advancement of Public Health. 
The program supports community-based public health programs.

The Seed Grants program is named after the late Martha Barclay-Giel, a retired Captain of the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service.  Captain Barclay-Giel dedicated her life’s work to advancing the health of Americans.  After retiring, she generously supported COF through considerable charitable donations.  Captain Barclay-Giel is a member of the John Adams Society.

The Foundation is proud to announce a total of $125,804 in 2020 funding to the following recipients:

·         Benton Franklin Recovery Coalition: Benton, WA – comprehensive addiction recovery

·         Boys & Girls Club of Greater Salt Lake:  Murray, UT – access to behavioral health resources

·         City of New Orleans Health Department:  New Orleans, LA – safe routes to school

·         Community Choice Action Health Partners: Wenatchee, WA – stroke/TIA hospital readmissions

·         Community Health Coalition:  Durham, NC – smoking/addiction behavior modification

·         Healthy Alaska Natives Foundation:  Anchorage, AK – rural youth ATV safety

·         Morgan County Substance Abuse Council:  Martinsville, IN – dangers of e-cigarettes

·         North Carolinians Against Gun Violence: Durham, NC – unsecured guns and role of HCPs

·         Oklahoma City Indian Clinic:  Oklahoma City, OK – peri-/prenatal, newborn education

·         Safe Kids Kansas:  Topeka, KS – SIDS prevention  

·         St Mary's Health Clinics:   Saint Paul, MN – connecting patients to oral health screening

·         Staten Island NFP Association, Inc.:  Staten Island, NY – emergency preparedness planning

·         The Village Community Garden and Learning Center: Rochester, MN – addressing hunger

·         Tri-County Health Department: Greenwood Village, CO – healthy farmers markets

·         Volunteers of America, Utah:  Salt Lake, UT – addiction/mental illness in Wasatch Front

·         Waypoint Foundation, Inc.:  Sarasota, FL – grade school access to mobile dental health

We congratulate all recipients and thank each organization which applied for funding.  Information about the next cycle of Seed Grant funding is available at www.phscof.org/seed-grants.
The PHS Commissioned Officers Foundation for the Advancement of Public Health is dedicated to advancing public health and public health leadership for a healthier Nation.