Cascade Medical Foundation receives $10,000 grant for Mobile Healthcare Initiative

LEAVENWORTH — Cascade Medical Foundation has been awarded a $10,000 grant from the Confluence Health and Wenatchee Valley Medical Group Community Partnership Fund.

The grant, jointly funded by Confluence Health and the Wenatchee Valley Medical Group (WVMG), will support the purchase of a vehicle for Cascade Medical's new Mobile Integrated Health program. The funding is administered through the Community Foundation of North Central Washington, which oversees annual distributions of up to $500,000 for health and wellness, education, and arts and culture initiatives across Chelan, Douglas, Grant, and Okanogan counties.

The Mobile Integrated Health program, scheduled to be operational by year's end, aims to extend healthcare services directly to patients' homes. The initiative will deploy EMTs and paramedics in a specially equipped all-wheel-drive vehicle, complete with lights and sirens for emergency response capabilities.

"We are so grateful to be receiving this generous grant from Confluence Health and Wenatchee Valley Medical Group through their Community Partnership Fund!" said Cascade Medical Foundation Chairperson Shannon Keller. "These funds will help us purchase a vehicle for Cascade Medical's new Mobile Integrated Healthcare program, bringing quality care to our rural community."

The program targets elderly patients, individuals with chronic conditions, and those with limited mobility. Services will include educational support and clinical assistance for chronic condition management, with the goal of reducing hospital readmissions and improving health outcomes within the hospital district.

Eligible grant applicants must be either a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, public agency, or public school serving the four-county region. The annual application period runs from June 1 to July 31.

For additional information about the grant program, interested organizations can contact Jennifer Short, director of community grants at the Community Foundation, at jennifer.s@cfncw.org or (509) 663-7716. Grant applications are available at cfncw.org/CommunityPartnershipGrant.