Shelby County Community Health Foundation funding priorities:

• Support for the Shelby County Adult inmates and juvenile detainees healthcare needs
• Projects and programs that emphasize preventive health care and creative ways of solving long-standing health and wellness concerns
• Health-related education services and programs for children and youth
• Substance abuse prevention – drugs and alcohol

Organizations are encouraged to propose collaborations and partnerships with others and to demonstrate the coordination of services and cooperation of agencies.

Some of the entities funded this past year include:

• Alabaster City Schools
• Big Brothers Big Sisters
• Blanket Fort Hope
• Central Alabama Wellness
• ClasTran
• Community Corrections
• Community of Hope Health Clinic
• Family Connection
• Kid One Transport
• Libbys Friends
• Middle Alabama Area Agency (M4A)
• Pelham City Schools
• Safehouse
• Shelby Baptist Association
• Shelby County Arts Council
• Shelby County Fire & EMS Association
• Shelby County Inmate Heath Care
• Shelby County Schools
• Shelby County Schools Education Foundation
• Shelby Emergency Assistance
• Shelby YMCA
• Sight Savers of Alabama
• Southeast Shelby Rescue
• The Arc of Shelby County
• Vineyard Family Services