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The Foundation's
grant-making program is centered on the concepts
of health and well-being. The Foundation's purpose is
to promote and support effective and creative programs,
practices and policies related to healing from illness,
accident, physical, social or emotional trauma and to
extend the availability of programs that promote healing
to underserved populations.
The Langeloth Foundation views the field of healing
broadly, recognizing that in many cases, helping people
to heal may also help to prevent future problems. The
constitution of the World Health Organization defines
health as a state of complete physical, mental and social
well-being and not merely the absence of disease or
infirmity. For the Langeloth Foundation, healing is
seen as including not only physical recovery from illness,
accident or trauma, but also the emotional dimensions
of recovery.
The Foundation is particularly interested in funding programs that address the health of
individuals who, because of barriers to accessing care, experience poor and sub-optimal
health, including: those with no or severely limited income, cultural differences, lack of
English language skills, lack of health insurance or inadequate health insurance, limited
access to health care services, mental illness, substance abuse, homelessness, incarceration,
and exposure to trauma.
More specifically, the Foundation favors proposals that
seek to promote healing, healthy lives and healthy communities
through:
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Creative
applied research that addresses a major gap in
knowledge |
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Outreach
to individuals, communities and populations that
are beyond the reach of effective health care |
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Programs
that address the needs of vulnerable individuals
and communities |
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Involvement
of families and communities in the recovery process |
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Efforts
to improve patients' understanding of their paths
to recovery |
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Improved
communication between clients and providers |
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Collaboration
among health care providers and other organizations |
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Staff
training or enhancement |
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Non-reimbursable
equipment acquisition or modernization |
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Evaluation
of healing-related programs |
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