St.
Luke's Episcopal Health Charities (SLEHC) driven by its ongoing assessment of
community health needs, issues Requests for Proposals (RFPs) from time to time
to solicit grant applications in support of identified needs.
Since
1998, SLEHC has issued a total of four initiatives with the fifth to be completed
in 2001. Brief descriptions of the key initiatives with links to a few selected
programs are listed below:
1998
Maternal
and Child Health Collaborative (RFP #C2-98)
Designed to foster
the development of new initiatives addressing significant maternal and child health
problems in local Texas communities.
Family
Health Collaborative (RFP #C3-98)
Designed
to foster the development of new initiatives addressing significant family health
problems in local Texas communities.
1999
Childhood
Health Collaborative I & II (RFP #C2-99 &
RFP #C3-99)
Designed to foster the development f new initiatives addressing
comprehensive, affordable, accessible preschool childcare in local Texas communities.
2001
Congregational
Health Ministries Collaborative (#C1-01)
Designed
to promote community health in body, mind and spirit through partnerships with
faith organizations (churches) and other community health and/or human service
organizations.
Key
Partnerships
SLEHC
has also sought consultation from all the mobile health service providers in the
Greater Houston Area to form the Greater
Houston Mobile Health Forum (MHF). In addition,
the East
End Healthy Children Collaborative is a partnership
of eight individual agencies working together to target children 0-18 who live
in the East End community of Houston, Texas.