For Immediate Release

Contact:

Bobby Maldonado

248-858-6662

Bobby.Maldonado@stjoeshealth.org

November 20, 2018

Deadline for submissions is January 15, 2019

CHELSEA, Mich. (Nov. 20, 2019) – St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea is accepting applications for grant funding to support communitybased programs seeking to improve health and healing within the hospital's service area. To be considered, non-profit organizations must submit an application by January 15, 2019.

St. Joe's Chelsea has earmarked $172,000 to be distributed in 2019 for community benefit grants, with half of this amount ($86,000) reserved for programs targeting youth mental health. To qualify, applicants must have 501(c)(3) tax status, and offer a program that addresses one or more of the priority needs identified in the hospital's most recent Community Health Needs Assessment. These priorities include:

• Mental health
• Substance use disorder, including alcohol, tobacco, illegal drugs, medicine abuse and misuse
• Obesity-related illness
• Pre-conceptual and perinatal health
• Social determinants of health, including transportation, housing, food access, social isolation, education, employment and health care infrastructure

To apply for a community health grant, please visit Community Support. Questions regarding the application process can be emailed to Reiley Curran, MPH, manager of Community Health Improvement at St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea, at reiley.curran@stjoeshealth.org.

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About St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea

St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea (SJMC) is a not-for-profit joint venture hospital, whose partners are Saint Joseph Mercy Health System, a member of national Catholic health care system Trinity Health based in Livonia, Mich., and Michigan Medicine, the academic medical center of the University of Michigan. Founded in 1970, SJMC is nationally recognized for both quality of care and patient satisfaction by national ranking organization Press Ganey, and is accredited by the Joint Commission. SJMC employs more than 1,200 individuals with a medical staff of approximately 500 physicians. Key services include robust medical and surgical service lines, six operating rooms, a 24-hour emergency department and senior emergency room, a state-of-the-art cancer center, a physical medicine and rehabilitation department, a comprehensive head pain treatment unit and behavioral health services.