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2014

  • February – Thomas Carignan, Gena Clounch, Edwin Galan, MA, MS, APRN and James Nunnelly were re-elected to serve their second three-year terms on the board. Tom Cranshaw, Susan Garrett and Wayne Powell were elected as new HCF Board of Directors. Kenny Southwick, Ed.D. was elected as Chair of the HCF Board of Directors and Kimberly Young was elected as Vice Chair.
  • February – HCF funds a two-year $300,000 grant for the Heartland Health Monitor, a news collaborative between four non-for-profit news organizations to cover health and health care across Missouri and Kansas.
  • June – HCF awards $2.2 million in healthy lifestyles grants
  • June – HCF announces the name change of its Healthy Lifestyles RFP to Healthy Communities.
  • June - The Hon. Ann Mesle and Zori Rodriguez, LCSW were elected as new board members, after the resignations of Ed Galan and Susan Wilson, PhD., who resigned due to new job responsibilities.
  • July– HCF announces Terri Kretzmeier as the recipient of the 2014 Healthy Allen award.
  • August – HCF awards $4.25 million in mental health grants
  • August – HCF awards $345,045 to five organizations for outreach, education and enrollment support for the health insurance marketplace.
  • September - HCF announced 14 participants in its second Healthy Communities Leadership Academy. HCF developed the Leadership Academy to build field capacity and develop local expertise to effect changes in policy and community environments that result in making the healthy choice the easy choice for the uninsured and underserved.
  • October – HCF, the CAC and the United Way of Greater Kansas City held the Community Conversation on Health with approximately 300 people sharing their health challenges and successes.
  • October – HCF approved an additional $175,000 to be awarded to support 10 organizations who are working on advocacy efforts to expand Medicaid in both Kansas and Missouri.
  • October – HCF co-sponsors first Health Literacy Summit in Kansas City on October 23 and 24
  • November– HCF awards the remainder of the 2014 Applicant Defined Grants, bringing the total ADG awards for the year to $4 million.
  • December – HCF awards $4 million in safety net grants.

2013

  • January – HCF announces Dr. Brian Wolfe as the recipient of the 2013 Healthy Allen award.
  • January - The Honorable Judge John Torrence ruled in favor of HCF in a lawsuit against Hospital Corporation of America (HCA). Judge Torrence awarded an immediate judgment in favor of the Foundation against HCA in the amount of $161,908,504, plus its attorneys’ fees and ordered an independent accounting of several hundred million dollars that HCA claimed to have spent.
  • February – Kenny Southwick, Garland Land, Albert P. Mauro Sr., S. Marie McCarther, Ed.D, Kenneth Stremming and Susan B. Wilson, Ph.D., were re-elected to serve their second three-year term on the board. Alan Flory was elected as new HCF Board of Directors. Dr. Karen Cox, RN, Ph.D. was also re-elected as Chair of the HCF Board of Directors. Southwick was re-elected as Vice Chair.
  • February – 4 organizations selected to participate in a Cultural Competency Initiative, funded by HCF, the REACH Healthcare Foundation and the Jackson County, Mo Community Mental Health Fund
  • April - HCF announced 15 participants in its new Healthy Lifestyles Leadership Academy. HCF developed the Leadership Academy to build field capacity and develop local expertise to effect changes in policy and community environments that result in making the healthy choice, the easy choice for the uninsured and underserved.
  • April – Kansas City, MO voters approved a nine-year renewal the health levy, raising $15 million annually to support safety net providers.
  • June – HCF awards $2.4 million in healthy lifestyles grants
  • June – HCF, in collaboration with Health Literacy Missouri and the University of Missouri Center for Health Policy, announced five recipients of Health Literacy Implementation grants, totaling $98,428. Awarded through its Health Literacy Initiative, the grants provide seed funding for organizations to embed at least one evidence-based or promising health literacy practice into their day-to-day operations.
  • July – HCF announces the selection of Bridget McCandless, M.D., MBA, FACP, as its new President/CEO.
  • August – HCF awards $4.25 million in mental health grants
  • August – HCF announces Dr. Christine Moore as the 2013 recipient of the Healthy Cass award.
  • September – Founding President/CEO Steve Roling celebrates his last day at HCF, while succeeding President/CEO Dr. Bridget McCandless begins her tenure as President/CEO.
  • September – HCF approves a $735,448 initiative to support outreach, education and enrollment in the health insurance marketplace.
  • October – HCF announces Marsha Corbin as the 2013 recipient of the Healthy Lafayette award
  • October – HCF launches a new web-based tool –www.kchhealthmatters.org - designed as a resource to access information about health and quality of life indicators. HCF partnered nationally with the Healthy Communities Institute (HCI) and regionally with the Kansas Health Institute (KHI) to launch the site, which features more than 100 health indicators.
  • December – HCF awards $4 million in safety net grants.
  • December– HCF awards the remainder of Applicant Defined Grants totaling $3.9 million awarded throughout the year.

2012

  • February – Roberta Coker, Dan Couch, Sheilahn Davis-Wyatt and Karen Cox, PhD, RN, FAAN, re-elected to the HCF Board of Directors. Jon Gray, Juan M. Rangel, Jr. and Kimberly Young elected as new HCF Board of Directors. Dr. Cox was also elected as Chair of the HCF Board of Directors. Kenny Southwick, Ed.d elected as Vice Chair.
  • February – 11 organizations selected to participate in a Cultural Competency Initiative, funded by HCF, the REACH Healthcare Foundation and the Jackson County, Mo Community Mental Health Fund
  • April– HCF releases finding that examine the cost of untreated mental illness in adults in our service area
  • May– Garland Land and Thomas Carignan elected to the HCF Board of Directors.
  • June – HCF awards $2.6 million in healthy lifestyles grants
  • June – The Supreme Court of the United State of America upholds the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)
  • July– HCF announces the remainder of Applicant Defined Grants totaling $4.25 million awarded throughout the year.
  • August – HCF awards $4.7 million in mental health grants
  • September – HCF announces Suzanne Gladney as recipient of the 2012 Healthy Lafayette Award
  • October – HCF announces Clay Marcusen as recipient of the 2012 Healthy Kansas City Award
  • November – Proposition B to increase the tobacco tax in Missouri is defeated.
  • December – HCF founding President/CEO Steve Roling announces he will retire in 2013 .
  • December – HCF awards $4.7 million in safety net grants.

2011

  • January – HCF announces the Research Belton Foundation/Cass County Oral Health Coalition as recipient of the Healthy Cass award.
  • February – HCF releases study on economic impact of regional smoke free laws.
  • February – Norman Siegel elected to second term as Chair of the HCF Board of Directors. Siegel and Bernard Franklin, Phd, were reelected to serve a second term on the Board of Directors. Five new members were also selected to the Board including Gena Clounch, Dr. Betty Drees, Edwin Galan, Jim Nunnelly and Peg VanWagoner.
  • March – HCF hosts health debate with Kansas City, MO mayoral candidates Sly James and Mike Burke.
  • March – HCF, in collaboration with the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation and the Center for Creative Leadership, announce the selection of 30 community health leaders to the Ladder to Leadership program.
  • May – HCF joins with four other Kansas foundation to establish a fund to support implementation of the federal health reform law.
  • May – HCF announces the Lafayette County Health Department as recipient of the 2011 Healthy Lafayette award.
  • June – HCF awards $2.7 million in Healthy Lifestyles Grants.
  • June – In partnership with the Missouri Foundation for Health, HCF awards $100,000 for a Patient Centered Medical Home Initiative in Missouri.
  • August – HCF awards $4.4 million in Mental Health Grants
  • August – HCF announces the remainder of Applicant Defined Grants totaling $3.9 million awarded throughout the year.
  • August – HCF awards $130,000 initiative for expansion of an FQHC in Wyandotte County.
  • September – HCF, along with a coalition of organizations led by the American Cancer Society, files a proposition to increase tobacco tax in Missouri.
  • October - HCF awards a $165,000 initiative to help create the Missouri Coalition for Oral Health.
  • October - HCF awards a $100,000 initiative to help create a health coalition in Cass County.
  • December– HCF awards $4.4 million in Safety Net Grants
  • December– HCF awards $400,000 in an initiative to the American Cancer Society to support a cigarette tax campaign in Missouri.
  • December– HCF awards $150,000 for a health literacy initiative.

2010

  • January – HCF Board of Directors selects Norman Siegel as the new Chair and Sylvia Robinson as Vice Chair.
  • March – Jon Gray elected Chair and Barbara Potts elected Vice Chair of the Community Advisory Committee
  • March – HCF award Aim4Peace $400,00 grant
  • April – HCF recognizes Joe Works as recipient of Healthy Allen award.
  • May – HCF awards $3.25 million in Healthy Lifestyles Grants
  • July – HCF awards $5 million in Mental Health Grants
  • August – HCF debuts new ReformReality.org website and launches campaign to inform Kansas City region of contents of health reform legislation
  • September – HCF announces the remainder of a total of 84 Applicant Defined Grants totaling $4 million awarded throughout the year.
  • September – HCF recognizes Lori Ross as recipient of Healthy KC award.
  • November – HCF Awards $5.2 million in Safety Net Grants
  • November – HCF announces SAFEBASE as recipient of Healthy Allen award.
  • December – HCF announces Janet Lowe as recipient of Healthy KC award.

2009

  • January – HCF Board of Directors selects Larry Blankinship as the new Chair and Norman Siegel as Vice Chair.
  • May – HCF awards $4 million in Healthy Lifestyles Grants
  • May – HCF award $1 million grant to PE4LIFE
  • July – HCF awards Aim4Peace $300,000 grant
  • July – HCF awards $6 million in mental health grants
  • September – HCF/REACH awards $700,000 to allow safety net clinics to operate after-hours
  • September – HCF awards TMC $338,872 grant for improving chronic care services for low-income patients
  • November – HCF Awards $6.5 million in Safety Net Grants
  • November – HCF announces the remainder of a total of 92 Applicant Defined Grants totaling $4.3 million awarded throughout the year.
  • December – HCF recognizes the Health Care Coalition of Lafayette County as recipient of the Healthy Lafayette award.

2008

  • January – HCF Board of Directors selects Mary Lou Jaramillo as the new Chair and Larry Blankinship as Vice Chair.
  • May – HCF awards $8 million in mental health grants
  • May – HCF awards its largest single grant, a $7.5 million to Truman Medical Centers to increase inpatient bed capacity
  • August – HCF receives a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundations' Partners Investing in Nursings Future (PIN) initiative to create a new Bi-State Nursing Workforce Innovation Center
  • September – HCF announces the remainder of a total of 75 Applicant Defined Grants totaling $4.2 million awarded throughout the year.
  • November – HCF awards $7 million in safety net health care grants
  • November – HCF awards PE4life a $400,000 grant for a pilot project to incorporate its program into 20 schools in the Kansas City, MO and Kansas City, KS school district
  • November – Kenny Southwick elected Chair of the Community Advisory Committee

2007

  • January – HCF Board of Directors approves $200,000 for a three-year Oral Health Initiative to improve the oral health of children ages birth to six.
  • March – HCF Board of Directors approves $131,322 for a three-year Midwest Health Journalism Fellowship. HCF, the REACH Healthcare Foundation, Missouri Foundation for Health, Kansas Health Foundation, the Sunflower Foundation and the United Methodist Health Ministry Fund begins a bi-state, Midwest Health Journalism Fellowship to educate key journalists about critical health issues.
  • May – HCF awards $7 million in mental health grants.
  • May – HCF awards a $2 million grant ensures that all females ages 9-26 within the service area have access to the HPV vaccine to prevent cervical cancer.
  • July – HCF awards $5.7 million safety net grants.
  • August – Robert Austin Coker elected Chair of the Community Advisory Committee.
  • November – HCF awards $4.2 million in healthy lifestyles grants.
  • November – HCF announces the remainder of a total of 60 Applicant Defined Grants totaling $2.85 million awarded throughout the year.

2006

  • January – HCF Board of Directors selects Gurnie Gunter as the new Chair of the Board and Mary Lou Jaramillo as Vice Chair.
  • March – HCF awards $5.7 million in mental health grants.
  • July – HCF awards $4 million in safety net grants.
  • July – HCF Board of Directors approves $500,000 for a three-year bi-state Nursing Initiative focused on assessing the impact the national nursing shortage has on the metro area and what can be done to deal with the challenge.
  • July – HCF receives an additional $40.5 million from the Community Health Group (CHG).
  • November – HCF awards $3 million in healthy lifestyle grants.
  • November – HCF Board of Directors approves $380,000 for a two-year grant to the Mid America Regional Council to address barriers that interfere with access to health care services for the medically indigent and underserved.
  • December – HCF awards a total of $1,344,354 in Applicant Defined Grants throughout the year.

2005

  • August – Norman Siegel elected as Chair of the Community Advisory Committee and Ken Stremming as Vice Chair.
  • June – HCF awards $3.3 million in safety net grants.
  • October – HCF awards $2.4 in healthy lifestyle grants.
  • September – HCF receives an additional $773,136 from the Community Health Group (CHG).
  • December – HCF awards a total of $ 783,208 in Applicant Defined Grants throughout the year.

2004

  • January – HCF recognized as a 501(c) (3) public charity by the IRS.
  • January – Community Advisory Committee holds its first meeting. Bob Glaicer elected as Chair of the CAC and Norman Siegel elected as Vice Chair.
  • June – HCF receives approximately $400.5 million from the Community Health Group (CHG) as its share of the net proceeds from the sale of Health Midwest to HCA.
  • October – Steve Roling is hired as the first President/CEO and begins working at HCF in December.

2003

  • July – HCF Articles of Incorporation
  • September – Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon appoints the inaugural 25-person HCF Board of Directors. Dr. Harry Jonas named first Chair of the HCF board and Gurnie Gunter named Vice Chair.

2002

Health Midwest, a regional nonprofit health care provider which owned or leased 11 general acute care and behavioral health centers in Missouri and Kansas, enters into an Asset Purchase Agreement with Hospital Corporation of America (HCA). The Attorneys General of Kansas and Missouri secure the assets from the sale and establish two healthcare conversion foundations – the Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City and the REACH Healthcare Foundation. Based on a court-approved settlement agreement, HCF will incorporate in Missouri and receive 80 percent of the assets while the REACH Foundation, will incorporate in Kansas and receive 20 percent of the net proceeds.