March 15 th 2016 Eric Dickey Benton Center, Room 102C Linn Benton Community College Dear Mr. Dickey I hope you are well when this letter finds you. My name is Nathan Kinkade, and I am an 18 year old student at Linn-Benton Community College (LBCC). I am attempting to put together a project that I believe qualifies for your Fund of Excellence Grant. The Clinic for Community Health project seeks to help those in our community who have or may have medical needs, but are unable to afford to get care and by doing so, the project will increase the overall health of our community. Clinic for Community Health will provide access to medications, counseling, and checkups for free or a reduced price. Vouchers for medications will only be given out to people who have receive a doctor s prescription and have an official diagnoses; which will be made available on site for those who cannot afford to get an appointment beforehand. Practitioners will be accredited professionals who are willing to volunteer or work with only a small monetary compensation from the project. Registration for the event will primarily be first come, first serve. I would like to hold this clinic in September 2017 as a back-to-school health fair for the kids of low income families. There would be activities, school gear giveaways, and booths to attract more people to the clinic. I am requesting the complete $25,000 grant to fund this project. Funds will be spent on purchasing and reserving medications from pharmacies, compensating professionals, children s activities, advertising, permits, possible facility fees, travel expenses, and insurance. I plan on also gathering additional money from crowd funding and business donations to help enlarge the project and fund it for future years. I will take my pay out of whatever money is leftover after the project s completion, not to exceed $5,000. Should there still be any other funds left over, they will be donated to charity or used to kick start this project again if it is successful. I hope that you will read through the rest of this packet and consider my proposal. Thank you very much for your time. Sincerely, Nathan Kinkade Student, Linn Benton Community College. 352 SE Ash St. Albany, OR 97322
Clinic for Community Health A Project To Promote Health And Wellness in the Community Nathan Kinkade nathankinkade@gmail.com (541) 405-0326
PROJECT SUMMARY Clinic for Community Health Name: Nathan Kinkade Organization: Address: 352 SE Ash St. Albany, OR 97322 E-mail: nathankinkade@gmail.com Phone: (541) 405-0326 Total Amount Requested: $25,000 This project is designed to increase the overall health of the community be providing low-cost or free medical services to people in the community who are unable to afford them. The project will provide vision and dental care; mental, nutrition, and financial counseling; checkups; and medications to address the needs of people with low-incomes. There will also be a variety of educational displays, booths, and activities at the event to encourage attendance, help educate the public, and make them aware of other opportunities that are available in the community, that can help them improve their health. Additional funding for the project will be sought from donations and crowd funding to enlarge the total project and provide a kick start for the project next year; should it be successful. Once the funds for the grant have been used, we will use money raised during the event and apply for additional grants as needed to keep the project running from year to year.
CLINIC FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH Community Needs: Maintaining healthy individuals is how to keep a community healthy, and the best way to do this is to keep people from getting ill in the first place. With healthcare costs in the United States being the highest in the world, but also with lowest the quality-to-payment of countries with healthcare plans, it can be difficult for people to afford all of the early detection and preventative care that can make a difference. It is currently costing the U.S. thirty trillion dollars or 17.5% of our national Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per year. This means that the national average spending on healthcare is over nine and a half thousand dollars per person, per year. The average household earns just over $53,000 per year, which means that they are spending approximately 17% of their income just on healthcare. This project is designed to increase the health of our community by reduce some of the pressure in our community by providing low cost or free care to low income families. Project Goals: Clinic for Community Health s (CCH) goals are to: promote health, educate, encourage healthy lifestyles, get students ready to go back to school, and to show them what opportunities for medical care are available in our area. Objectives: Our goals will be met by working on a series of objectives. These objectives will be clearly issued to everyone who is involved in the project and will be used when assessing the success of the project after its finish. 1. Medications: As one of the primary costs for medical care after surgeries and insurance, medications can cost a few dollars to over several hundred thousand dollars per year. CCH will provide medications for low income families by subsidizing up to $200 of the cost or one year s supply (whichever is less) of any prescription medication. This will be
handled by having the patients provide a prescription that will be verified onsite; CCH will then make an order for the patient s medication with a local pharmacy and give the patient a voucher to present to the pharmacy when picking up their medications. Patients that don t have a prescription will be able to receive one from a doctor onsite. This only applies to medications that can be prescribed with the testing materials we have available on site. 2. Vaccinations: Preventing disease is the best way to cure it, so several pre-selected vaccines will be made available for free or at a reduced price (depending on the cost to CCH) to patients at CCH. Patients that require a vaccine that isn t being provided at CCH will receive a voucher to a local clinic upon providing verifiable proof that they need that vaccination. 3. Checkups: Early detection and preventing problems is an important part of maintaining a healthy lifestyle, so physical, dental and vision checkups will be provided to encourage this. Some preregistration for checkups will be made available to help the process run smoothly. Vaccines and checkups will be administered by accredited professionals in their fields. Doctors will be able to provide patients with prescriptions and recommendations based on the doctor s findings during their checkups. 4. Counseling & Therapy: Sometimes people just need to talk in order to sort out their problems. That is why CCH will make counseling and therapy sessions available for mental health, nutrition, and finances (specifically medical expenses). These sessions will be largely available for preregistration, but walk-ins will be accepted. Counselors will be able to recommend follow up counseling and recommendations for prescriptions on a case by case basis. Counselors will be allowed to charge a small fee for their services.
5. Booths/Educational Displays: Participants at CCH will be able to explore a variety of educational displays and booths put on by local organizations to encourage healthy lifestyles and show people some of the opportunities available in our community. Booths will include local non-profit organizations, clinics, insurance companies, and businesses. 6. Activities: To encourage community participation, CCH will be taking place in September as a Back-to-School program and it will have several fun activities to attract visitors. There will also be school supply giveaways and prizes available for people who attend. If funding or collaboration allows, food may also be provided. Community Engagement: This project will be open to the community to come and participate either by setting up booths and educational displays, running medical stations or activities, or to come and utilize the services that CCH will be offering. As mentioned in its goals, this project seeks to improve community health, health education, and it may also help new or small local medical related professions get started by broadcasting their names and services to the community. This project will be planned and carried out with the contributions of other organizations including local Boys and Girls clubs, who have similar programs that this project is based on. Personnel Qualifications: I have organized or assisted in the organizing of several large scale events as a leader in Scouting and 4-H. I am an Eagle Scout, a member of Linn County Search and Rescue, and person who puts others wellbeing before mine. I am a hard worker, trusted friend, and faithful citizen. Now as an aspiring medical student, I am planning this project with the assistance of several others (like Ryan Lamm from the Albany Boys and Girls Club) who have held events similar to mine. I am young, willing to learn, and full of enthusiasm and hope for this project. I have never done something this big or ambitious, but I want to try.
Evaluating the Project s Success: CCH s success will be determined by how many people are served by the project, with the primary goal of serving 200 persons. Other factors that may also contribute to determining how successful CCH was, include: How much money was made to fund future years from donations during the event, media coverage to inspire other, similar projects, and the overall number of organizations that set up booths or participated in running a medical station.
REFERENCES Boys and Girls Club of Salem. "Back to School Family Health Fair in Salem." RSS. Web. 23 Feb. 2016. The Back to School Family Health Fair in Salem was an event where school supply giveaways, a BBQ, face painting, and other activities were held to attract and entertain attendees while they waited to get haircuts or a medical checkup. A dental version of this program is also provided by the Albany s Boys and Girls Club. o This project gave us the idea to make Clinic for Community Health into a Backto-School program and to add activities to encourage participation and give patients something to do while they wait. Health Share of Oregon. "Binational Health Week Kick-Off Fair." Binational Health Week 2015. Web. 23 Feb. 2016. Binational Health Week Kick-Off Fair was a free community event that provided health screenings, including: diabetes, cholesterol, and vision and dental services. This event also had various educational displays, booths, and activities to draw more people in and to make waiting easier. o We decided to expand Clinic for Community Health from just physical checkups and to add vision and dental ones as well. It also inspired us to add educational aspects and to invite other organization to set up booths to promote healthier lifestyles and to let people see what medical care is available in our area.
Wallace Medical Concern Clinic. "Mini Immunization Clinic and Health Fair." Binational Health Week 2015. Web. 23 Feb. 2016. This Mini Clinic and Health Fair was a free, first come first serve community event, where people without health insurance could get their FLU immunizations. o We hadn t originally thought to have vaccinations as part of the project, but we came across this project during our research and it reminded us that offering free vaccinations would be beneficial to our project and community.
PROJECT BUDGET Total Requested Funds: $25,000 $5,000 Medications $8,000 Professional Reimbursement $2,000 Advertising Activities $2,000 Miscellaneous $2,000 $6,000 Maximum Salary Item: Amount: Medications $8,000 Professional Reimbursement $6,000 Advertising $2,000 Activities $2,000 Miscellaneous $2,000 Maximum Salary $5,000 Total $25,000
BUDGET JUSTIFICATION This project is fairly ambitious and we estimate that it will take a minimum of $25,000 to run successfully. We will also be seeking more funds from other grants, donations, and crowd funding to expand the project and make it more successful. Below is a more in-depth breakdown of the budget and justifications for the planned use of the funds. The primary and largest single expenditure is $8,000 for medications to be purchased and reserved at local pharmacies, as well as purchasing vaccines to be administered on-site at the clinic; vouchers may also be given out for vaccines that need to be administered in a hospital or are unavailable on site. Buying medications (especially specialty medicines) can be extremely expensive, with the national average being $1,000 spent on medication per year, per person. The project will be willing to spend up to $200 dollars for medications per person or one year of medications, whichever is less, so that the budget isn t eaten up by a couple people with extremely high-end medication costs. Most additional funds that are raised from outside this grant would be added to this budget item to increase how many people we are able to serve. The hope is that most professionals will volunteer to help with this project, but it is highly unlikely that we will have enough professionals volunteer to run the project. Therefore, $6,000 will be set aside to attract and compensate professionals that would have otherwise not assisted with the project and are required for its success. Should this money not be used up paying the required professionals, the remains will be split amongst other volunteers at the end of the project to facilitate good will and encourage them to work with us in the future.
To make sure that the project is successful at reaches at least the target number of people, $2,000 has been budgeted to pay for advertising via flyers, newspapers, and other promotional materials as necessary. A further $2, 000 is to be spent on craft activities, games, prizes and giveaways to encourage larger community participation and to give patients something to do while they wait. The project has budgeted $2,000 to cover miscellaneous costs that are too small to individually budget at this point. These include: travel expenses, license, permit, and site fees, insurance, and other costs that may come up during the course of planning and running the project. Finally, I will take out a maximum of $5,000 as my salary when the project is completed. Any additional leftover funds will be used for additional compensation of professionals, donated to charity, or used to kick start the project again; depending on how much is left after I take out my salary.
PRESENTATION Clinic For Community Health by Nathan Kinkade Good news, bad news for Colo. low-income health clinics. www.denverpost.com. Web. 1 March 2016 The Costs of Health For the average person (2013) $668 $239.00 $522 Personal health care Administration and net cost of private health insurance Investment $7,826 Public health Date courtesy of: Health, United States 2014. cdc.gov. Web. 1 March 2016
The Project Will Provide Free or Reduced Price: Check Ups Vaccinations Medications Counseling Illinois Extends Medicaid to Low-Income Adults-- a Very Big Deal. theshriverbrief.org Web. 1 March 2016 Proposal Budget Total Requested Funds: $25,000 $8,000 For Medications $6,000 For Professional Reimbursement $2,000 For Advertising $2,000 For Activities $2,000 For Miscellaneous Costs $5,000 Maximum Personal Wage Finding Low Cost Medical Care. kidshealth.org. Web. 1 March 2016 Finding Low Cost Mental Health Care. kidshealth.org. Web. 1 March 2016 Finding Low Cost Dental Care. nidcr.nih.gov. Web. 1 March 2016
Questions? Nathan Kinkade nathankinkade@gmail.com (541) 405-0326 Worried Doctor. Shutterstock.com. Web. 1 March 2016
Nathan Kinkade 35374 Gore Dr. Albany, OR 97322 (541) 405-0326 nathankinkade@gmail.com Objective Accumulate work experience, skills, and advance personal readiness for a professional career. Education Associate's Degree of General Studies (Current Studies) Linn Benton Community College Albany, OR The Great Courses: Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology Homeschool Community Class Corvallis, OR Linn County Regional Trades Academy Lebanon and Albany High Schools Linn County, OR Credentials Heartsaver CPR AED Certified by the EMT Associates Wilderness First Aid Certified by the EMT Associates Core Competencies Capable of providing professional first aid Excellent written and verbal skills Knowledgeable about the Spanish culture and language Eagerness to learn new skills Experience Linn County Search and Rescue Albany, OR Youth Volunteer 2015 present National Youth Leadership Training Camp Florence, OR Youth Staff Member June 2012, 2013, & 2014 Boy Scouts of America Corvallis, OR Member 2008 present Linn County 4-H Sweet Home, OR Member 2004 present Recognitions of Note Eagle Scout Boy Scouts of America Troop 3, Oregon 2015 Vigil Honor Boy Scouts of America Order of the Arrow, Tsisqan Lodge 253 2015 Silver Award Boy Scouts of America Crew 2003, Oregon 2014