LAKELAND (July 8, 2024) – Angels Care Center of Eloise and Central Florida Health Care were selected to receive a combined total of $21,400.51 in grants through GiveWell Community Foundation’s Community Clinic Grant Program. These grants are specifically for nonprofit clinics that offer medical, hospital, or other care for sick and injured persons in the Winter Haven area who are not financially able to obtain medical care.
This program has awarded more than $180,000 over the last 18 years thanks to annual funding from the Yardley, England, Trimmer, and Orlich Charities Fund at the Central Florida Foundation. This year, the program also received a $10,700 grant from the Bell-Barnett Family Fund within the GiveWell Community Foundation.
Angels Care Center of Eloise is a faith-based primary care clinic that provides free health care to residents without medical health insurance. Volunteer physicians provide general health care at the facility, and the clinic negotiates with local medical centers to provide specialized services at reduced rates. The $14,000 Angels Care Center of Eloise received will help cover costs of dental care, eye surgery, and orthopedic injuries for indigent, migrant, and homeless residents.
Central Florida Health Care serves patients that are either uninsured or underinsured with many who qualify for needs-based public insurance and nearly 90% for whom income information is known are 200% below the federal poverty level. CFHC offers an array of services under one umbrella to improve access to care, including adult/pediatric primary care, behavioral health care, adult/pediatric dental care, endocrinology, obstetrics, and gynecology, podiatry, optometry services, nutritional counseling, on-site labs and imaging services, and infectious disease testing and treatment.
The $7,400.51 received will help cover the cost of a new pilot program “Linking Endocrinology and Dental Care” to increase early detection and treatment of diabetes by increasing access to health screenings for low-income, uninsured, and underinsured adults suffering with poor oral health. Research confirms a relationship between chronic metabolic diseases (diabetes and obesity and gum disease), specifically gingivitis and periodontitis. Learn more at Central Florida Health Care.
GiveWell Community Foundation is grateful to the Yardley, England, Trimmer, and Orlich Charities Fund at the Central Florida Foundation, and the Bell-Barnett Family Fund within GiveWell Community Foundation for the continued support of our community.
About GiveWell Community Foundation GiveWell Community Foundation works with individuals, families, businesses, and nonprofits to build a stronger community throughout Polk, Hardee, and Highlands counties and beyond through charitable funds and competitive grant cycles. Since its founding in 1997, the Community Foundation has awarded more than $400 million in grants. Today, GWCF is home to more than 380 charitable funds, and the Impact Polk, Empower Polk, and Community Clinic grant cycles. To learn more about GWCF, visit givecf.org or call 863-683-3131.