Past Funded Projects

The Arc of Whatcom County serves as the lead agency for Whatcom Taking Action, a collaborative of community leaders, parents, service and care providers working to create a cohesive system of services and support for 86 impacted by developmental, behavioral and other special healthcare needs. As part of Taking Action, the SEAS Single Entry Access to Services program, housed at the Opportunity Council, provides a centralized intake system and single point of contact for families to connect to resources and information.

Managing a primary care panel is an ever-changing experience. Physicians, medical support staff, administrative staff and patients need to be engaged in the circle of care. Tablet computers, through their multimedia capabilities, interactive features, and touch screen functionality can enhance learning across patient populations. Tablet computers can also act as communication portal and a care engagement tool. Tablets offer better consistency and quality control of the educational message while also overcoming literacy and language barriers.

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Scanning for Science: Increasing Access to the Future of Medicine: The Nova Southeastern University Health Professions Division Library plays a central role in supporting education and research, and works to provide access to new technologies for students and faculty.The NSU HPD Library supports seven colleges, Medicine, Pharmacy, Dentistry, Optometry, Health Care Sciences, Nursing, and Medical Sciences, so the library is an ideal space for collaboration. The library currently provides 3D printing and hopes to expand this service with free 3D scanning.

This technology funding proposal is to obtain assistive technology for use in five Life Skills classrooms at Roosevelt Elementary School in Worcester, MA. Roosevelt Elementary houses three life skills classrooms grades kindergarten through six and two Autism/Life Skills classrooms grades kindergarten through six. This technology will be used daily in the Life Skills classrooms, servicing a total of 36 students. This proposal requests funds to purchase Ipads for students use, Bluetooth switches to access the technology, ipad bumper covers and Ipad apps.

If I am able to attend, the MLA Annual Meeting will be my first major professional Library event and will serve as a springboard for me to launch my career as a Health Sciences Librarian. This event will offer me to opportunity to begin engaging with a nationwide network of medical librarians, particularly through my participation in the Colleague Connection mentorship program and First-Time Attendees Program, as well as to meet some of the vendors with whom I will be working in my new position.

Provide health education and health information searching skills for individuals in most need with a focus on affordable food selections, simple meal preparation, and physical activity engagement to promote a healthy lifestyle.

Funds from this award will be used to attend the Medical Library Association Conference in Seattle on May 26-31, 2017. A poster abstract I submitted was accepted and I would like to attend to present the poster. The poster represents a health and wellness community collaborative developed and implemented at the Munson Community Health Library in Traverse City, Michigan.

This technology funding proposal is to obtain state of the art technology in the science and health classrooms at Saint Joseph School in Webster, MA. Saint Joseph School serves student's pre-k through eighth grade, totaling approximately 200 students. This proposal is requesting funds to purchase tablets for students use and complete the wireless infrastructure necessary for use within the classrooms. Using the tablets, the students will be able to wirelessly share and compare their work from multiple devices at the same time a projector for all to see.

Girls Inc. of Worcester plans to offer an 8-session program for 20 high-school girls enrolled in Eureka a 5-year program that involves at-risk girls in planned activities and education that increases their opportunity for success in STEM education and careers. This program will take place from November 2016 through February 2017, and will complement and enhance the Eureka curriculum. Each year, girls participate in Eureka for 4 weeks during the summer 160 hours followed by monthly meetings and workshops during the school year 30 hours.

This project will create a four pronged approach to education and support for students and families faced with addiction and recovery. Addiction is a family disease. In order to fully educate and support the adolescent, we know that families must be involved, supported and educated on the specifics of adolescent addiction.

We plan to support a partnership initiative of the Clayton State University Primary Health Clinic which is designed to increase access to care for the underserved and to increase the amount of primary care providers in Clayton County.

Advance African Development intends to offer a one-day symposium to explore the benefits of using National Library of Medicine NLM resources in K-12 school settings. The National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Middle Atlantic Region NNLM MAR has been funding promising K-12 health literacy programs. The proposed symposium is a follow-up intended to 1. Establish a learning collaborative made up of targeted key stakeholder; 2. Share, learn, and build on existing strategies that have been successfully used to integrate health literacy concepts into the K-12 school curricula; 3.

The University of Delaware, Disaster Research Center in partnership with the Delaware Division of Libraries, Delaware Medical Corps, Delaware Division of Health, University of Delaware Health Sciences Library and the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Middle Atlantic Region will plan a state-wide event to strengthen the involvement of libraries in assisting with health and disaster information needs before, during and after an emergency. This project will promote partnership building and identify action steps to link libraries and members of the emergency planning community.