Our Lady Science Scholars
Organization / Location: Our Lady of Guadalupe Middle School, Detroit, Mich.
Funding: Second year funding - $50,000 one-time grant
Contact: Gail Wingard, Development Director, 313.894.2228
Our Lady of Science Scholars was developed to address the need for science education for girls at Our Lady of Guadalupe Middle School. This school serves a low-income, minority population in Southwest Detroit, most of whom have not been exposed to quality education, especially in the areas of science. Education is the most direct way out of poverty and the school offers a quality science program and exposes the students to working professionals in the health and medical fields to jumpstart their dreams and expand their attainable opportunities for high school, college and future science careers. This intensive science program has raised science testing by 15 percentile points and a shadowing program at St. John Macomb Hospital encourages students to enter healthcare professions.
Spanish Translation: Trauma Recovery Program
Organization / Location: St. Thomas More Catholic Student Parish, Kalamazoo, Mich.
Funding: $6,375 one-time grant
Contact: Rev. Kenneth W. Schmidt, Pastor, 269.381.8917 ext. 264
The Trauma Recovery Program has trained more than 1,300 mental health professionals and spiritual caregivers in effective treatment of adult survivors of childhood trauma. A 200-page manual has been developed that provides all the resources needed by those who wish to conduct psychoeducational and spiritual care groups for these individuals. It includes teaching materials, homework exercises and templates for all of the professional documents required by mental health professionals. This grant will be used to translate the manual into Spanish, publicize its availability in three national professional journals, and offer a Spanish version of the manual to those who have already purchased an English manual. The manual also will be made available to mental health professionals in Latin America.
Counseling Mental Health and Family Preservation Program
Organization / Location: St. Martin de Porres Interparochial School, Philadelphia, Pa.
Funding: $20,640 two-year grant - $10,320 per year
Contact: Kevin Dolan, Development Director, 215.842.1266
The Counseling Mental Health and Family Preservation program helps students at St. Martin de Porres to thrive as students, followers of Christ and healthy individuals by providing access to services that will proactively address the physical and mental hardships they face in this underserved, inner-city community. The program promotes education through a holistic, family-centered model of care.
Training Grassroots Participants in Practices of CAPACITAR
Organization / Location: Centro Mujeres de a Esperanza, El Paso, Texas
Funding: $16,675 one-time grant
Contact: Sister Maureen Jerkowski, OSF, Executive Director, 915.545.1890
This is a one-year in-depth holistic training program designed to educate and empower women who suffer the effects of traumatic stress. Its goal is to strengthen the well-being of its participants, women who are underserved in the areas of health, education and social systems and who are from the poorest area in the region.
