The following programs have received NSHCF grant awards in the last three years:

2022 recipients – $64,300

• $6,000 – PPHS – Mental Health First Aid Training for 30 individuals, 15 who work directly with youth for youth mental health first aid
• $1,300 – Sawtooth Mountain Clinic – Early Childhood Connections – Parenting/Caregiver Book Clubs
• $11,300 – Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior: Elderly Services Program
• $6,000 – North Point Youth Center – Youth activities, food security and hygiene program
• $5,000 – The Hub (Cook County Council on Aging) – Food Program Support
• $1,000 – North Shore Collaborative – Learning Opportunities Through Stories Program
• $3,700 – MN Children’s Press – A Children’s Ojibwe Alphabet Book: Youth and Elders Co-create a Primer on Language and Culture.
• $10,000 – Care Partners of Cook County – Senior services and palliative care programs
• $10,000 – Cook County Higher Education – Healthcare education delivery
• $10,000 – Care Partners of Cook County – Seniors services and palliative care
• $10,000 – Tofte Fire Rescue – Lucas 3.1 Automatic CPR Machine improving survival rates and covering a gap in the west-end of the County

2021 recipients – $49,887 total

• $6,000 – Cook County Fire Chiefs’ Association – Creation of Fire Training Facility
• $4,000 – Cook County Search & Rescue – Advanced Search and Response Training
• $10,000 – Cook County Higher Education – Healthcare education and healthy living courses
• $10,000 – Public Health & Human Services – Collaborative Transportation Solutions for Elders (returned due to lack of additional funding and rerouted to launch the Medical Assistant Certification and Training Program at the Sawtooth Mountain Clinic creating six new health care positions)
• $1,127 – The Hub – Medical Equipment Loan Program
• $1,000 – Learning Opportunities Through Stories (LOTS) Program – early child education and healthy bonding program
• $900 – Great Expectations School – Anti-Bias Education Training for all educators and paraprofessionals
• $4,360 – Northern Lights Health Care PLLC/MN Children’s Press: Baby’s Birth Journey Health Care Coloring & Activity Book.
• $2,500 – North Shore Minnesota Home School Group: Group Outings Program

2020 recipients – $58,100 total

• $10,000 – Care Partners of Cook County – Operation of programs, services and new initiatives
• $20,000 – COVID-19 Medical Response Fund for health providers and emergency response units to have what they needed for local response and vaccination efforts
• $1,000 – Learning Opportunities Through Stories (LOTS) Early childhood education which contributes to mental and emotional health and family bonds
• $5,000 – Great Lunch Program at Great Expectations School to ensure all children have access to healthy food at school regardless of ability to pay, and eliminate singling out children on Free or Reduced Lunch program
• $3,000 – Snacks & Packs for Kids ensures children get food on weekends, holidays and summer break. NSHCF helped feed 63 children from Tofte to Grand Portage, throughout the summer
• $2,000 – Cook Co. Emergency Chaplaincy Program provides emotional support to First Responders, Law Enforcement, 911 Dispatchers, as well as victims and families on-scene during incidents
• $5,000 – Great Lunch Program Phase 2 to help address additional enrollment and expand the school food program to include breakfast, five days a week
• $7,100 – New Growing Families Program through CC PHHS supports one another through childbearing and early parenting during the pandemic and beyond
• $5,000 – Trauma Exposure Training and Peer Support Counselling Training for all staff in Public Health & Human Services