Tulsa's IHCRC gets Telligen grant for home model

The first year of grant funding in Oklahoma supports initiatives focused on improving individual and community health services and education

WEST DES MOINES, Ia. – Telligen Community Initiative (TCI), the private charitable foundation of Telligen, Inc., today announced it will provide a $25,000 grant to Indian Health Care Resource Center of Tulsa Inc. (IHCRC) to help fund their Medical Home Model project. The project focuses on providing medical case management for urban American Indians experiencing a biopsychological crisis.

The ultimate goal of IHCRC’s medical case management program is to connect patients to programs that meet basic human needs, to enhance human well-being and to reduce health disparities. IHCRC reaches out to Tulsa’s large urban intertribal population to engage Native American people in these programs.

"The best part of what I get to do is be there for folks in crisis. I often ask patients out of everything they are going through, what one thing would help?" said Deni Fholer, IHCRC Medical Case Manager. “The grant funds allocated to this project will help us resolve basic human needs that often interfere with the health and wellness for patients.”

The IHCRC Medical Case Management project is one of the first selected for a grant award within the state by Telligen Community Initiative. The Oklahoma grant award cycle represent the initial funding awards is what is likely to be near $1.5 million in grant support during 2015. TCI also provides funding support to health-focused community projects in Iowa and Illinois.

“The Medical Home Model will provide a range of health and wellness services tailored towards the medical needs of Tulsa’s Native Americans,” said Matt McGarvey, Executive Director of Telligen Community Initiative. “The need is profound and our contribution will positively impact their ability to serve nearly 725 patients annually.”

 

These 15 Oklahoma nonprofits were awarded one-year grants totaling more than $356,636


Bethesda, Inc.

Children’s Medical Research, Inc.

Community Action Project of Tulsa County, Inc.

Green Country Behavioral Health Services, Inc.

Health Alliance for the Uninsured

Indian Health Care Resource Center of Tulsa, Inc.

Mercy Health Foundation Oklahoma City

NAMI Oklahoma

Oklahoma Hospital Education & Research Foundation Trust

Oklahoma State University Foundation

Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma

Rural Health Projects/Northwest Area Health Education Center

SOS Serving Our Service Members, Inc.

University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine – Department of Medical Informatics


The commitment to annual funding in Oklahoma is part of TCI’s overall vision to empower organizations and citizens to improve their individual and community health and ensure health opportunities are available and accessible to everyone.

– About Indian Health Care Resource Center

Indian Health Care Resource Center (IHCRC) is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization. IHRC utilizes a patient-centered, multidisciplinary, medical home approach to offer a full range of health and wellness services to the Indian community. IHCRC recognizes that healing requires someone who understands the patient’s culture; who recognizes that history and tradition play a vital role in patient wellbeing; and who believes that in order to become a healthy individual all the aspects of one’s nature – physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual – must be equally addressed and expressed. For more information about IHCRC, please visit www.ihcrc.org.

– About Telligen Community Initiative

Telligen Community Initiative seeks to empower organizations and citizens to improve their individual and overall community health.  TCI funding is designed to initiate and support innovative and forward-looking health-related projects aimed at improving health, social well-being, and educational attainment.  The foundation’s funding focuses on project support in Iowa, Illinois and Oklahoma within the areas of health innovation, health for the underserved and healthcare workforce development.  For more information about TCI, please visit www.telligenci.org.