Friends of the Children-Central Oregon (FOTCCO) announced today it has received a $220,000 grant award from the Wood Next Fund, to support its mission to break generational cycles of poverty through its long-term, professional mentoring program. The grant was matched dollar for dollar by the Central Oregon Health Council. "This gift from Wood Next Fund will be transformational for our program, and the youth and families we serve," said executive director Rachel Cardwell. "It will allow us to expand, not just in the number of youth we select into our program, but also our ability to effectively serve kids outside of Bend and throughout Central Oregon." FOTCCO has an expansion plan in progress to serve rural communities in Jefferson and Crook Counties. The gift will support an additional 15 youth, bringing total enrollment to 61, with the addition of two Professional Mentors, called Friends, one of whom will be dedicated to areas outside of Bend. These funds will also
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The Board of Directors of the Central Oregon Health Council (COHC) has announced that Executive Director Donna Mills will step down by June 30, 2022. Mills has served as the executive director of COHC since 2015 when she relocated from Colorado, where she served as the CEO of Integrated Community Health Partners with extensive experience in finance and operations in the health care sector. "Donna Mills has been an amazing community organizer and leader for health care in Central Oregon. She and her team have engaged hundreds of people in a continuous effort to improve the health of the Central Oregon community. She has engaged hospital CEOs, practicing physicians and other health care staff, clinic and agency directors, patient advocates, Medicaid recipients, and many more in this diverse and active effort. Her secret sauce is that she has consistently treated everyone in an equal manner, important or dispossessed, brilliant physician or mentally ill patient everyone is treated
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