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July 29, 2021
The Stehouwer Free Clinic in Cadillac recently received three grants to help meet the health needs in the community.
The clinic received a $1,900 grant from Great Lakes Energy People’s Fund and a $1,000 grant from the Missaukee Area Community Foundation for referral programs. Blue Cross Blue Shield also awarded a $15,000 grant to be used for overhead expenses.
The clinic says these grants are what keeps their services free.
“It’s wonderful to able to have these grants awarded to us,” said Stehouwer Free Clinic office coordinator Cindy Watkins. “It helps us get through and provide these free services to people who have no insurance, or under insured and meet the poverty guidelines that are part of our criteria.”
The funds came in the form of two grants.
The largest grant, $1,900, comes from the Great Lakes Energy People Fund. The clinic is planning on spending the funds on two major pieces of equipment. One is a multifunctional printer. This will allow us to send and receive clearer medical correspondences between other health care facilities, said Cindy Watkins, the office coordinator and director at the Stehouwer Free Clinic, in a letter announcing the grants.
The second piece of equipment that the clinic will purchase with funds from the Great Lakes Energy People Fund is an illumination system and disposable vaginal specula system, which will help physicians perform lighted pelvic exams when needed.
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This grant award will support the installation of the center s Security/Safety Program.
New Hope Center s new facility consists of three wings that will keep the groups separated from one another. An access control system will need to be installed that will give everyone a key card that will only allow them to enter their designated wing.
This safety program will also consist of video cameras installed into the shared common areas, hallways, and exterior doors to help monitor the safety of clients and staff. The front entrance will have a video intercom entrance to help monitor those that are coming into the shelter. The center would eventually like to offer some classes in their conference room about personal safety which would include awareness of surroundings, identity theft, and common scams (phishing, telephone, mystery shoppers, etc.).