Grantees

Worked to identify and enroll eligible, but uninsured, children and youth in Medicaid and Child Health Plan Plus (CHP+).

Provided technical assistance to nurse education programs statewide to incorporate six quality and safety competencies, including patient-centered care, teamwork and collaboration, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, safety and informatics (i.e., using information and technology to share knowledge, mitigate errors and support decision making). Based on key findings from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation‘s national pilot to implement quality and safety education in nurse curricula. (Visit QSEN online)

Backed efforts by the Colorado Rural Health Center to administer the Colorado Rural Outreach Program, to help offset the educational loan debts of approximately 20 health professionals annually in exchange for their commitment to practice in a rural area.

Twice yearly, the Community Resource Center‘s Rural Philanthropy Days (RPD) connects funders to nonprofit organizations doing important work in rural Colorado. Learn more.

In honor of John R. Moran, Jr.’s long-time leadership of The Colorado Trust, a special fund of $250,000 established the John R. Moran, Jr. Grantee Leadership Award. From 2007 to 2016, one current Trust grantee was selected annually to receive $25,000 in recognition of outstanding leadership to advance the health and well-being of the people within the community the grantee serves.

Provided scholarships to health professions students at Regis University’s Rueckert-Hartman School for Health Professions and the School of Public Health at the University of Colorado Denver Health Sciences Center.

Supporting the Colorado Center for Nursing Excellence in expanding the leadership skills of some 140 front-line nurses to implement quality initiatives that improve patient care statewide. The program built on evidence gained from a HRSA-funded nurse leadership program.

Together with the New America Foundation, the DU Center developed an in-depth report on the economic case for health reform. This report assessed and explained the balance between the likely costs of reform and the potential economic benefits of reform so that business leaders, policymakers and the public can have a more informed debate about Colorado’s self-interest in health system reform.

Supported the Colorado Center for Nursing Excellence in building the state’s health professions workforce through the Nursing Faculty Retention and Recruitment Program, including a nursing faculty educational loan repayment program.

Expanded the ability of 14 community health clinics and local public health agencies to provide timely preventive, primary, oral and behavioral health care for children in medically underserved areas. Learn more.