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Community of Hope Receives $50,000 Grant from the Quality Health
Foundation to Administer Health Services for Low-Income, the Uninsured
and Underinsured in the District of Columbia

Columbia, Maryland – July 2, 2008 –The Quality Health Foundation, the mission arm of Quality Health Strategies, announced today a grant in the amount of $50,000 to Community of Hope, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the health and quality of life of low-income, homeless and underserved families and individuals in the District of Columbia by providing health care, housing with supportive services, educational opportunities and spiritual support. 

The grant funds will be used to cover the gap created by non-reimbursable patient costs in our health services program and the costs of approximately 367 patient visits. 

“Community of Hope focuses on preventive care that improves the overall health of the community we serve and reduces both the rate and cost of more serious health problems,” said Kelly Sweeney McShane, Executive Director, Community of Hope.

The Quality Health Foundation was formed in May 2003 out of funds from Quality Health Strategies, an Easton-based not-for-profit quality improvement organization with more than 30 years experience in conducting and evaluating health care quality improvement initiatives.  The mission of the Quality Health Foundation is to provide charitable organizations that wish to undertake improvement projects with funding based on the project’s potential to impact access to and quality of healthcare to individuals and communities.

“The Quality Health Foundation is proud to support an organization that addresses our mission directly by providing quality health care for low-income, uninsured and underinsured individuals in the DC metro region,” said Sheldon Goldgeier, MD, Chairman of the Quality Health Foundation Board of Directors.

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About Quality Health Foundation
The Quality Health Foundation is the mission arm of the Quality Health Strategies, a national, not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving healthcare quality in 26 states.  Formed in May 2003, the mission of the Quality Health Foundation is to improve the health of individuals and communities.  To achieve this goal, we provide modest charitable grants to organizations that wish to undertake improvement projects to impact access to and quality of healthcare and human services to individuals and communities.  For more information, please visit the Quality Health Foundation on the web at www.qualityhealthfoundation.org.