2016 Newborn Hope Grant Recipients
Catholic Charities of Pueblo- Pueblo Funds to support Becoming a Mom/Comenzando bien program in Pueblo.
Children’s Hospital Colorado Foundation – Colorado Springs Funds to support the purchase of recliners for the Skin to Skin Kangaroo Care Program.
Children’s Hospital Colorado Foundation – Colorado Springs Funds to support the Volunteer Task Force Program, a Newborn Hope sponsored program that assists babies and families in the NICU to lighten the challenges caused by premature birth.
Clinica Tepeyac – Denver Funds to support its prenatal program providing critical prenatal care to underserved Latina women in the Denver community.
Family Visitor Programs – Glenwood Springs Funds to provide home-based prenatal education and support for high-risk pregnant women that reside in rural resort regions from Aspen to Parachute.
Memorial Hospital Foundation-Colorado Springs Funds to support the Memorial Hospital Mother’s Embrace fund which provides small grants to women on bed rest with living expenses.
Parkview Medical Center-Pueblo Funds to provide human milk to premature infants.
Peak Vista Community Health Centers Foundation – Colorado Springs Funds to improve the oral health status of prenatal patients by providing educational materials and dental supplies.
Penrose St. Francis Health Foundation – Colorado Springs Funds to purchase two Neoblue blankets to reduce high bilirubin levels in newborns.
Pueblo Community Health Center – Pueblo Funds to implement the Centering Pregnancy program into the Pueblo Community Health Center’s perinatal department.
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Denver- Denver Funds to purchase four Medela Symphony Breast pumps to loan mom’s staying at the Ronald McDonald House.
Special Kids Special Care – Castle Pines Funds to support the Safe Sleep Going Home Program for Premature Infants.
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus-Denver Funds to research easing the transition of premature newborns who are tube feeding to eating orally.
