Virginia Health Care Foundation grants play an integral role in building and strengthening Virginia's health safety net. To-date, VHCF has provided more than $27 million in health safety net grant funding to help increase access to care for Virginia's uninsured and medically underserved.   VHCF health safety net grants have helped provide more than 1.7 million patient visits to uninsured Virginians and to those in medically underserved areas. VHCF dental safety net grants have helped establish 35 new dental programs statewide. More than 41,000 uninsured children have been enrolled in state-sponsored health insurance programs (FAMIS and FAMIS Plus) through projects funded through the VHCF children's health initiative.

Health Safety Net Grants

VHCF health safety net grants make it easier for Virginians to obtain the medical, dental and mental health services they need but otherwise couldn't access.  VHCF health safety net grants are at work statewide helping to establish new care providers and to strengthen and expand capacity at existing sites.

While many VHCF grantees have launched innovative approaches to meeting their community's primary care needs, some base their efforts on the successes of prior VHCF grantees, replicating one of VHCF's Models That Made It. 

Child Health Grants

Part of VHCF's Child Health Insurance Initiative, Project Connect grants fund local outreach efforts to increase enrollment and retention in Virginia's state-sponsored health insurance programs for children, FAMIS and FAMIS Plus. Project Connect grants are made possible by a partnership with the Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services.

Medication Assistance Program Grants

Medication Assistance Program (MAP) grants fund medication assistance caseworkers to help uninsured Virginians obtain free medicines for chronic illnesses.  Using VHCF's The Pharmacy Connection software, these MAP caseworkers help eligible patients benefit from pharmaceutical companies' Patient Assistance Programs. Funding for MAP grants has been targeted to some of Virginia's most economically disadvantaged regions.