Reid Health grants support maternal, infant and children’s health programs

Reid Health’s Community Engagement announced the 14 recipients of its third grant cycle in 2025. Regional nonprofits received a total of $100,000 with programs focused on supporting maternal, infant and children’s health. 

Area recipients impact communities in Fayette, Franklin, Henry, Randolph, Union and Wayne counties in Indiana, and Preble County, Ohio. 

Reid Health Community Engagement holds three grant cycles per year, each aimed at impacting specific health disparities identified in its Community Health Assessment. This assessment is held every three years.

“This grant allows our community partners to expand and enhance services and programs to address the needs and reduce disparities affecting families,” Jess Przybysz, Community Health and Engagement Director, said. “Through these programs, Reid is helping ensure women, children and families have the resources and support they need for lifelong health and well-being.”

“The third cycle reflects our commitment to investing in programs that positively impact women and children’s health in the communities we serve,” said Katie Stephen, Community Engagement Specialist. 

Applicants were evaluated on several criteria, including an organization’s ability to improve the child abuse rate, support single-parent households and families living below the poverty level, and provide resources for mothers who smoke during pregnancy. Applicants also requested funds for programs that offered more early prenatal care services and aimed to lessen the teen birth rate. 

Area third grant cycle awards are:

• $10,000 to Birth to Five Inc. for staffing its Healthy Families program
• $7,500 to Children’s Justice and Advocacy Center for supplies and materials for child and adult safety programs
• $7,500 to Circle U Help Center to purchase items for mothers, infants and children in need
• $7,500 to Firefly Children and Family Alliance to support staffing and its emergency aid fund for community-based programs
• $2,900 to Friends of the Union County Public Library for family workshops, library materials and supplies
• $6,660 to From the Heart International Inc. for curriculum, supplies and program materials for its outreach initiatives 
• $7,500 to Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana for staffing and to purchase supplies for school-based pantries
• $10,000 to Hope Center for curriculum for parenting and life skills class and supplies for its boutique 
• $1,200 to Imagination Library of Franklin County to support 40 additional children in the Imagination Library program 
• $6,500 to Meridian Health Services and The Nest for supplies for groups, transportation, housing and emergency services 
• $7,500 to Natco Community Empowerment Center — Love Makes Cents Inc. for software, supplies and materials for its financial hub
• $7,500 to Preble County YMCA for staffing, supplies and program materials for child water safety classes offered through schools
• $9,740 to Pregnancy Care Center of Randolph County for curriculum, staffing and supplies for its outreach initiatives
• $8,000 to Randolph County YMCA for its Creating Positive Relationships program, including staffing, curriculum and program materials 

As part of new regulations issued by the 2010 Affordable Care Act and later mandated by the IRS in 2014, tax-exempt hospitals are accountable for meeting the health needs of their communities through meticulous reporting and transparency. Reid Health meets this benchmark through Community Engagement’s grants and other outreach initiatives, funneling more than $168 million back into the communities for the past five years. 

For more information about the Reid Health Community Engagement Program, the health needs assessment, and the implementation strategy, visit ReidCommunities.org.