Rapid-Response COVID-19 Relief grants awarded include:
- University of Arkansas Foundation, Inc. (UAMS), Little Rock ($150,000) – to help purchase personal protective equipment like gloves, gowns and masks, as well as thermometers; to dispatch mobile screening, testing and population monitoring to rural communities; and to provide timely, accurate education and information to employees, patients and the public.
- Jefferson Hospital Association, Pine Bluff ($122,093) – to help Jefferson Regional Medical Center provide rapid COVID-19 testing to 1,500 at-risk individuals and provide 94 pulse oximeters for patients testing positive in the southeastern counties of the state.
- Northeast Arkansas Children’s Advocacy Center, Jonesboro ($20,000) – to provide emergency relief to victims of physical or sexual abuse through the purchase of PPE supplies; mental health therapist salaries; cleaning supplies; food, clothing and blankets for children; and gas cards for families traveling to the center for help.
- Oasis of Northwest Arkansas, Bella Vista ($15,000) – to expand transitional living services to meet the increased demand in the state for housing and job training for the vulnerable in recovery from substance abuse or domestic violence.
- Ronald McDonald House Charities of Arkansas, Little Rock ($15,000) – to help pay for meal bags and hygiene items to be delivered daily to families of children in Neonatal Intensive Care Units in local hospitals.
- Boys & Girls Club of the Arkansas River Valley, Russellville ($10,000) – to provide health, hygiene and educational materials to low-income, at-risk youth by distributing packets to community residents.
- Paragould School District, Paragould ($9,000) – to provide backpacks filled with nutritious food to students weekly and supply at-risk students with needed school supplies as they continue learning using alternate methods of instruction.
- Family Violence Prevention, Batesville ($5,000) – to purchase emergency essentials like cleaning supplies, gloves, masks, storage bags, food, thermometers and baby wipes to provide safe services to domestic violence victims during the pandemic.
- Fort Smith Children’s Emergency Shelter, Fort Smith ($5,000) – to assist with the budget for food, cleaning supplies and health-related needs of the children served by the shelter.
- Great River Charitable Clinic, Blytheville ($5,000) – to expand primary care and prescription coverage by telemedicine for patients of the clinic in Mississippi County.