Haywood Healthcare Foundation (HHF) offers grants to Haywood County non-profits, government agencies and schools. These grants are possible because of dedicated donors with a long history of contributing to HHF. Committed to improving access to health care, these donations from local residents in turn help others in the community with healthcare needs.

Each person, family or agency assisted with funding has a story to tell about the impact of the help on their lives.

These grants allow HHF to provide funding to a wide range of local agencies and institutions serving individuals and families with diverse healthcare needs and, through combined funding and human resources, create a healthier Haywood County.

The following grants were approved:

Mental Health:
Children’s Hope Alliance – provide children, youth and families with individual, family or group therapy sessions
HIGHTS, Inc. – expand their Bee Well Program

Substance Abuse:
Haywood County Health & Human Services – Nicotine replacement therapy for pregnant and postpartum patients
Haywood Pathways Center – provide counseling and guidance to residents
Meridian Behavioral Health Services – staff training to help children and adolescents recover from trauma
Mountain Projects’ Prevention Services Program – addresses the persistent problem of substance abuse

Nutrition –
REACH of Haywood County – provide healthy snacks to 7th & 8th Graders in the Safe Dates Program, taught in the Health/PE Classes

Medical Care:
Haywood Regional Medical Center Nurse Navigator Program – provide gas cards to patients receiving cancer treatment
Junaluska Elementary School – purchase one AED (defibrillator)
SharinCare – provide gas cards to Haywood County residents traveling back and forth to medical appointments outside of Haywood County

Health Education:
Southwestern Child Development Nurse Family Partnership serves lower income first time mothers regardless of age – provide books for the client to read to their children, toys to help the mother work with the child to promote developmental skills, purchase car seats, pack and plays, and diapers

The Haywood Healthcare Foundation, a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit foundation, is committed to improving healthcare for underserved individuals and families in Haywood County through educational programs, grants, scholarships and leadership opportunities.