CrossOver Healthcare Ministry earns $250,000 grant

CrossOver Healthcare Ministry recently announced that it was among 49 awardees to receive a grant from Direct Relief’s Fund for Health Equity, which mobilizes financial resources for organizations focused on non-clinical interventions that affect a person’s health. Commonly known as the social determinants of health, these factors include an individual’s physical, social, political, cultural, and economic environment.

The 49 organizations received funding for a wide range of initiatives, including a campaign to overcome anti-Asian hostility and its effects on well-being; an initiative to develop more active lifestyles among members of the Yurok Tribe; a center supporting Black women’s wellness; and an organization focused on improving birth outcomes for refugee populations, primarily from African and Asian countries.

CrossOver received a grant of $250,000 from the Fund for Health Equity for its work to provide high quality, compassionate healthcare services to low-income, uninsured and medically underserved residents of the Richmond metro area. CrossOver provides a medical home to patients, offering an innovative integration of health services under one roof, including primary and specialty care, chronic disease management, medications, dental, vision, pediatrics, counseling, women’s health & OB, HIV/AIDS diagnosis and treatment, case management, and health education.

Each year, CrossOver provides care to more than 6,200 clients. CrossOver’s patients come from many different backgrounds: 80% of patients do not speak English as their first language, with over 62% of all patients indicating Spanish as their primary language.

“This general operating support grant makes CrossOver’s work possible,” said Julie Bilodeau, CEO of CrossOver. “Quality healthcare requires excellence at every level: staffing, facilities, programs, patient support, and so much more. We are so grateful for the support of Direct Relief towards our mission to provide healthcare to those in need.”

“This round of funding honors organizations on the front lines of their communities that are already working tirelessly to eliminate health disparities,” said Byron Scott, co-chair of the Fund for Health Equity and board director of Direct Relief and chair of its Medical Advisory Council. “These funds will allow these exemplary organizations to continue innovation as they improve health outcomes for vulnerable populations across various communities in our country.”

The awardees were selected by the Fund for Health Equity's Advisory Council.