MERCY AND MERCY FOUNDATION AWARDED GRANT

Mercy Medical Center and Mercy Foundation have 
been awarded a $63,000 planning grant to support 
a violence prevention initiative that 
establishes a community-based Child Abuse 
Prevention Consortium.  
The grant is provided by the Mission and 
Ministry Fund of Catholic Health Initiatives, 
the national health care system that includes 
Mercy Medical Center and Mercy Foundation.  
Established in 1996 by the health system’s 
founding congregations, the Mission and Ministry 
Fund has awarded 273 grants totaling more than 
$33 million to programs across the globe. The 
fund was established through contributions from 
Catholic Health Initiatives’ facilities across 
the nation.  
The Child Abuse Prevention Consortium will serve 
Douglas County, but also contribute to Catholic 
Health Initiatives’ systemwide initiative to 
prevent violence in every community the health 
care system serves.
 	“Every child has the right to health and 
a life free from violence,” says Kelly Morgan, 
Mercy’s President and CEO.  “However, we know 
that hundreds of children in our own community 
are victims of physical, sexual and emotional 
violence. This is why Mercy, CHI and our 
partners in prevention have made violence 
prevention – including domestic violence, chid 
and elder abuse, gun violence and school 
violence – a systemwide priority.”
 	According to Dr. Marcia Hall, head of 
Women Veterans Programs at the Roseburg VA and 
consultant for the Child Abuse Prevention 
Consortium, “Child maltreatment is a widespread 
problem with a serious impact on the victims’ 
physical and mental health, well-being and 
development throughout their lives – and, by 
extension, on society in general. We all have a 
role to play in ending violence against 
children; this consortium is a positive step 
forward to achieving that goal.” 
For more information, please contact Kathleen 
Nickel at 541-677-2423 or Lisa Platt at 
541-677-6545.

 

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