“Health centers in New Jersey provide comprehensive, community-based primary and preventive health care services to anyone needing care, regardless of their ability to pay,” said William J. Marino, Chairman of the Board of The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey.  “These health centers provide a vital safety net for uninsured and underinsured individuals and families throughout the state who otherwise would go without even the most basic health care.”           

Health Center Initiative grant recipients include the following 18 health centers across New Jersey:

• Bergen Volunteer Medical Initiative in Hackensack, Bergen County - $40,000 over two years
• CAMcare Health Corp in Camden, Camden County - $200,000 over two years
• Cape Volunteers in Medicine/Volunteers in Medicine of Cape May County in Cape May Court House, Cape May County - $202,500 over three years
• Community Health Care in Bridgeton, Cumberland County - $100,000 for one year
• Horizon Health Center in Jersey City, Hudson County - $100,000 for one year
• I Beseech Thee Community Development Corporation in Freehold, Monmouth County - $25,000 for one year 
• Jewish Renaissance Medical Center in Perth Amboy, Middlesex County - $100,000 for one year 
• Metropolitan Family Health Network in Jersey City, Hudson County - $140,000 over two years
• Monmouth Family Health Center in Long  Branch, Monmouth County - $200,000 over three years
• Neighborhood Health Services Corporation in Plainfield, Union County - $150,000 over two years
• Newark Community Health Centers in Newark, Essex County - $300,000 over three years 
• North Hudson Community Action Corporation in West New York, Hudson County - $100,000 over two years
• Paterson Community Health in Paterson, Passaic County - $85,000 for one year
• Providence Medical Clinic in Neptune City, Monmouth County - $50,000 for one year
• United States Catholic Conference/St. Luke’s Catholic Medical Services in Camden, Camden County  - $65,100 over two years
• Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey Community Health Center in Asbury Park, Monmouth County - $100,000 over two years
• Volunteers in Health/Parker Family Health Center in Red Bank, Monmouth County - $200,000 over two years
• Zufall Health Center in Dover, Morris County - $300,000 over three years. 

The grants listed above represent the Foundation’s second round of grants from its five-year, $5 million Health Center Initiative.  In December 2006, the Foundation awarded more than $2.3 million to 16 health centers in its first round of Health Center Initiative grants. 

Funding recommendations to the Foundation’s Board of Directors are made by a ten-member, Review Committee comprised of individuals from across the state knowledgeable about the health care issues facing New Jersey’s communities. 

The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey commenced operations in 2004 and seeks to promote health and the arts by supporting charitable organizations making a positive impact in the lives of people in communities throughout New Jersey.  For more information about the Foundation visit www.HorizonBlue.com/Foundation.