Medical Care For Children Partnership Foundation

TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE TO UNINSURED CHILDREN.

SEE SCHEDULE O.MEDICAL CARE FOR CHILDREN PARTNERSHIP (MCCP) IS A PROGRAM ESTABLISHED IN 1986 AND ADMINISTERED BY THE FAIRFAX COUNTY GOVERNMENT (FAIRFAX COUNTY). IN 2007, THE FOUNDATION WAS CREATED TO PROVIDE FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE MCCP PROGRAM. THE FOUNDATION PROVIDES VISION AND STRATEGY FOR THE PROGRAM'S SUSTAINABILITY AND ENSURES FUNDING FOR MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE OF ELIGIBLE CHILDREN. THE FOUNDATION HAS AN AGREEMENT WITH FAIRFAX COUNTY THAT LAID THE FRAMEWORK FOR TRANSITION OF THE MCCP PROGRAM AND THE INITIAL TRANSFER OF ASSETS OF $2,997,799. THE FOUNDATION IS FUNDED THROUGH A DIVERSE SET OF FUNDERS THAT INCLUDES: INDIVIDUALS, CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS, FAIRFAX COUNTY, AND OTHER GRANTS. FAIRFAX COUNTY HAD OVER 3,000 CHILDREN, RESPECTIVELY, ENROLLED IN THE MCCP PROGRAM. IN ADDITION TO CHILDREN SEEN AT NO COST TO THE FAMILIES AT KAISER PERMANENTE, THE FOUNDATION PROVIDED MEDICAL OFFICE VISITS AND DENTAL OFFICE VISITS, RESPECTIVELY, FOR UNINSURED, ELIGIBLE MCCP CHILDREN OF FAIRFAX COUNTY. THE FOUNDATION HAS A MOBILE DENTAL VAN THAT IS USED TO PERFORM DENTAL SCREENINGS IN THE COMMUNITY AND ESTABLISH FURTHER TREATMENT PLANS FOR THE CHILDREN WITH A DENTIST IN THEIR COMMUNITY.IN MARCH 2020, THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION DECLARED THE OUTBREAK OF A CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) A PANDEMIC. AS A RESULT, THE MCCP PROGRAM'S ABILITY TO CONNECT CHILDREN TO MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE HAD CHANGED SINCE MOST PRACTICES WERE CLOSED AND ONLY PROVIDING EMERGENCY SERVICES. AT THE SAME TIME, THE FOUNDATION WAS INFORMED THAT TWO OF THE MCCP PROGRAM'S MOST VULNERABLE MARKETS (THE ANNANDALE AND CULMORE COMMUNITIES) HAD THEIR FOOD PANTRIES CLOSE AND WERE IN DESPERATE NEED OF FOOD AND SUPPLIES TO FEED THEIR FAMILIES. THE FOUNDATION MOBILIZED ITS MOBILE DENTAL VAN TO DELIVER FOOD TO BOTH COMMUNITIES. WITH THE FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN DISRUPTED AND MOST INDIVIDUALS AT HOME, THE FOUNDATION'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, A VAN DRIVER, AND A REPRESENTATIVE FROM LEGAL AID JUSTICE BEGAN SERVING MEALS THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH CHEF JOSE ANDRES OF WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN. THE FOUNDATION SERVED MEALS IN BOTH COMMUNITIES WHILE FURTHER SUPPORTING THEM BY PROVIDING MASKS, GLOVES, AND MANY OTHER RESOURCES THROUGH A NEWLY DEVELOPED NETWORK OF PARTNERS. THE FOUNDATION WAS ABLE TO SECURE FUNDING TO DO THIS WORK THROUGH FOUR OTHER NEW SOURCES TO COVER THE COSTS OF THESE ACTIVITIES. BY PROVIDING THESE PROGRAMS, THE FOUNDATION HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISTRIBUTE CRITICAL INFORMATION AROUND THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH TO THESE VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES AND DEVELOP TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION TO ENSURE THEIR NEEDS WERE BEING CAPTURED IN REAL TIME. THIS WORK CONTINUES AND IS ENABLING THE FOUNDATION TO BETTER SERVE THE FAMILIES DIRECTLY WITH SERVICES THAT ARE NEEDED WITHIN EACH COMMUNITY AND GIVES THE FOUNDATION THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE SUSTAINABLE EFFICIENT PROGRAMMING WHILE INCREASING THE FOUNDATION'S ABILITY TO SERVE AND ATTRACT NEW FUNDERS AND PARTNERS. THE DECISION TO PIVOT THE MOBILE DENTAL VAN TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO FAMILIES IN THEIR COMMUNITIES HAS PROVIDED THE FOUNDATION WITH MANY NEW PARTNERS AND RESOURCES THAT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE TO THE FOUNDATION OTHERWISE.THE FOUNDATION OPERATES AS A PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP. THIS MODEL ENABLES EACH PARTNER'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO BE LEVERAGED FOR THE MAXIMUM POSSIBLE BENEFIT. THE FOUNDATION HAS THREE GROUPS OF PARTNERS. THE FIRST PARTNER IS FAIRFAX COUNTY, WHICH PROVIDED $237,000 GRANTS TO THE FOUNDATION RESTRICTED TO OPERATING COSTS. IN ADDITION, FAIRFAX COUNTY HAD A SIGNIFICANT BUDGET FOR ITS OUTREACH WORKERS, CASEWORKERS, AND MANAGERS TO ADMINISTER THE MCCP PROGRAM THE FOUNDATION SUPPORTS, WHICH IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE FOUNDATION'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THE SECOND GROUP OF PARTNERS ARE THE MEDICAL AND DENTAL COMMUNITIES. KAISER PERMANENTE PROVIDED CHILDREN MEDICAL CARE AT NO COST TO THE FAMILIES, WHICH WAS APPROXIMATELY $2.7 MILLION IN DONATED SERVICES TO FAIRFAX COUNTY. THE KAISER PERMANENTE DONATED CARE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE FOUNDATION'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. IN ADDITION, THE MCCP PROGRAM HAS HUNDREDS OF DOCTORS AND DENTISTS IN THE NETWORK WHO PROVIDE CARE AT REDUCED RATES OR AT NO COST. THE FOUNDATION PAID A NET AMOUNT OF $452,255 TO FAIRFAX COUNTY, TO PAY FOR THE DISCOUNTED MEDICAL AND DENTAL COSTS OF CHILDREN WHO WERE CARED FOR BY THESE PRIVATE DOCTORS AND DENTISTS. THE PROGRAM WAS ALSO ABLE TO PROVIDE CARE TO CHILDREN THROUGH THE GENEROUS DONATION OF PRO BONO MEDICAL AND DENTAL SERVICES TO FAIRFAX COUNTY. THIS MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE IS ALSO NOT INCLUDED IN THE FOUNDATION'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THE THIRD GROUP OF PARTNERS ARE THE FOUNDATION'S VOLUNTEERS AND FUNDERS INDIVIDUALS, CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS, AND COMMUNITY GROUPS. IN THE YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2021 AND 2020, THIS GROUP INCLUDED NEW AND EXISTING PARTNERS TO PROVIDE FOOD AND SUPPLIES TO FEED INSECURE FAMILIES. THE FOUNDATION PROVIDES VISION AND STRATEGY FOR THE MCCP PROGRAM, EXECUTES ON ITS STRATEGIC PLAN, AND RAISES THE FUNDS TO PAY FOR THE CHILDREN'S CARE.