Compassion
Capital Program Collaborative
The Compassion Capital Program Collaborative (CCPC) is a partnership
of five organizations that includes the Christian Community Health
Fellowship (CCHF, the lead agency), Christ Community Medical Center
in Memphis, the Domestic Mission Commission of the Christian Medical
& Dental Association, the Jericho Road Foundation and the
Lawndale Christian Health Center of Chicago. CCPC was formed in
response to a White House initiative that recognized that faith-
and community-based organizations often have difficulty in securing
funding to provide grassroots services. Through the Department
of Health and Human Services, the Administration for Children
and Families, and the Office of Community Services, funding was
made available, on a competitive basis, to fund organizations
that would serve as intermediaries. These intermediaries are responsible
for removing programmatic and funding obstacles for faith- and
community-based organizations seeking federal funding to provide
social services.
CCHF/CCPC was awarded a $1.2 million grant from the Department
of Health and Human Services in October, 2002 that is designed
to build the capacity of health care ministries that serve the
poor and underserved communities through community-based primary
care services. The purpose of the program is to build capacity
and knowledge among faith- and community-based organizations and
encourage the development and replication of effective approaches
and programs to better meet the needs of underserved individuals
and families. This increase in capacity and knowledge will be
accomplished through providing sub-awards (SA) and technical assistance
(TA) to new or recently formed faith- and community-based health
care ministries.
Specifically, the purposes of the SA and TA are to:
1. Provide SA that will assist faith- and community-based primary
health care ministries to become operationally effective and financially
viable faith- and community-based providers of community-oriented
primary health care in underserved communities and populations;
and,
2. Provide TA and capacity-building resources to enable ministries
to become more effective administratively, fiscally and programmatically.
