CommunityService

TheFoundationprovidesopportunitiesforOsteopathicprofessionalsto securefundingforprojectsthatprovideaccessiblecareinunderserved communities.

Ensuring healthcare services reach underprivileged communities and populations is crucial for the overall success of healthcare in the United States The scarcity of physicians and limited access to healthcare in these communities significantly hinder disease prevention efforts, leading to compromised health conditions

Through our Caring for Communities Grant program, we offer financial support to exceptional humanitarian initiatives in overlooked communities across the United States We specifically give focus to clinics that enlist the expertise of Osteopathic physicians to serve disadvantaged populations

Spotlight: Health Outreach Prevention Education, Inc. (H.O.P.E.)

Health Outreach Prevention Education, Inc. (H.O.P.E.) provides health services for Hepatitis C, HIV, and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in Tulsa and throughout rural Oklahoma, focusing on at-risk populations. More than half of H.O.P.E.’s clients are uninsured, underinsured, or underserved.

Working with several volunteer DOs, the nonprofit organization offers physician services targeting hard-toreach populations through innovative, multilingual strategies such as mobile offices, geolocation using apps, webpage chatbots, and collaboration with community partners such as homeless shelters. H.O.P.E. embraces a philosophy of meeting clients wherever they may live.

Mobile outreach is one way HOPE delivers services to its clients

The AOF Caring for Communities grant, awarded to HOPE in 2022, will be used to provide free testing, treatment, and physician services to underserved and uninsured clients