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Horizon Foundation, HCGH Fund $3 Million Partnership

(The Business Monthly) --

The Horizon Foundation is granting $950,000 to Howard County General Hospital (HCGH) during the next four years to help establish a Center for Excellence in Geriatric Health, address emergency psychiatric needs and improve access to care for lower income county residents.

The unprecedented funding, the largest to a single institution in the foundation’s nine-year history, supports The Community Health Partnership, a joint initiative of the foundation and HCGH. The hospital has committed
$2.1 million to the partnership for a total commitment of approximately $3 million from the two organizations.

“The relationship between the hospital and the foundation is broader and deeper than that of a grantor-grantee,” Horizon President & CEO Richard Krieg said. “We share a number of priorities such as improving access to
care and expanding programs and services for seniors.”

The foundation and the hospital have jointly earmarked more than $2 million
of partnership funding to address the needs of older adults in Howard County, which has the fastest growing population of seniors in the state.

The funding will be used to evaluate the feasibility of including dedicated geriatric facilities within the current Campus Development Plan (CDP). If the studies determine such a project is feasible and supported by projected demographics, it then will be determined how the center of excellence might be structured and what programmatic enhancements could be included.