Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Caring Foundation

Navigating Healthcare with Culture and Confidence program equipping the Indigenous community members with culturally resonant, practical, and empowering tools to access, navigate, and trust healthcare systems-while honoring cultural identity and addressing systemic barriers

Expanding Food Access & Nutrition - Strengtheningfood sovereigntyefforts throughcommunity gardens and fresh food distribution, providingnutrition education workshops, and partnering withlocal food pantries and farmers' marketsto ensure year-round food availability

South Central Rural Co-op Initiative - redistributing groceries, paper products, and household goods to rural grocery stores. Rural grocery stores face many challenges, including the potential for loss of food distributors due to smaller purchases and high cost of delivery. goal is to ensure that rural residents have continued access to healthy food, especially for elderly and farm family residents by working together with surrounding grocery stores.

expand access and care for the vulnerable patient populations by expanding the reach and services of Social Services team to address SDoH needs of patients; purchase vital Optometry equipment to enhance vision services provided on-site as a part of our comprehensive approach to primary care and expand translation/interpretation services to meet the increased demand of patients best served in a language other than English.

7 feathers program to promote indigenous cultural traditions, cultural preservation as well as improved physical and mental and emotional health for elders, youth and families.

Strike Out the Stigma initiative

improve access to shelter beds, housing crisis diversion, and homelessness prevention services a serving as a single, trusted point of contact center for individuals and families in housing crisis, reducing fragmentation and connecting people quickly to the help they need.

help patients achieve better doctor-patient communication and improve overall health outcomes by helping the urban Tribal population of Bismarck-Mandan-Lincoln to work collaboratively with their primary healthcare providers, and advocate for their own healthcare, using a group method for social support and improve healthcare literacy and advocacy.

to address critical mental health needs and barriers to care by building mental health literacy and coping skills and reducing isolation.

BUILD rural health grant

emergency homeless shelter providing a safe haven for folks to seek respite during the harsh weather and access services from agencies.

BUILD rural health grant

Rural Health Grant

Giving hearts day giftcards.

identify and update the sim training scenarios in mobile units

Find Your Kind 5K support

Rural Roots, Strong Minds: a program initiative to establish and sustain accessible, culturally appropriate mental and behavioral health services for students and families

fitness center equipment

expand reach into rural North Dakota serving more individuals in need of medical equipment and supplies

early childhood education, family/community engagement courses & fine motor equipment.

Rural Health Grant

eliminating hunger mission support + cultural pop up food events

BUILD rural health grant

Dental Program and Supplies

Build a statewide coalition of people and organizations to create better health outcomes for all North Dakotans.

for programming and equipment needed for your to new and expanded programs in nursing and other Allied Health.

support school-linked mental health program

support for opioid treatment program

SDOH Report

sdoh report

sdoh report

Rural Health Grant

Science on the Go

Maternal Child Health home visiting program

transportation assistance to remove barriers getting to medical appts.

Tobacco free education and support resources

community programming implementation for advancing Special Olympics Young Athletes programming.

ND Service Member and Family Support providing children of current or retired military members to attend youth camps to build friendships and teach resiliency and leadership.

support maternal health work with vulnerable groups, including promoting breastfeeding during and after incarceration, ensuring continuity of care and providing culturally sensitive education.

programming and supplies

bike share program

winter wellness market collaboration

Red River Farmers Market

remove transportation barriers in the community