Valley Health Community Partnership Grants Address Complex Health Challenges

Valley Health is proud to announce that 12 nonprofit organizations are recipients of 2025 Community Partnership Grants to support the local organizations in their efforts to address critical health needs.

The Community Partnership Grants program is anchored in a broad understanding of community health and the varied influences which contribute to a healthy community. Jason Craig, MS, EdD, Valley Health, Director Community Health, explains, “In addition to access to quality health care, many other factors such as economic stability, safe housing, education and job opportunities, and access to nutritious foods impact the health of our communities.”

Valley Health’s 2025 Community Partnership Grant program awarded 12 one-year grants totaling $190,000 to area non-profit organizations that address critical health needs. One organization receives the top grant award of $50,000, four receive $25,000 awards, three receive $10,000 awards and four receive $2,500 mini-grants.

This year, Page Alliance for Community Action (PACA) received Valley Health’s top grant award. With the grant funding, PACA proposes to establish a pilot program to strengthen the local and fresh food network in Page County and southern Shenandoah County. The program will connect community gardens and local producers to market opportunities, and also offer Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) options to ensure that residents in this rural region have access to fresh, healthy food.

Megan Gordon, PACA Program Director shares, “food insecurity is an issue in rural areas like Page and Shenandoah counties that is exacerbated by a lack of grocery stores and the availability and affordability of fresh food, forcing residents to rely on processed or low-nutrient foods. The proposed pilot program will be an important step to improve access to healthy food choices.”

Community Partnership Grant recipients were selected through a competitive application process, evaluating how proposed projects align with Valley Health strategies including health education and navigation, mobile health, telehealth, transportation, mental health, and community collaborations. The 2025 grant recipients were:

$50,000

Page Alliance for Community Action (Luray, VA)

$25,000

Horizon Goodwill, Inc. (Winchester, VA)

Warren Coalition (Front Royal)

Strength in Peers (New Market, VA)

Phoenix Project (Front Royal, VA)

$10,000

Concern Hotline (Winchester, VA)

Reaching Out Now, Inc. (Middletown, VA)

Wheels for Wellness (Winchester, VA)

$2,500

Renewed Life Ministry WV (Kearneysville, WV)

You Are Not Alone Ministry (Winchester, VA)

Community Works for Page (Abingdon, VA)

Community Markets Inc. (Charles Town, WV)

The grant program is one of the ways Valley Health partners with other community organizations and initiatives to improve health of the communities it serves. “We understand that the health of our community and the health of the individuals we care for is determined by much more than what goes on inside Valley Health’s hospitals and medical facilities,” says Jeff Feit, MD, MS, Chief Population and Community Health Officer and Chief Medical Information Officer. “It is a privilege to partner with other organizations who are working to improve the overall health and well-being of our region.”