Courage Medicine is a nonprofit that strives to provide compassionate and comprehensive health services in the Greater Philadelphia Region.
Grants Awarded
Courage to Heal
- Year Awarded:
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2024
- Grant Program:
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Overdose Prevention and Community Healing Fund
- Grant Amount:
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$100,000
Courage Medicine was funded to expand integrated, trauma-informed care through its Courage to Heal initiative in Kensington. Funding supported a community health worker and two part-time psychologists who connect marginalized and underserved individuals and families to behavioral health and recovery services and provide therapy to address individual and collective trauma related to substance use and homelessness.
Courage to Heal
- Year Awarded:
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2023
- Grant Program:
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Overdose Prevention and Community Healing Fund
- Grant Amount:
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$100,000
Courage Medicine was funded to launch Courage to Heal, a low-threshold outpatient program providing same-day access to medications for opioid use disorder alongside behavioral health care, psychiatric medication management, primary care, wound care, and STI services. Based in Kensington, the program connects marginalized and underserved individuals and families to treatment and recovery resources while providing therapy to address trauma related to substance use and homelessness.
