From individual sessions, to community programming, to medical music therapy, A Place to Be’s certified music-therapists are helping people face, navigate and overcome life’s challenges using the clinically-based practices of music therapy.

CMCF’s grant supports the hiring of two new music therapists. Additionally the grant assisted the organization in establishing its new LINK program that uses music therapy to strengthen soft skills towards employment.

ArtsFairfax is the voice of the arts, dedicated to fostering dynamic and diverse local arts, ensuring that arts thrive by producing vision, leaders, capacity-building services, advocacy, funding, education, and information. ArtsFairfax is dedicated to expanding support for and access to arts and culture opportunities for all of Fairfax County.

CMCF’s grant enables the expansion of the organization’s Artist Resident Program to represent underserved areas of Fairfax County. The funding provides the program with the ability to support new collaborations with an elementary school, park, community center, library and an affordable housing community.

The Center for Excellence in Education nurtures high school and university scholars to careers of excellence and leadership in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), and encourages collaboration between and among scientific and technological leaders in the global community.

CMCF’s grant will assist the Teacher Enrichment Program that provides career development to teachers in underserved areas to help build a talented and diverse workforce in STEM. CMCF’s funding will also support the Research Science Institute (RSI), USA Biolympiad programs and the new Center for Excellence in Education Bio-Science Clubs cost-free to students and teachers.

Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place. Girl Scouts believe in the power of every G.I.R.L. (Go-getter, Innovator, Risk-taker, Leader)™ to change the world. Everything a Girl Scout does centers around STEM, the outdoors, development of life skills, entrepreneurship, and is designed to embrace her where she is now and to grow along with her.

CMCF’s grant continues its support of the Girl Scout’s Health in Nature program. In 2021, during the summer sleep away camp, the program allowed 1,809 girls to learn about the physical and mental health benefits of time spent in the outdoors.

Located in Fairfax and Loudoun counties, Healthworks for Northern Virginia provides excellent and affordable medical, dental and behavioral health care for patients from all backgrounds, of all ages and of all incomes. Its providers are all board certified, and it is accredited, at the highest level, as a Patient Centered Medical Home. Healthworks of Northern Virginia serves as the medical home for more than 21,000 patients. Its Sliding Fee Discount Program, provides a discount on visit fees based on annual income and family size. Patients with Medicaid, Medicare and TRICARE are welcome, as well as those with private insurance or no insurance at all.

CMCF’s grant supports the position of a nurse diabetic educator, serving primary care patients in the Leesburg and Sterling HeathWorks’ centers. The educator will provide individual and group diabetic education and support to adult patients who are diabetic or prediabetic, and to their families.

INMED’s Opportunity Center is designed to serve at-risk youth and families in Loudoun County: those who are economically disadvantaged, vulnerable to abuse or neglect, experiencing housing instability and/or facing barriers to educational achievement and vocational opportunity. Through the Opportunity Center and its extended community and virtual programming, INMED will reach an estimated 2,000 vulnerable children, youth and parents in Loudoun County during the grant year.

CMCF’s grant supports the broad range of educational, vocational, family support and youth development services delivered through the Opportunity Center in Sterling, Virginia.

Claude Moore Precious Time is a pediatric respite care program that matches James Madison University Nursing and Health and Human Service students with families who have children with special needs/disabilities/special healthcare needs. The students provide the families a total of 14-20 hours of respite care over the course of the semester. Visits can occur either in family homes or outside the home. Families do not pay money to participate in the program; however, families are asked to educate the students by their experience raising a child with special needs. The program serves families who live within a one hour radius of Harrisonburg, Virginia.

CMCF is the sole funder of this program. The grant covers all operating expenditures.

LAWS Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Services provides free, confidential services to all adults, youth and children who are victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, stalking, and child abuse. Its goals are to empower, inform and advocate for adults, youth and children; educate the community about domestic violence and sexual assault, dating violence, stalking; work towards the elimination of personal and societal violence.
CMCF’s grant provides partial funding for additional programmatic and staffing resources to help meet the significant growth in demand for its services.

The Loudoun Education Foundation engages the community to invest in critical and innovative programs that foster the academic success and well-being of students and teachers. It funds programs that stimulate students’ curiosity, create exceptional learning opportunities, and provide needed resources to teachers, students, and families.

CMCF’s grant supports teachers in Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) by focusing on four critical programs:
• Enabling teachers to conduct innovative projects in their classroom that help students learn;
• Funding five, $5,000 scholarships for LCPS teachers in pursuit of endorsement in critical needs areas of learning;
• Funding a four year scholarship for a high school student pursuing a teaching degree whose race is under-represented in the field of teaching; and
• Funding the training of mentors and lead mentors.

The Loudoun Free Clinic supports healthcare services for Loudoun County residents who, as a result of economic or other barriers, would otherwise do without healthcare. It coordinates visits, medications, tests, surgeries, and often transportation for thousands of people struggling with emergency, acute and chronic medical conditions. LFC ensures that all treatments are provided at no cost to its patients.

The LFC is funded entirely by grants and donations. It is supported by a network of community organizations as well as a dedicated group of volunteers who staff its daytime and evening clinics.

CMCF’s grant assists LCF with COVID-19 relief and general support to strengthen the organization.

Loudoun Literacy Council has been changing lives through reading and learning to promote personal growth and empowerment in Loudoun County since 1980. Its mission is to teach English communication skills and provide literacy resources to empower low-income adults and children to become self-sufficient and confident in their ability to achieve their personal and professional goals.

CMCF’s grant supports the Literacy Council’s comprehensive literacy program that fosters early childhood literacy in the home and literacy enrichment tools for low-income families in Loudoun County.

Loudoun Youth, Inc. (LYI) provides empowerment opportunities for middle school and high school students in Loudoun County through programs and community service activities. Its programs actively build confidence as well as leadership and communication skills. LYI works closely with community partners to develop robust programs that Empower, Lead, and Connect Loudoun County teens to leadership opportunities.

CMCF’s grant supports many of LYI’s programs including the Claude Moore Community Builders, Step Up Loudoun Youth Competition, Loudoun Youth Leadership Program, Loudoun Battle of the Bands, and Loudoun Youth Advisory Council.

National Capital Area Council, BSA delivers the promise of Scouting to youth in the Washington, D.C., metro area, including 16 counties in Maryland and Virginia, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and U.S. citizens abroad in North and South America. Its programs teach young people to “be prepared!” for adventure, education, service, and leadership.

CMCF’s grant is directed toward youth programs in Loudoun County. The grant enables camp and activity fees to be more affordable for all families as well as:
• Supports the training for 15,000 volunteer leaders who make the programs possible;
• Provides camp scholarships for youth needing assistance; and
• Enables cost-free scouting for at-risk youth.

The Northern Virginia Dental Clinic is a unique, public/private partnership between dental professionals, local governments and social service agencies. The clinic was established in 1994 by members of the Northern Virginia Dental Society who wanted to contribute a critically-needed service to the community while preserving the dignity of the underserved. The clinic’s volunteer dentists, dental hygienists, and auxiliaries provide health care services for the indigent population of Northern Virginia.

CMCF’s grant provides for the replacement of aging and worn hand instruments used to render restorative, oral surgery and oral prophylaxis care to the clinic’s clients enabling the dental professionals to render treatment more efficiently.

Northern Virginia Family Service’s (NVFS) breadth, depth and scope of services offer the resources and support to ensure that everyone in need, at every stage of life, maximizes their potential and fully contributes to a thriving community. NVFS provides the essential building blocks for financial, emotional and physical well-being, serving as leaders and innovators for the Northern Virginia community. Every year, it empowers more than 35,000 individuals to achieve self-sufficiency.

CMCF’s grant allows NVFS to continue providing therapeutic services to Loudoun County youth for violence prevention and intervention as well as critical mental health services for Loudoun County children and families in need.

A grant from the Claude Moore Charitable Foundation enabled Shenandoah University to establish the Claude Moore Center for Literacy in the Bowman Building at the School of Education and Leadership in downtown Winchester. The purpose of the center is to promote literacy in the region through providing community outreach, and by training current and future teachers in best practices in teaching reading and writing. In 2021, CMCL initiatives served more than 12,000 teachers and more than 58,000 students at Title 1 schools in Winchester, Prince William County and Clarke County.

CMCF’s grant will continue funding for CMCL and support bringing in inspiring authors, purchasing books and supplies and providing scholarships in high need areas.

The Stroke Comeback Center is a community of survivors of stroke and other brain trauma committed to living successful and productive lives. It offers support along the slow road to recovery. Its members, professionals, volunteers, coaches, and families know that recovery continues forever. It is the only center of this kind in the Washington, DC area. The Center focuses on all aspects of recovery: speech, reading, writing and comprehension, cognition and fitness utilizing interactive technologies tailored to each of its members. The Center continues to provide affordable fees through donor-funded scholarships.

CMCF’s grant supports the organization’s overall mission of providing meaningful, long-term services to stroke and brain trauma survivors, regardless of one’s ability to pay.

Since 1967, The Arc of Loudoun has been Loudoun County’s only advocacy organization dedicated to serving people with disabilities and their families. It is the only community-based, non-profit working for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities throughout their lifetimes. The Arc of Loudoun encompass all ages and all spectrums from autism, ASD, Down Syndrome, Fragile X, intellectual disabilities, and various other developmental disabilities. It works to provide a lifetime of opportunities for people with disabilities while advocating for, educating, serving, and supporting those individuals and their families.

CMCF’s grant expands Early Intervention Services offered through the Claude Moore Center for Early Intervention for more than 100 children ages eight years old and under with intellectual disabilities and developmental delays.

The Health Wagon’s mission is to provide compassionate, quality health care to the medically underserved people in the mountains of Appalachia. Since its founding more than four decades ago, the Health Wagon has grown to include five mobile units and three freestanding clinics. The organization continues to expand to provide free primary care, specialty care, vision and dental, to uninsured and under-insured patients in Southwest Virginia, ensuring that those who are medically underserved do not fall through the cracks.

CMCF’s grant supports the free medical, dental and vision care for clients needing services from the Health Wagon.

A public/private partnership, VHCF helps uninsured Virginians and those who live in underserved communities receive medical, dental and mental health care. VHCF support helps free clinics, community health centers and others to expand both the types of care offered and the number of patients cared for each year.

In addition to grants, VHCF programs help make prescription medications available to those who can’t afford them and helps uninsured Virginians obtain medical and dental coverage.

CMCF’s grant helps underwrite scholarships for Nurse Practitioners to obtain a post-masters certificate as a Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. Those achieving this certificate from the CMCF scholarship must practice in Virginia. The objective of the scholarships is to help address the shortage of behavioral health professionals and corresponding lack of access to mental health services throughout Virginia.