LICENSE TO CARE PROGRAM

The Children's' Trust Fund has awarded the Regional Healthcare Foundation an area of
eleven Bootheel counties from which the foundation will receive 100% of each $25
donations made to the License to Care Program.

The money is used for child-abuse prevention.  Forms may be picked up at the Dexter
License Bureau, or the Regional Healthcare Foundation office.
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REGIONAL HEALTHCARE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

The fund was established to assist needy Stoddard County residents pay outstanding
medical bills to Stoddard County health care providers.

Applications are available in the offices of health care providers in the county or at the
Regional Healthcare Foundation office located at 215 W. Grant in Dexter, Missouri
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Other Programs
SCHOLARSHIPS

Providing scholarships for students in Stoddard county who will be going into the health
care profession is one of the programs sponsored by the Foundation.  Applicants must
score a minimum of 25 on the ACT, be pursuing post-secondary training in a college or
technical school in a health care related field, must be a legal resident of Stoddard
county or attending a Stoddard County school.

All applications provided by the Foundation are reviewed and acted upon by a
committee composed of persons who reside outside of Stoddard county.  The
scholarship amount awarded is $10,000 of which $2,500 is awarded the first year and is
renewable for three additional years, provided the student remains in a health care
related field and maintains a grade point average of 3.25
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