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Jul 1, 2008 Universal Health Care - Using Primary Care as the Building Block for Reform
Ron Carlson The current political debates have resurfaced the issue of "health care for all". It's clear in listening to the exchange of views that the subject of universal health care is as contentious today as it was twenty years. Questions are still being asked about how the more than 47 million... more...
Jul 1, 2008 How to Achieve True Health Care Reform Peter Beilenson, MD, MPH As the 2008 presidential election approaches, many policy wonks and advocates are pontificating on how best to achieve true health care reform in the United States. So here are some of my thoughts on the issue! Although organizations with which I have been associated have primarily been... more...
Jul 1, 2008 2008 Session of the Maryland General Assembly - How Did Health Care Fare?
Nancy Weber During the 2008 session of the Maryland General Assembly, there were 119 bills introduced that addressed health in Maryland. The bills that passed will impact access to care for Maryland residents and especially Howard County. The most important bills affecting Howard County are... more...
Jun 6, 2008 A Healthy Pursuit Rewarded The Baltimore Sun "When people come here, I'm the first to say, 'Slow down and take a breath,' " says Robert Duggan. Duggan recently received the Richard G. McCauley Leadership Award from the Horizon Foundation, a decade-old health and wellness philanthropy based in Columbia. The award is named for the... more
May 6, 2008 Steve Sachs Carries On Rouse's Legacy The Business Monthly As a child living over his father's drugstore in Baltimore City in a very mixed neighborhood, Steve Sachs learned a lot about diversity and the common aspirations shared by most people. His family moved to Baltimore County when he was five, and Sachs attended the local public schools. One day... more...
Apr 1, 2008 New Corporate Partner, Expanded Support Announced for Healthy Howard BizWeekly Howard County announced that Healthy Howard, a plan that will provide access to health care for many of the county's uninsured residents, has a new corporate contributor as well as expanded support from The Horizon Foundation. more...
Mar 31, 2008 New Corporate Partner, Expanded Support Announced for Healthy Howard The Business Monthly Howard County announced that Healthy Howard, a plan that will provide access to health care for many of the county's uninsured residents, has a new corporate contributor as well as expanded support from The Horizon Foundation. more...
Mar 30, 2008 Major boost for health coverage effort The Baltimore Sun A $500,000 grant from the Horizon Foundation is the latest boost for Howard County's ambitious health access plan for uninsured residents. more...
Mar 27, 2008 County adds dental care to Healthy Howard plan offerings The Columbia Flier To address what they call a fragmented and often neglected piece of the health care puzzle, Howard County officials this week announced that they will add dental services to a larger plan that targets the county's uninsured. more...
Feb 29, 2008 Foundations Shift Investing Strategy to Weather Bad Economy Baltimore Business Journal Just over a year ago, the Horizon Foundation in Columbia had virtually no alternative investments -- holdings like hedge funds that aim to profit in all kinds of markets. Today, the Horizon Foundation has about 15 percent of its portfolio in alternative investments, said CEO Richard Krieg. more...
Feb 21, 2008 The Promotion of Health and Wellness for Optimal Aging Charlene Quinn, RN, PhD Numerous studies identify five key traits that characterize optimal aging: free of disease, satisfaction with life and resilience, disability-free, active life engagement and independent functioning (including physical and/or cognitive functioning). Clearly, genetics, environment and lifestyle... more...
Feb 21, 2008 Access to Health Care - Lessons Learned Nancy Weber As Howard County prepares to launch Healthy Howard, its innovative health care access plan, it is useful to review Maine's experience as a leader in health care reform. Maine's 2003 Dirigo Health Reform Act sought to make affordable health insurance coverage available to every Maine citizen by... more...
Feb 21, 2008 Howard County's Pandemic Flu Exercise Peter Beilenson, MD, MPH Over the next eighteen months, Howard County will be the site of one of the most extensive emergency preparedness exercises in the country. Building on the collaborative work of the Community Emergency Response Network (CERN) and its Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) committee, this... more...
Feb 21, 2008 Health Care Planning: "It's Time to Get Back to Basics" Ron Carlson Over the past few decades, health care planning has acquired a negative image. It is not clear why. The time may have come to bring health planning concepts back into public discourse. The discipline of health care planning might help clarify the current political debates... more...
Jan 18, 2008 Foundation Head Is a Multitasker The Baltimore Sun Lying in a field and gazing up at the star-filled night sky of western Howard County is what finally sold Richard Krieg on taking the helm of the newly created Horizon Foundation a decade ago. Now the Ellicott City resident spends his workdays not only as the first president and chief executive... more...
Jan 16, 2008 Teen Workshops Focus on Healthy Self-image The Baltimore Sun In her five years as a teen counselor in Howard County, Lisa Morrel found that one issue kept cropping up: Young girls were obsessed with food and being thin. more...
Jan 4, 2008 County to Have a Public Policy Center: Aim Is to Analyze Best Ways to Deal with Range of Issues The Baltimore Sun Howard County soon will have its own public policy center that will analyze the best and most cost-effective ways for the county to deal with issues ranging from adult illiteracy to housing costs. more...
Dec 18, 2007 Horizon Foundation, Columbia Association Fund 'Time Banking' Initiative BizWeekly The Horizon Foundation issued a $30,000 grant to the Columbia Association (CA) to support a 'time banking' program that will cover neighborhoods throughout Columbia as well as parts of Elkridge. more...
Dec 11, 2007 Trustee Profile: Jim Truby The Horizon Foundation Jim Truby knew there was a bigger world than the small town in western Pennsylvania where he grew up learning to be a good neighbor and helping others in need. When President Kennedy announced the formation of the Peace Corps in 1961, Jim thought this would be an opportunity to serve and... more...
Dec 10, 2007 Healthy Howard Access Plan: A Closer Look Peter Beilenson, MD, MPH Although Howard County is often perceived as a haven from some of the problems affecting the rest of the region, a substantial population in the county has significant social needs. Primary among these is access to health care; approximately 20,000 Howard Countians are uninsured this year.... more...
Dec 10, 2007 Wellness Coaching for a Real-Time Payoff Robert M. Duggan, M.A., M.Ac. The new Healthy Howard Plan will provide health and wellness services for the uninsured of Howard County. I believe it is a major public policy initiative that in the long-term may have a significant national impact. Here I will focus on one aspect of the proposed plan: every enrolled... more...
Dec 10, 2007 Legal Preparedness for Catastrophes Michael Greenberger, JD The initial response to a public health emergency is almost always paralyzed due to uncertainties about legal authority. A catastrophe calls into play rarely used constitutional, statutory, and regulatory provisions that give federal, state, and local governments extraordinary power. ... more...
Dec 10, 2007 Health Care Reform: A Candidate's Perspective Nancy Weber Access to health care has become a hot topic for conversation in the public policy arena. Recently, Congress failed to override President's Bush's' veto of its attempt to expand the State Child Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). All the presidential candidates are coming forth with health reform... more...
Dec 10, 2007 High Dietary Salt Intake Associated with an Epidemic of Hypertension in the United States Jerry Seals, MD Approximately one million Americans die each year due to complications of heart and vascular diseases caused by hypertension. Hypertension is generally defined as a systolic blood pressure (the highest number) of greater than 140 and a diastolic pressure (lowest number) of greater than 90. The... more...
Dec 10, 2007 Closing the Health Care Gaps: "Insurance Doesn't Mean the Same Thing as Assurance" Ron Carlson As the size of the health care uninsured problem continues to grow with little hope of seeing a solution any time soon, local jurisdictions are being pressed to come up with their own ways and means for meeting these "access-to-care" problems. It’s heartening to see innovative plans being... more...
Nov 19, 2007 Columbia's Time Banking Program Measures Services Equally The Baltimore Examiner In Columbia, sewing curtains for a neighbor is worth just as much as grocery shopping or striping wallpaper. more...
Nov 1, 2007 Chamber Announces 2007 Workplace Wellness Awards The Horizon Foundation In fall 2005, the Howard County Chamber of Commerce and The Horizon Foundation joined to create the Workplace Wellness awards program, a recognition program that honors Howard County employers for sponsoring practices that help their employees improve their physical health, reduce stress, address... more...
Sep 14, 2007 Howard Seeks To Be 1st in State with Health Care for All residents Baltimore Examiner Howard is leading the state in a plan to provide access to health care for thousands of uninsured county residents. more...
Sep 13, 2007 Profile: Mary Ann Scully The Horizon Foundation A belief that communities are stronger if there is active community involvement is a conviction Mary Ann Scully, her corporate board and her colleagues have nurtured in the culture of Howard Bank. Scully, President and CEO and chair of the community bank’s board, has implemented the... more...
Sep 1, 2007 Horizon Awards Howard County Government $273K The Business Monthly Howard County Government has been awarded $273,000 by The Horizon Foundation in support of key Health Department initiatives, said Richard Krieg, Horizon Foundation president and CEO. more...
Aug 29, 2007 $273,000 To Be Donated for Health Programs Baltimore Sun The Horizon Foundation was to give Howard County officials a check for $273,000 for health department programs today at Oakland Manor in Columbia. more...
Aug 27, 2007 Health Insurance for Children - We Can Do Better Ron Carlson Ten years ago Congress authorized the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). In a few months, unless there is a reauthorization, the program will end. I don’t think that will happen, but there’s a good chance it will be under funded. Whatever the outcome,... more...
Aug 27, 2007 Food Borne Diseases Jerry Seals, MD Americans enjoy one of the most abundant and safe food supplies in the world. However, recent increases in food associated disease are causing concern by consumers, and food safety agencies at all levels of government. A food borne disease is an illness resulting from consumption of food or... more...
Aug 27, 2007 Towards Integrative Health Robert Duggan, M.A., M.Ac. he Horizon Foundation focuses on promoting community wellness. However, "wellness" is a tricky concept in our modern world. For most of us, wellness is the prevention of disease, based on our disease-focused conversations within our healthcare system. We need a different view. On an individual... more...
Aug 27, 2007 Public Health Policy and Access to Care Nancy Weber Public policy may be defined as a course of action chosen by public officials, and the principles upon which it is based. Public policy is expressed in the body of laws, regulations, decisions and actions of government. In Maryland, the executive branch of state government and the Maryland... more...
Aug 27, 2007 Public Health Prism Peter Beilenson, MD, MPH In this inaugural column of the Public Health Prism, I thought I would briefly highlight my initial impressions upon moving from the public health environment of Baltimore City to that of Howard County, and then describe our first major initiative. As some may know, for the past thirteen years,... more...
Aug 27, 2007 From Research to Practice Charlene Quinn, RN, PhD Welcome to the Horizon Foundation web column, Health and Aging: Research to Community and Practice. This series will present research findings which will assist those in the community—nurses, physicians, social workers, families, older adults themselves –to redefine our perceptions of... more...
Aug 27, 2007 Preparing Vulnerable Populations for Catastrophic Public Health Emergencies Michael Greenberger It goes without saying that preparing for catastrophic emergencies requires careful planning, coordination and implementation. However, when developing emergency plans, it is especially important that policymakers keep the special needs of vulnerable populations in mind. Vulnerable... more...
Aug 1, 2007 Horizon Foundation Announces $308,500 in Grants The Business Monthly The Horizon Foundation, a $91 million philanthropy, has announced the award of $308,500 in Strategic Initiative Program (SIP) grants to local organizations and agencies in the nonprofit and public sectors. The awards are intended to stimulate positive changes in major health and wellness issues... more...
Aug 1, 2007 Summit Focuses on Boomers, Health Care System The Business Monthly Horizon Foundation President Richard Krieg knows all too well about the "crazy patchwork" that is the health care delivery system for older adults. Krieg, who heads a $94 million philanthropy dedicated to improving health and wellness, has met the system head-on as he attempts to deal with his... more...
Jul 22, 2007 New Human Services Center Draws Democrats Baltimore Sun The celebration last week of an expanded human services operation in North Laurel is the kind of ribbon-cutting event that politicians love, and a bunch of them -- all Democrats -- showed up at the Whiskey Bottom Shopping Center to mark the start of what County Executive Ken Ulman called "a major... more...
Jul 17, 2007 Female-owned businesses thrive The Baltimore Examiner Some credit Columbia founder Jim Rouse’s vision of a diverse community. Others point to Howard County’s recent growth and progressive attitude for opening the doors. Whatever the reason, female-owned businesses are thriving in Howard, which boasts the highest percent of firms owned by women... more...
Jul 13, 2007 Tips to Make Life's Senior Years Simply Golden Baltimore Sun Erica Jong, the writer who schooled a generation about women's desires and the pleasures of commitment-free sex, has some new bits of knowledge to impart as she pours her passions into grandmotherhood. more...
Jul 12, 2007 Flying Fearlessly, Author Navigates Issues of Aging Columbia Flier I was in the throes of puberty when "Fear of Flying" was published in 1973, and the hubbub about this supposedly sexy novel piqued my adolescent curiosity. So when my mother got a paperback copy, it wasn't long before I started sneaking peeks at it. more...
Jun 25, 2007 Profile: David Anderson The Horizon Foundation Forty years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said that 11:00 a.m. on Sunday is the most segregated hour in the nation. “In reality,” agrees Dr. David Anderson, Senior Pastor of Bridgeway Community and Horizon Foundation Trustee, “Church is the most segregated institution of the face... more...
Jun 21, 2007 Horizon leader Kennedy feted with scholarship The Howard County Times As Padraic "Pat" Kennedy listened to the list of awards being handed out during the Horizon Foundation's fourth annual awards ceremony June 14, he never imagined that one of them would go to him. more...
Jun 21, 2007 Foundation honors four who aided area health The Howard County Times The Horizon Foundation this month recognized four individuals for their work in providing health and wellness services in Howard County. more...
Jun 15, 2007 Pat Kennedy, A Visionary For Columbia The Baltimore Sun Not quite a mayor and not a CEO either, Padraic "Pat" Kennedy held a job unlike any other as the first and longest-serving president of the Columbia Association. Kennedy, who was president of the association from 1972 to 1998, was honored yesterday with a scholarship fund created in his name by... more...
Jun 15, 2007 Columbia scholarship named after town's pioneer The Baltimore Examiner With tears in his eyes, former Columbia Association President Padraic Kennedy learned of a Howard Community College scholarship established in his name in time for Columbia's 40th birthday. more...
Jun 12, 2007 Columbia Foundation's Lawson to be honored by the Horizon Foundation The Baltimore Examiner Barbara Lawson will have quite the retirement party. The Columbia Foundation president and chief executive officer announced her resignation this fall after 19 years with the nonprofit. more...
Jun 1, 2007 Horizon Foundation and HCGH Jointly Fund $3 Million Partnership The Business Monthly The Horizon Foundation is granting $950,000 to Howard County General Hospital (HCGH) during the next four years to help establish a center for excellence in geriatric health, address emergency psychiatric needs and improve access to care for lower-income county residents. more...
Jun 1, 2007 County Promotes Healthy Howard Initiative The Business Monthly When Dr. Peter Beilenson was named health officer for Howard County, he immediately seized the opportunity to make a difference. After spending 13 years as the health commissioner for Baltimore City, Beilenson had spent much time dealing with reactive public health issues and his new position in... more...
Jun 1, 2007 Horizon Foundation Recognizes Community Leaders at Awards Breakfast The Business Monthly Grassroots Executive Director Andrea Ingram, HC DrugFree, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and Columbia Foundation President and CEO Barbara Lawson will all be honored at The Horizon Foundation's Annual Awards Breakfast on June 14. more...
May 15, 2007 Horizon Foundation, HCGH Fund $3 Million Partnership The Business Monthly The Horizon Foundation is granting $950,000 to Howard County General Hospital (HCGH) during the next four years to help establish a Center for Excellence in Geriatric Health, address emergency psychiatric needs and improve access to care for lower income county residents. more...
May 13, 2007 Horizon, hospital make tie official Baltimore Sun Older adults, people with mental illnesses and low-income individuals in Howard County should see improved health care services over the next few years under a new $3 million partnership between the Horizon Foundation and Howard County General Hospital. more...
May 11, 2007 Hospital to study need for geriatric center Baltimore Examiner Howard County’s senior population continues to grow, prompting health officials to boost services to meet seniors’ unique and rising needs. more...
May 7, 2007 Profile: Shirley Collier The Horizon Foundation Shirley Collier is a nationally known speaker, author and technology entrepreneur, and is a member of the Horizon Foundation Board of Trustees and Chair of the Foundation’s Policy and Communications Committee. She is CEO of Optemax, a firm that has licensed early stage optical wireless... more...
Apr 12, 2007 Ulman Seeks New Path to Fund Social Services The Howard County Times Local nonprofit leaders urged a cautious approach to Howard County and potentially other business leaders about abandoning a partnership with the United Way, as proposed by County Executive Kenneth Ulman last week. more...
Apr 12, 2007 Officials Laud Healthy Howard Initiative The Howard County Times Several local leaders pledged support for a new county initiative announced earlier this week aimed at improving the health of residents and county employees. The plan, announced April 9 by new Health Officer Dr. Peter Beilenson, targeted a goal of being the model health community in the United... more...
Apr 9, 2007 Profile: Malynda Hawes Madzel The Horizon Foundation Malynda Hawes Madzel cares deeply for our Howard County community - as evidenced in her formal and privately-led volunteer efforts. In addition to her Horizon Foundation Board Service, she is Immediate Past Chair of the Columbia Foundation Board of Trustees and most recently joined the... more...
Mar 29, 2007 Foundation Seeks Local Firms for Wellness Award The Howard County Times The Horizon Foundation and the Howard County Chamber of Commerce are seeking applications from local companies for their second annual Workplace Wellness Award. more...
Mar 1, 2007 Horizon and ACS Form Strategic Partnership The Business Monthly The Horizon Foundation and the Association of Community Services (ACS) have formed a unique strategic partnership designed to enhance the capabilities of both organizations. The partnership includes the development of a Policy Analysis Center and the move by both organizations to new, contiguous... more...
Mar 1, 2007 New Name for Multiservice Center in Southeast Howard County The Business Monthly The cooperative venture by local nonprofits to reach people in the southeast section of Howard County has a new name. Housed in a storefront in the Whiskey Bottom Shopping Center, the operation has been named North Laurel-Savage Multiservice Center. more...
Mar 1, 2007 Columbia Icon Kennedy: Still Making a Difference The Business Monthly When Padraic “Pat” Kennedy retired at the end of 1998 after running the Columbia Association (CA) for 26 years, it marked the close of a defining time of his life. But what that really meant was that the time had come for the next chapter of his career, which is proving equally rewarding for... more...
Mar 1, 2007 Bridgeway Works to Craft a Diverse Community The Business Monthly There are still many areas of American life where racial division can be seen. One area where there seems to have been little progress made is church attendance. In 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. emphasized the problem of racial segregation in our churches by saying that 11 a.m. on Sunday... more...
Mar 1, 2007 New Emergency Psychiatric Unit Opens at HCGH The Business Monthly In opening the new Psychiatric Emergency Unit at Howard County General Hospital (HCGH), the community facility can accommodate the growing mental health needs of the local market. more...
Feb 5, 2007 New cancer patients get help from ‘navigators’ The Baltimore Examiner Newly diagnosed cancer patients often struggle to find various services, but a new program at Howard County General Hospital aims to help them navigate. more...
Feb 5, 2007 Grant to support Howard DrugFree advisory group The Baltimore Examiner One Howard nonprofit anti-drug group wants to hear directly from youths about teen alcohol and drug use. more...
Feb 1, 2007 Center erases waiting list for children's counselors The Baltimore Examiner A weeks-long waiting list at Howard’s Domestic Violence Center was keeping many children from receiving the counseling services they needed right away, officials said. With help from a Horizon Foundation grant, the center has hired a second part-time counselor, eliminating the waiting list and... more...
Dec 1, 2006 Howard County Avian Flu Summit University of Maryland Center for Health and Homeland Security On May 16, 2006, the Horizon Foundation and the Howard County Community Emergency Response Network (CERN) sponsored a day long summit on pandemic flu preparedness. more...
Nov 1, 2006 HCCC, Horizon Foundation Announce Workplace Wellness Award Winner The Business Monthly The Howard County Chamber of Commerce (HCCC) and The Horizon Foundation have announced Bowles Fluidics Corp. as the recipient of the inaugural Howard County Workplace Wellness Award. more...
Oct 26, 2006 Columbia Explores Disaster Preparation Program Baltimore Examiner, Megan McIlroy A new program could help Howard County residents work together to prepare for a terrorist attack, natural disaster or epidemic flu. more...
Oct 5, 2006 Horizon Foundation Establishes Executive Advisory Board The Howard County Times The Horizon Foundation, of Columbia, has established an 18-person Executive Advisory Board comprised of the topmost leaders of major community systems. more...
Oct 3, 2006 Chase Brexton opens its doors to wider community The Examiner, K. Hille Chase Brexton clinic now offers range of health services in Howard County. more...
Oct 1, 2006 The Horizon Foundation Establishes Executive Advisory Board The Business Monthly Modeled after national philanthropies, The Horizon Foundation has established an 18-person Executive Advisory Board composed of the topmost leaders of major community systems. more...
Oct 1, 2006 Chase Brexton Opens Columbia Health Center The Business Monthly Chase Brexton Health Services, a Baltimore-based company that operates community health centers, has opened its third site in Maryland at 5500 Knoll North Drive in Columbia's Village of Oakland Mills. more...
Sep 22, 2006 Chase Brexton opens third site in Md. The Sun in Howard Chase Brexton Health Services Inc. opened its third Maryland site Monday at 5500 Knoll North Drive in Oakland Mills village. more...
Sep 1, 2006 Author Izzo to Deliver HCC Luncheon Address, Workshop The Business Monthly Speaker and author John Izzo will come to Howard Community College (HCC) on Oct. 3 to offer insights on creating an engaging and productive workforce. more...
Aug 1, 2006 Horizon Foundation Hosts Annual Council Luncheon The Business Monthly The Horizon Foundation held its 4th Annual Council Luncheon in July. Attending were representatives of the Elkridge, Ellicott City, Southeast and Western councils, which serve as the "eyes and ears" of the foundation in those communities. more...
Aug 1, 2006 Horizon Foundation Announces New Trustees The Business Monthly The Horizon Foundation has announced the appointment of six new trustees. Combined with the current trustees, the foundation's board is now composed of 25 members. more...
Aug 1, 2006 Madachy Honored by Horizon Foundation The Senior Connection Phyllis Madachy, administrator of the Howard County Office on Aging, has won many awards over her 25 years in the office. The latest one, for 'ransformative leadership,' may have more meaning on a personal level than others. Given by The Horizon Foundation, the award is named for Richard G.... more...
Jul 20, 2006 Counseling Center Needs to Reach More to Keep Grant The Howard County Times Faced with losing a major funding source at the end of the year, a nonprofit community counseling office in North Laurel is teaming with other agencies to expand services and attract more clients and donors. more...
Jul 16, 2006 Community Talk The Sun in Howard On the Horizon, a series of conversations on health and community issues with Richard Krieg, president and chief executive officer of the Horizon Foundation, airs on Gtv Comcast Channel 70 at 11 a.m. and 10 p.m. Mondays, 11 a.m. and 9 p.m. Wednesdays, 8 p.m. Fridays and 11 a.m. Saturdays and... more...
Jul 16, 2006 Grant to Fund Philanthropy Study The Sun in Howard The Columbia Foundation has received a $10,000 grant from the Horizon Foundation to commission a study of ways to encourage individuals and families in the county to leave a portion of their estates to local nonprofit organizations. more...
Jul 7, 2006 Health Professionals Sought for Program The Sun in Howard Medical and health professionals are needed to serve as volunteers in the Howard County Medical Reserve Corps. more...
Jul 6, 2006 A Look at Estate Giving Howard Extra The Columbia Foundation has received a $10,000 grant to study how to encourage Howard County individuals and families to leave a portion of their estates to local nonprofit organizations. more...
Jul 1, 2006 LHC Awards Community Service The Business Monthly Leadership Howard County (LHC) held its class of 2005-2006 graduation on June 13 at Ten Oaks Ballroom. In addition to the class graduation, LHC also recognized its annual award recipients in the areas of Distinguished Alumni, Leadership Legacy, Unsung Hero and Child Advocate. more...
Jul 1, 2006 The Columbia Foundation Awarded $10K Horizon Grant for Legacy Study The Business Monthly The Columbia Foundation, Howard County's community foundation, has received a $10,000 grant from The Horizon Foundation to commission a study of how to encourage Howard County individuals and families to leave a portion of their estates to local nonprofit organizations. more...
Jun 28, 2006 Howard Schools to Plan Pandemic Preparedness The Examiner Howard county school officials are developing a plan on how messages will be communicated to the community and staff during a flu pandemic. more...
Jun 15, 2006 Very Appreciated The Howard County Times Vivian C. "Millie" Bailey, a volunteer at Running Brook Elementary School, was presented with the Community Appreciation Award from the Horizon Foundation at the foundation's award breakfast June 15. Bailey was recognized for her work at the school, as well as for serving on the boards of... more...
Jun 1, 2006 Regional Officials Brace for Disaster Preparedness The Business Monthly Looking ahead to summer and the up-coming hurricane season, public officials in Anne Arundel, Baltimore and Howard counties have launched a regional emergency preparedness campaign that encourages residents to prepare home disaster supply kits. more...
Jun 1, 2006 Madachy Wins Horizon Leadership Award The Business Monthly The "transformative leadership" of Phyllis Madachy, administrator of the Howard County Office on Aging, has earned her the 2006 Richard G. McCauley Leadership Award. It will be presented at the Third Annual Horizon Awards Breakfast on June 15, said Richard Krieg, president and CEO of The Horizon... more...
Jun 1, 2006 Phyllis Madachy Wins Horizon Leadership Award - Health Alliance and Vivian Bailey Also Honored The Business Monthly The 'transformative leadership' of Phyllis Madachy, Administrator of the Howard County Office of Aging, has earned her the 2006 Richard G. McCauley Leadership Award to be presented at the 3rd Annual Horizon Awards Breakfast on June 15, announced Richard M. Krieg, President and CEO of The Horizon... more...
Jun 1, 2006 Family and Children's Services Opens 'One Stop Shop' in North Laurel The Business Monthly Family and Children's Services (FCS) is expanding its services at the Whiskey Bottom Shopping Center in North Laurel in hopes of creating a "one stop shop" for individuals and families in need of counseling and other assistance. more...
Jun 1, 2006 Just in Case, County Planning for Bird Flu The Howard County Times Although the potentially deadly avian flu has infected only about 200 people worldwide, Howard County officials are developing a strategy to prepare for a widespread outbreak of the disease. more...
May 18, 2006 Medical Reserve Corps Seeks Volunteers The Howard County Times Medical Reserve Corps seeks volunteers The Howard County Medical Reserve Corps is seeking medical and health professionals to volunteer on local emergency response teams. more...
May 15, 2006 Summit to take aim at the flu The Baltimore Sun In an effort to make sure emergency plans are in place well ahead of any flu pandemic, Howard County officials and the Horizon Foundation will hold an invitation-only summit Tuesday in Columbia to begin educating the county's leaders to respond to a widespread medical disaster. more...
May 1, 2006 Family Health Expo Attracts 600 People The Business Monthly Family Health Expo Attracts 600 People The 4th Annual Family Health Expo, hosted by Murray Hill Middle School and the Howard County Health Department, attracted more than 600 people, said organizer Cathy Smith. more...
Mar 23, 2006 New Medical Clinic Will Treat More of Uninsured The Howard County Times A federally funded clinic that will serve the uninsured and the underinsured of Howard County is scheduled to open in Oakland Mills in July, while a volunteer clinic with the same goals prepares to close. more...
Mar 16, 2006 New Health Center to Serve Uninsured Patients The View from Ellicott City Residents who lack health insurance will soon have access to primary health care close to home, as a new non-profit health center is set to open for July in Columbia. more...
Mar 14, 2006 Health Alliance Clinic Plans to Close The Business Weekly The Health Alliance Clinic, a health center serving the medical needs of uninsured residents in Howard County, announced it would close its doors in July and transition its services to the new Chase Brexton clinic, which will open in Columbia that same month. more...
Mar 12, 2006 Family Health Expo Scheduled for April 1 at School The Sun in Howard Murray Hill Middle School and the Howard County Health Department will present the fourth Family Health Expo from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 1 at the school. more...
Mar 1, 2006 Applications for Workplace Wellness Awards Now Available The Business Monthly The Howard County Chamber of Commerce and The Horizon Foundation have joined to create Workplace Wellness, a recognition program that honors employers for sponsoring practices that help their employees improve their physical health, reduce stress, address emotional and family concerns and protect... more...
Mar 1, 2006 New Health Center to Care for Underserved Residents The Business Monthly The Horizon Foundation has announced that a new health center will open in Columbia to serve uninsured and underinsured Howard County residents, as well as others lacking access to readily available and affordable primary health care, including Medicaid and Medicare benefits. more...
Feb 21, 2006 Grassroots - Renovation and Expansion Update Healthy Howard Campaign Hits $2.2 Million Mark The Renovation and Expansion Campaign has raised over $2.2 million of the $5.5 million goal. more...
Feb 16, 2006 Clinic to Serve Uninsured - U.S.-Backed Center Sees a July Opening Howard Extra A federally supported health center that aims to serve thousands of Howard County's poor and uninsured residents could open as soon as July in Columbia. more...
Feb 16, 2006 Clinic to Serve Uninsured - U.S.-Backed Center Sees a July Opening Washington Post A federally supported health center that aims to serve thousands of Howard County's poor and uninsured residents could open as soon as July in Columbia. "That's our goal," said Richard M. Krieg, chief executive and president of the Horizon Foundation, who called the center "a major milestone"... more
Feb 14, 2006 New Health Center to Care for Underserved Residents BizWeekly The Horizon Foundation has announced that a new health center will open in Columbia to serve uninsured and underinsured Howard County residents, as well as others, lacking access to readily available and afoordable primary health care, including Medicaid and Medicare benficiaries. more...
Feb 12, 2006 Health Center to Serve Uninsured Maryland News, Howard County A new health center for uninsured and underinsured Howard County residents will be coming to Columbia in July. more...
Feb 2, 2006 Program Aims to Draw Columbia, County Closer The Howard County Times Officials at two Howard County nonprofit groups are hoping a unique community volunteer program can help improve the bond between Columbia and the rest of the county. more...
Feb 1, 2006 Workplace Wellness Award Announced The Business Monthly The HCCC and The Horizon Foundation have joined to create Workplace Wellness, a recognition program that honors county employers for sponsoring practices that help their employees improve their physical health, reduce stress, address emotional and family concerns and protect their health and... more...
Feb 1, 2006 Horizon, Howard Chamber Establish Workplace Wellness Award The Business Monthly The Howard County Chamber of Commerce and The Horizon Foundation have joined forces to launch the inaugural Workplace Wellness Award. Local businesses are invited to participate in the initiative, which aims to recognize businesses promoting employee health and wellness, rewarding the top... more...
Feb 1, 2006 ACS Holds Emergency Preparedness Meeting The Business Monthly Pat Heineman, Community Emergency Response Network (CERN) coordinator for The Horizon Foundation, discusses the details of emergency preparedness with Elizabeth Yao (with back to camera) at the recent Association of Community Services (ACS) meeting on emergency preparedness for community services... more...
Dec 15, 2005 Conference Inspires Relationship Building The View from Ellicott City Thirty-seven Howard County residents attended the Search Institute's Ninth Annual Healthy Communities, Healthy Youth Conference in Dallas, TX. The group learned about promoting health and wellness in youth and strengthening the community. The Howard County Connections Initiative of the Horizon... more...
Dec 2, 2005 Workplace Wellness The View from Western Howard County The Howard County Chamber of Commerce and The Horizon Foundation have created Worplace Wellness, a recognition program that honors Howard County employers for sponsoring practices to help their employees improve their physical health, reduce stress, address emotional and family concerns and... more...
Dec 1, 2005 Horizon Foundation to Help Wellness Supporters The Howard County Times The Foundation recenlty announced it will grant $2,500 in Workplace Wellness Awards to two Howard County Companies that conduct programs designed to contribute to the physical and mental health of employees. more...
Dec 1, 2005 Horizon Foundation and Chamber Partner on Worker Health The Business Monthly Howard County business and community leaders envision a workday when a typical employee may go for a 30-minute walk during a work break, attend an educational program on nutrition during a brown-bag lunch gathering and participate in a smoking cessation program at their office after work. more...
Nov 1, 2005 Howard County Community Readiness Week: Most Businesses Unprepared for Disaster, Experts Say The Business Monthly Most businesses are unprepared to deal with a natural or man-made disaster, an expert on emergency management told a group of business leaders as part of last month's Community Readiness Week. more...
Nov 1, 2005 Howard County Community Readiness Week: CERN Helping Prepare Community for Disaster Healthy Howard As Howard County police, paramedics, firefighters and health officials held a large-scale training exercise based on a simulated terrorist toxic chemical threat at a county motel last month, law enforcement personnel 15 miles away were closing Baltimore's tunnels to guard against potential... more...
Oct 21, 2005 County Focuses on Emergencies The Baltimore Sun A series of mock scenarios, part of Howard County's Community Readiness Week, were held to help ready the County's first responders to fine-tune disaster response plans. The County introduced several new preparedness efforts, such as a Community Notification System and the activation of a Medical... more...
Oct 20, 2005 Exercise Anticipates the Worst The Washington Post Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the county has received significant federal grants for disaster training and equipment. Local officials have studied how terrorism in the nation's capital could spill over to Howard, just 45 minutes away. A community needs to be self-reliant in a... more...
Oct 1, 2005 First Community Readiness Week Planned in Howard County The Business Monthly Howard County Executive Jim Robey has proclaimed Oct. 16-23 as the county's first Community Readiness Week. The event will heighten awareness about the importance of both individual and family disaster preparedness. more...
Oct 1, 2005 Horizon Foundation President Chairs National Conference on Aging The Business Monthly Richard Krieg, president and CEO of The Horizon Foundation, is National Conference Chair for the Grantmakers in Aging Annual Conference. Grantmakers in Aging is an association composed of major philanthropies across the nation that make grants in areas related to older adults. The organization,... more...
Oct 1, 2005 Study Looks at Challenges Posed by Immigration The Business Monthly Howard County has become a hot spot for immigrants, whose integration brings new challenges for the public and private sectors, according to a study released this week. The study paints a positive picture of immigrant life in Howard County, while identifying some areas in need of improvement,... more...
Sep 2, 2005 Officers and Deaf-Awareness The Baltimore Sun Fifteen membes of the Howard County Police Department recently took classes to learn basic sign language and ways to be more sensitive to the culture. The classes were funded by a grant from The Horizon Foundation, and are part of a larger deaf-awareness program within the police department. more...
Sep 1, 2005 FIRN, Howard Public Schools Partner on ESOL Program The Business Monthly Two years ago, Foreign-born Information and Referral Network (FIRN) Executive Director Roy Appletree and his volunteers had a simple idea: to offer free assistance to some of the 1,600 students in Howard County's public schools who did not speak fluent English in learning the language and getting... more...
Jul 17, 2005 High School Students to the Annual Cultural Event The Baltimore Sun Michael Nagle, a member of the Columbia Festival of the Arts board, is eager to attract high school students to the annual cultural event that he helps organize and promote each year. more...
Jul 1, 2005 Charitable Giving - Maryland Foundations Turning to Teen-agers for Leadership The Daily Record Americans like to give, and the overwhelming majority of us would like our kids to give, too. But despite our penchant for generosity, many of us find that our potentially philanthropic offspring are not involved in any charitable activities. more...
Mar 13, 2005 Pupils Assert Their 'Assets' The Sun - Howard County Mara Castelbaum has always enjoyed attending Burleigh Manor Middle School, but now she feels she has more of a voice in decisions that affect her school. more...
Dec 28, 2004 Wellness Center to Open at Howard County Community College The Sun - Howard County Next to the pool tables and video games in its Galleria building, Howard County Community College will start offering more serious diversions in the spring: information , screenings and programs to help students live more healthily. The school received a two-year, $100,000 grant from The Horizon... more...