28 Jun Baptist-Trinity Lutheran Legacy Foundation (BTLLF) Receives $50,000 Grant from the Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City

Baptist-Trinity Lutheran Legacy Foundation (BTLLF) recently received a grant for $50,000 from the Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City (now the Health Forward Foundation), Applicant Defined Grant to support hearing aids through Kansas City’s Medicine Cabinet.

The Medicine Cabinet partners with 14 existing social service agencies in the Kansas City area to facilitate access to crisis-related medical services for low-income individuals.

Hearing aids are expensive, costing anywhere between $1,000 and $4,000 per device on the retail market. The Medicine Cabinet has negotiated a rate of $700 per device, dramatically lowering costs to individuals. KCMC is the only program in the Kansas City area to cover the entire cost of hearing aids, making it the best option for those with the lowest incomes.  Having hearing aids decreases clients’ feelings of isolation and loneliness.  It increases personal safety during activities of daily living due to an increased awareness of surroundings.

Baptist-Trinity Lutheran Legacy Foundation (BTLLF) works to provide support in the greater Kansas City area for crisis related medical assistance, neighborhood school health grants, and health education programs and services. They seek philanthropic support for these areas of emphasis.  BTLLF seeks to continue the tradition and religious heritage of the founders and donors of Baptist Medical Center and Trinity Lutheran Hospital and their Foundations.