The Molina Healthcare Charitable Foundation Awards $20,000 Grant to Hope Family Care Center to Open a Community Clinic in Grandview
Media Contact: Ben Jackey, Ben.Jackey@MolinaHealthCare.com
GRANDVIEW, Mo., Oct. 20, 2026 – The Molina Healthcare Charitable Foundation (“MolinaCares”), in collaboration with Molina Healthcare of Missouri (“Molina”), awarded a $20,000 grant to Hope Family Care Center to help open the Trinity Temple Community Health Access Site in Grandview, Missouri as part of the Hope Family Care Center’s Hope to You Initiative.
Parts of Grandview, including where Trinity Temple is located, are primary care health professional shortage areas. Living in an area impacted by provider shortages can lead to delays in diagnosis and treatment of chronic conditions, which can cause worse health outcomes and more costly care. This initiative brings health services and care navigation into places where people live, worship and gather. Care navigators will help patients coordinate services, overcome obstacles such as transportation and stay connected to ongoing care. The site is designed to reduce common barriers to preventive and primary care by offering services in a familiar, accessible community location.
“The Hope to You Initiative is embedding screenings, health education and care navigation into Trinity Temple, where many people already gather,” said Ericka Saielli, chief executive officer of Hope Family Care Center. “With Molina’s support, we aim to complete 100 preventive screenings and connect at least 30 people to ongoing primary care over the next year.”
Grant funding supported the medical equipment and supplies needed to launch the clinic, resources for community health workers and nurses, and referrals to Hope Family Care Center’s comprehensive medical services. The clinic opened to the public on October 2, 2026. To make an appointment, visit the Hope Family Care Center Appointment Link or call 816-861-6500.
“Access to care is about meeting Missourians where they are, in places they know and trust,” said Jay Ludlam, plan president of Molina Healthcare of Missouri. “Our partnership with Hope Family Care Center and Trinity Temple brings care and resources closer to families in a trusted community setting. Molina is proud to support this locally driven approach to expanding access and improving the health and well-being of underserved communities.”
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About The Molina Healthcare Charitable Foundation
The Molina Healthcare Charitable Foundation is a 501(c)(3) established in 2020 by Molina Healthcare, Inc. The Molina Healthcare Charitable Foundation was created to improve the health and well-being of disadvantaged populations by funding meaningful, measurable, and innovative programs and solutions that improve health, life, and living in local communities.
About Molina Healthcare
Molina Healthcare, Inc., a Fortune 500 company, provides managed healthcare services under the Medicaid and Medicare programs, and through state insurance marketplaces. For more information about Molina Healthcare, please visit MolinaHealthcare.com.
About Hope Family Care Center
Founded in 2009, Hope Family Care Center (HFCC) is a nonprofit, faith-driven healthcare organization that became a designated Federally Qualified Health Center Look-Alike (FQHC-LAL) in 2015, strengthening its role as a vital healthcare safety-net provider in the Greater Kansas City region. Guided by its mission, “To honor God by providing quality, personal health care,” HFCC delivers affordable, compassionate, patient-centered services to individuals and families, regardless of insurance status or ability to pay.
Since receiving its FQHC-LAL designation, HFCC has served more than 24,500 patients, addressing critical healthcare needs through primary care, preventive services, chronic disease management, behavioral health integration, and community-based outreach. With a commitment to health equity and whole-person care, HFCC works to eliminate barriers related to transportation, financial hardship, and access to essential healthcare services.
As an innovative community health center, HFCC is reimagining traditional healthcare delivery through initiatives such as Hope to You, its community-based care model, and Hope Heals Hub, a technology-enabled approach integrating remote patient monitoring, care coordination, and continuous patient engagement beyond clinic walls. Through strategic partnerships, satellite clinics, and digital health innovation, HFCC is expanding access to underserved communities while developing a sustainable, replicable model for the future of safety-net healthcare.
At Hope Family Care Center, we are committed to expand access, strengthen communities, and create healthier tomorrows. Learn more at www.hfcckc.org.