Funding Archives
Federal Funding
The President's Initiative to Expand Health Centers
- Health Information Technology Innovation Initiative To implement health information technologies (HIT) other than electronic health records that lead to improvements in health outcomes.
Deadline: June 20th 2007
Award Amount: $300,000/8 awards
CDFA Number: 93.224
Eligibility: Public and non-profit organization including faith based and community based organization. In addition, one of the following categories: A health center applying on behalf of a managed care network or practice management network; Operational networks, controlled by and acting on behalf of health center(s).
Contact: Susan Lumsden (301)594-4472 slumsden@hrsa.gov or Christie Brown (301) 594-4314 cbrown1@hrsa.gov - FQHC Planning Grants in High Poverty Counties Supports grants for the planning and development of new service delivery sites in designated high poverty counties. Note- When you get to the web site, you must check "Primary Care" then click "Search".
Deadline: May 16 2007
Award Amount: $80,000/25 awards
CDFA Number: 93.224
Eligibility: Public and non-profit private entities, including tribes and tribal organizations, faith-based and community-based organizations in designated counties
Contact: Preeti Kanodia, 301-594-4300, pkanodia@hrsa.gov - New Access Points in High Poverty Counties PI2 (NAPHPC) Supports the establishment of new service delivery sites in designated high poverty counties. Note- When you get to the web site, you must check "Primary Care" then click "Search".
Deadline: May 23 2007
CDFA Number: 93.224
Award Amount: $600,000/120 awards
Eligibility: Public and non-profit private entities, including tribes and tribal organizations, faith-based and community-based organizations in designated counties.
Contact: Preeti Kanodia, 301-594-4300, pkanodia@hrsa.gov - Street Outreach Program Helps young people leave the streets and assist in moving and adjusting to a safe and appropriate living arrangement.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) No. 93.557, HHS-2007-ACF-ACYF-YO-0105
Eligibility: Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Amount: $200,000/8 Awards
Deadline: June 4th, 2007
Contact: Kelli Matson-Geist, FYSB@dixongroup.com - New Access Points in Programs Funded Under the Health Centers Consolidation Act of 1996 (NAP)
HRSA 07-067 Supports new access points for the delivery of primary health care services for the underserved
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) No. 93.224
Eligibility: Public or private nonprofit entities, including tribal, faith-based and community-based organizations
Amount: $650,000
Deadline: December 6, 2006
Contact: Tonya Bowers in the Division of Health Center Development on (301) 594-4300 or TBOWERS@HRSA.GOV - Rural Health Outreach Grant Program Encourages the development of new and innovative health care delivery systems in rural communities that lack essential care services. The emphasis of the grant program is on service delivery through creative strategies requiring the grantee to form a consortium with at least two additional partners.
CFDA Number: 93.912
Deadline: Oct 18, 2006
Award Amount: Up to $150,000 / 25 awards
Eligibility: Nonprofits having a 501 (C)(3) status with IRS, other than institutions of higher education. Preference given to (1) Those applicants where the service area is located in officially designated health professional shortage areas (HPSAs) or medically underserved communities (MUCs) or serve medically underserved populations (MUPs); (2) Applicants whose projects focus on primary care, and wellness and prevention strategies.
Contact:
Jennifer Chang, MPH
Outreach Program Co-Coordinator
HRSA, Office of Rural Health Policy
Phone: 301-443-0736
Fax: 301-443-2803
E-mail: jchang@hrsa.gov
- The Maternal and Child Health Research Program Supports applied research relating to maternal and child health services, which results in health and health services improvements in States and communities. Research proposals should address critical MCH questions such as public health systems and infrastructure, health disparities, quality of care, and promoting the health of MCH populations.
CFDA Number: 93.110
Deadline: Jul 03, 2006
Award Amount: Up to $300,000 per year for 1-4 years / 5 awards
Eligibility: Public or nonprofit institutions of higher learning and public or private nonprofit agencies, including faith-based and community organizations, engaged in research or in programs relating to maternal and child health and/or services for children with special health care needs.
Contact: Rita Haggerty, 301-443-3146, rhaggerty@hrsa.gov; Hae Young Park, 301-443-2127, hpark@hrsa.gov; Imelda Rocha, 301-443-2927, irocha@hrsa.gov - Florida Department of Health Community Environmental Health Education Grant Assist in the development of community programs and projects that demonstrate techniques and approaches to develop educational and outreach programs including environmental monitoring and assessment activities that increase awareness of health care needs for low-income persons living in urban and rural communities
Deadline: July 5, 2006.
Award Amount: Up to $25,000 of $120,000 available
Eligibility: Community-based organizations serving low-income and/or minority communities
Contact: Brenda Blackmon-Jones or Melvin L. Herring, Jr. at 850-245-4141. - Expanded Medical Capacity (EMC) for Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers and/or Homeless Persons Support the expansion of medical capacity at existing section 330 supported health center sites and significantly increase the number of migrant and seasonal farmworkers (MSFWs) and/or homeless persons with access to comprehensive primary and preventive health care services. Strategies may include but are not limited to expanding existing primary care medical services, adding new medical providers, expanding hours of operations, or providing additional medical services through contractual relationships (e.g., OB/GYN services).
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance: 93.224 -- Community Health Centers
Eligibility: 330 funded health center grantees
Amount: $13,000,000 /33 Awards
Deadline: Mar 31, 2006
Contact: Kirsten Argueta, 301-594-4300, kargueta@hrsa.gov
Additional Information: Applicants must demonstrate growth in the form of a minimum increase in MSFW and/or homeless users equal to 10 percent of the total number of users for the organization reported in the calendar year (CY) 2004 Uniform Data System (UDS), or 1000 new MSFW and/or homeless users – whichever is less. - Expanded Medical Capacity New Competitive Supplemental Grants HRSA-06-054.
Expands access to primary health care services by increasing penetration into a health center’s current service area to improve the health status of people in those areas (i.e., significantly increasing the number of medical users served by existing health center grantees).
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) No.: 93.224
Eligibility: Applicant must be an existing health center grantee
Amount: $600,000/303 Awards
Deadline: December 15th, 2005 (second round for special populations anticipated with deadline in march-april 06)
Contact: Kirsten Argueta (301) 594-4300 kargueta@hrsa.gov - New Access Points in Programs Funded Under the Health Centers Consolidation Act of 1996 (NAP) (Competition reopened/Date to be determined)
HRSA 05-101 Supports new access points for the delivery of primary health care services for the underserved
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) No. 93.224
Eligibility: Public or private nonprofit entities, including tribal, faith-based and community-based organizations
Amount: $650,000
Deadline: December 1, 2004 and May 23, 2005 (Postponed: Date to be announced)
Contact: Tonya Bowers in the Division of Health Center Development on (301) 594-4300 or TBOWERS@HRSA.GOV - Service Expansion for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, and Oral Health in Programs Funded Under the Health Centers Consolidation Act of 1996 (SEXP)
Competitive Supplemental Grants HRSA-05-103
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) No.:. 93.224, Fiscal Year 2004
Eligibility: Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC)
Deadline: January 7, 2005 - Expanded Medical Capacity in Programs Funded Under the Health Centers Consolidation Act of 1996 (EMC) Competitive Supplemental Grants HRSA-05-102
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) No. 93.224 Fiscal Year 2005
Eligibility: Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC)
Deadline: Dec. 20th, 2004
Other Federal Funding Opportunities
- Development of Comprehensive Drug/Alcohol and Mental Health Treatment Systems for Persons Who are Homeless Addresses gaps in substance abuse and mental health services and increases the ability to help specific populations or geographic areas with serious, emerging mental health and substance abuse problems.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) No. 93.243
Eligibility: County governments, city or township governments, federally recognized tribes, State recognized tribes, urban Indian organizations (as defined in P.L. 94-437, as amended), tribal organizations, community-based nonprofit organizations (including faith-based organizations), and community-based State entities, such as State colleges, universities and hospitals, that propose to provide services under this announcement to the community. Current Treatment for Homeless grantees are not eligible to apply under this funding announcement unless their grant ends in 2006.
Amount: 400,000/25 Awards
Deadline: April 6, 2006
Contact: Joanne Gampel, M.A. (240) 276-2895 joanne.gampel@samhsa.hhs.gov - Public Awareness in Underserved Communities To raise the awareness of underserved populations, particularly socially isolated immigrant communities, about victims' rights and how to access crime victim services.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) No. 93.243
Eligibility: County governments; Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments); City or township governments; Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education; State governments; Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education; Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Amount: 350,000 for up to 7 awards
Deadline: March 21, 2006
Contact: Marie Martinez (202) 514-5084 - Recovery Community Services Program To deliver and evaluate peer-to-peer recovery support services that help prevent relapse and promote sustained recovery from alcohol and drug use disorders.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) No. 93.243
Eligibility: State and local governments; federally recognized tribes; State recognized tribes, urban Indian organizations; public or private universities and colleges; community- and faith-based organizations; and tribal organizations may apply. Consortia comprised of various types of eligible organizations are permitted; however, a single organization representing the consortium must be the applicant, the recipient of any award, and the entity responsible for satisfying the grant requirements
Amount: $350,000/7 Awards
Deadline: April 4, 2006
Contact: Marsha Baker (240) 276-1566 marsha.baker@samhsa.hhs.gov - Healthy Behaviors in Women Intended to develop and demonstrate creative and innovative approaches in reducing the prevalence of overweight/obesity in women by increasing the number of women who adopt positive, healthy, lifestyles. Targets women in communities who have limited access to preventive health services and when appropriate linked to other relevant services to comprehensively address their health needs. Proposals must include women who are members of racial ethnic minority populations who are disproportionately affected by overweight/obesity.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) No. 93.110
Eligibility: Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education; state governments, county governments, city or township governments, special district governments, state controlled instittuions of higher edcuation; federally recognized tribal governments; public and Indian housing authorities; private insititutions of higher learning. Organizations that have previously received funding under the Innovative Approaches to Promoting a Healthy Weight in Women Demonstration grant are not eligible to apply.
Deadline: Dec 02, 2005
Amount: 3 grants at $150,000 - Enhancing Practice Improvement in Community-Based Care for Prevention and Treatment of Drug Abuse or Co-occurring Drug Abuse and Mental Disorders Intended to enhance the capacity of community-based providers of drug abuse prevention/treatment services, including services for individuals with co-occurring mental disorders, to conduct practice improvement research
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) No.
93.279 -- Drug Abuse Research Programs
93.242 -- Mental Health Research Grants
93.243 -- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services_Projects of Regional and National Significance
Eligibility: Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
For profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Private institutions of higher education
Deadline: Dec 19, 2005
Amount: $150,000.00 - Healthy Start Initiative-Eliminating Racial/Ethnic Disparities Under this program, grants will be awarded to address significant disparities in perinatal health indicators. Eliminating disparities in Perinatal Health focuses on disparities in Hispanics, American Indians, African Americans, Alaskan Natives, Asian Pacific Islanders, Immigrant Populations or differences occurring by education, income, disability, or living in rural, isolated areas by enhancing a community's service system. Communities must provide a scope of project services that will cover pregnancy and interconceptional phases for women and infants residing in the proposed project area. Services are to be given to both mother and infant for two years following delivery to promote longer interconceptional periods and prevent relapses of unhealthy risk behaviors.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) No. 93.926
Eligibility: Any public or private entity, including an Indian tribe or tribal organization (as defined at 25 U.S.C. 450b) is eligible to apply. Funding would be made available to community-based (and faith-based) projects which have: 1) significant disparities in perinatal indicators which contribute to high infant mortality rates, among one or more subpopulations; 2) an existing active consortia of stakeholders which have underway a perinatal disparity reduction initiative or a plan to establish one; and, 3) a feasible plan to reduce barriers, improve the local perinatal system of care, and work towards eliminating existing disparities in perinatal health. These sites must have or plan to implement/adapt Healthy Start strategies of consortium, case management, and outreach services in a culturally and linguistically sensitive manner. In addition, they must submit documentation of collaboration with the State Title V Agency.
Deadline: Sep 30, 2005
Amount: 6 Awards - Rural Health Care Services Outreach Grant Encourages the development of new and innovative health care delivery systems in rural communities that lack essential health care services. The emphasis of the grant program is on service delivery through creative strategies requiring the grantee to form a consortium with at least two additional partners.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) No. 93.912 -- Rural Health Outreach and Rural Network Development Program
Eligibility: 1) The applicant organization must be a public or nonprofit private entity located in a rural area or in a rural ZIP Code of an urban county (list included in application materials) and all services must be provided in a rural county or ZIP Code; or 2) The applicant organization exists exclusively to provide services to migrant and seasonal farm workers in rural areas and is supported under Section 330g of the Public Health Service Act or 3) The applicant is a Tribal government whose grant-funded activities will be conducted within their Federally-recognized Tribal area (documentation of status as a Federally-recognized Native American Tribe must be included).
The entity must represent a consortium composed of members that include three or more health care providers and that may be nonprofit or for-profit entities.
Deadline: Sep 16, 2005
Amount: Approx. $150,000/ 66 Awards - Rural Health Network Development Program Supports activities that strengthen the organizational capabilities of health networks whose purpose is to overcome the fragmentation and vulnerability of providers in rural areas.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) No. 93.912 -- Rural Health Outreach and Rural Network Development Program
Eligibility: 1) The applicant organization must be a public or nonprofit private entity located in a eligible Rural County or a designated rural ZIP Code of an urban county (list included in application materials and on program Web site) and all grant-funded activities must support rural areas; OR
2) The applicant organization exists exclusively to provide services to migrant and seasonal farm workers in rural areas and is supported under Section 330(g) of the Public Health Service Act; OR
3) The Applicant is a Federally recognized Native American Tribal or quasi-Tribal entity that will deliver services on Reservation or Federally recognized Tribal lands (documentation status must be included.)
Deadline: Sep 26, 2005
Amount: Approx. $180,000/ 8 Awards - Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Childhood Immunization Funds a community-based demonstration project to identify, implement and evaluate interventions that will result in a statistically significant reduction in racial disparities in immunization coverage levels between black children 19-35 months of age and children of other races, particularly white children, as evidenced by a comparison of immunization coverage of black and other racial/ethnic groups before and after interventions are implemented.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) No. 93.185
Eligibility: County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments, State governments, Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education
Deadline: June 27, 2005
Amount: $300,000/ 1 Award
- Healthy Communities Access Program (HCAP) Assists communities and consortia of health care providers and others to: 1) develop or strengthen integrated community health care delivery systems that coordinate health care services for individuals who are uninsured or underinsured; and 2) develop or strengthen activities related to providing coordinated care for individuals with chronic conditions who are uninsured or underinsured.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) No. No.93.252
Eligibility: The applicant entity must represent a consortium whose principal purpose is to provide a broad range of coordinated health care services to their defined community’s uninsured and underinsured populations. The applicant entity is neither a current HCAP grantee nor former Community Access Program (CAP) grantee and is proposing to serve either a service area or target population of uninsured and underinsured individuals that has not been exclusively served by a former CAP or current HCAP grant. The community-wide consortium represented by the applicant entity must include at least one of each of the following providers that serve the stated community, unless such provider does not exist, declines or refuses to participate, or places unreasonable conditions on its participation:
- A Federally qualified health center (as defined in section 1861(aa) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(aa))2;
- A hospital with a low-income utilization rate (as defined in section 1923(b)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r-4(b)(3)), that is greater than 25 percent3;
- A public health department; and An interested public or private sector health care provider or an organization that has traditionally served the medically uninsured and underserved.
Amount: $980,000/ 35 awards - Capacity Building Assistance to Improve the Delivery and Effectiveness of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Prevention
Interventions for High-Risk Racial/Ethnic Minority Subpopulations Provides capacity building assistance (CBA), including training and technical assistance (TA), to adapt, tailor and implement science-based, behavioral HIV prevention interventions specifically targeting high-risk racial/ethnic minority subpopulations as demonstrated by high-prevalence epidemiological evidence and other concrete quantitative and qualitative data.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) No. 93.939 -- HIV Prevention Activities_Non-Governmental Organization Based
Eligibility: Public nonprofit organizations, Private nonprofit organizations, Universities and Colleges, Community-Based organizations, Faith-Based organizations, Federally recognized Indian tribal governments, Indian tribal organizations
Deadline: May 27, 2005
Amount: $400,000-500,000/ Six awards - Grow Your Own FQHC Nurse Prepare employees (or potential employees) of Section 330-funded Federally Qualified Health Centers ("FQHCs") as basic level registered nurses, to help address the nursing shortage and recruitment problems experienced by FQHCs. A second purpose is to establish long term agreements between schools of nursing (SONs) and collaborating FQHCs to provide FQHC clinical sites for the clinical training of nursing students.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) No. 93.359 -- Nurse Education, Practice and Retention Grants
Eligibility: Eligible applicants for "Grow Your Own" grants are accredited schools of nursing (SONs) that have formal agreements with one or more of FQHC's which employ nurses to train the FQHC staff as nurses, and to usethe FQHC site as a clinical training site for the SON's nursing students.
Deadline: May 31, 2005
Amount: $75,000 / 3 awards - Maternal, Infant, and Reproductive Health: National and State Coalition Capacity Building Supports efforts to improve reproductive and infant health through the application of science-based approaches. Reproductive and infant health needs to be addressed include the prevention of adverse maternal and infant health outcomes, unintended and teen pregnancy, HIV and STDs.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) No. 93.946
Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations; National Minority Organizations; Small, minority, women-owned businesses; Universities; Colleges; Research institutions; Hospitals; Community-based organizations; Faith-based organizations; Federally recognized Indian tribal governments; State and local government
Deadline: Letter of Intent Deadline (LOI): April 22, 2005.
Application Deadline: May 23, 2005.
Amount: $3,000,000 / 12 Awards - Preventing Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence Within Racial/Ethnic Minority Communities Integrates prevention principles, concepts and practices into racial/ethnic minority community efforts to address sexual and intimate partner violence; An emphasis will be placed on building capacity to work with men and boys in a culturally appropriate manner to prevent these forms of violence before they occur.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.136.
Eligibility: Public and private nonprofit organizations with at least three years experience in addressing violence against women or women's health issues at a regional or national level. They must also demonstrate that 85 percent of the population served within the last three years represent one racial/ethnic minority population.
Deadline: Letter of Intent Deadline: May 4, 2005.
Application Deadline: May 19, 2005.
Amount: $300,000 / 2 Awards - Substance Abuse (SA), HIV, & Hepatitis Prevention for Minority Populations and Minority Reentry Populations in Communities of Color
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) No. 93.243
Description: Supports an array of activities to assist grantees in building a solid foundation for delivering and sustaining effective substance abuse prevention and related services. Specifically, the program aims to engage community-level domestic public and private non-profit entities to prevent and reduce the onset of SA, and transmission of HIV and hepatitis among minority populations and minority reentry populations in communities of color disproportionately affected by SA, HIV/AIDS, and/or hepatitis.
While grantees will have substantial flexibility in designing their grant projects, all are required to base their projects on the five steps of SAMHSA’s Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) to build a service capacity specific to SA, HIV, and hepatitis prevention services.
Amount: $350,000
Deadline: March 17, 2005
Contact: Claudia Richards, MSW, Chief, HIV & Behavioral Health Issues Branch, Phone 240-276-2409, Email rhti@samhsa.gov - Rural Health Outreach and Networking Grant Program - Emphasis on service delivery requiring the grantee to form a network with at least two additional partners with special interest in mental health, oral health and telehealth.
Eligibility: Public or private nonprofit entities, FQHCs
Deadline: September 13th, 2004 - National Institutes of Health HIV/AIDS Reproductive Health Research Examine the extent and nature of religious organizations involvement in HIV-related activities, the factors that influence such involvement and its effectiveness.
Catalog of federal domestic assistance number(s): 93.865
Eligibility: Faith-Based and community-based organizations, for-profit or Non-profit organizations, universities, hospitals, and laboratories; Federal, State and local governments.
Deadline: September 1, 2004. - Healthy Vision Community Awards Program Of the National Eye Institute (NEI) Provides funding for the implementation of health education activities that support the Healthy Vision 2010 objectives and the Healthy People 2010 goals to reduce health disparities and improve quality of life.
Eligibility: Community and faith-based organizations, non-profit organizations, civic and fraternal groups, state and local health departments.
Deadline: August 31, 2004. - Community Programs to Improve Minority Health Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Minority Health Improves health status of minority populations through health promotion and disease risk reduction which includes screening and outreach, linkages and referrals which address socioeconomic, linguistic and other barriers.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) No 93.137
Deadline: August 5th 2004
Eligibility: Private, nonprofit CBO; community, minority serving coalition; local or tribal government; historically black college or Hispanic serving institution. - Bilingual Bicultural Service Demonstration Project Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Minority Health Improves and expand cultural and linguistic competence of health professionals working in Limited English Proficiency (LEP) communities and Improve and expand accessibility and utilization of health care services among LEP population.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) No 93.105
Deadline: August 5th 2004
Eligibility: Community based organizations, local and tribal government, faith based organizations minority serving coalition; local or tribal government; historically black college or Hispanic serving institution. - Demonstration Projects for Implementation of Rapid HIV Testing in
Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Alternative Venues and
Populations Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) No
Eligibility: Historically Black Colleges and Universities and alternative venues, including alternative health clinics and primary health clinics
Deadline: July 23, 2004. - National Community Centers of Excellence in Women's Health (CCOE) Program Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Public Health and Science Assists women's health programs provided by community-based organizations in integrating, coordinating and strengthening their activity/program linkages. Funded activities include developing a framework to bring together many types of services for women, especially Native American women and/or rural/frontier communities; developing effective strategies for training health care providers; and enhancing gender-specific and age-appropriate public education and outreach activities.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) No 93.290
Deadline: July 20, 2004
Eligibility: Public or private non profit community based hospital, community health center or community based organization serving underserved women.
Foundation Funding
- The Minority Group Self-Determination Fund Established by the United Methodist Church for the empowerment of racial and ethnic minority people within and outside the church.
Deadline: May 1, 2007
Award Amount: Up to $40,000
Eligibility: United Methodist local churches with predominantly ethnic minority membership and Non-profit community/ecumenical groups with predominantly ethnic minority membership and decision-making;
Contact: Telephone: (202) 547-4828 or (202) 547-2271 - Improving the Health of Immigrant and Refugee Communities Aims to give immigrants and refugees the tools and support they need to improve and maintain their own health. Special interest in providing support to organizations outside the formal network of health care providers, such as grassroots organizations, faith-based organizations and advocacy organizations (rather than traditional providers, such as hospitals and medical clinics).
Deadline: Apr 13, 2007
Award Amount: Grants up to $300,000 (maximum grant award) for up to three years will be available. Under this initiative, we will fund eight to 10 projects for 2007.
Eligibility: Applicants may be either public entities or nonprofit organizations that are tax-exempt under Section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code. Projects that will not be considered for funding: Projects to continue existing programs or services; Direct medical/clinical services and other safety net efforts; Disease-specific only projects; Research or evaluation only (not part of overall program).
Contact: Please read the Program Details before contacting Wendy Yallowitz, Program Officer, at wyallow@rwjf.org - Blue Foundation for a Healthy Florida's Sapphire Award Recognizes and promotes programs that have demonstrated excellence and impact in improving the health-related outcomes of Florida's at-risk populations and communities.
Deadline: May 4, 2007
Award Amount: Up to 3 winners, each receiving a financial award toward their defined community health objectives in an amount not to exceed $120,000 per organization.
Eligibility: Nominations can be initiated by a health professional, volunteer, board member (up to two), or client who knows first-hand the organization's work; a representative of a partnering organization, such as another nonprofit organization or governmental agency; a representative of a foundation, corporation, or other funding institution; a program evaluator; or someone else who has direct knowledge of the organization's work and impact. Paid staff members, consultants, development or public relations staff, professional grant writers or individuals in other compensated roles cannot serve as nominators.
Contact: TheSapphireAward@bcbsfl.com, or 1-800-477-3736, ext. 63215, option 2. - Local Initiative Funding Partners Program The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) collaborates with local grantmakers to improve health outcomes for vulnerable populations. Local grant makers propose a funding partnership by nominating community initiatives that offer creative solutions to critical health or health care problems.
Deadline: April 26th, 2007
Award Amount: $200,000-$300,000 total for 3 grants
Eligibility: Public entities or nonprofit organizations that are tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Contact: Health Research and Educational Trust of New Jersey, (609) 275-4128, info@lifp.org - Compassion Capital Fund Targeted Capacity Building Program Helps build the capacity of faith-based and community organizations that address the needs of distressed communities, defined as a community with an unemployment rate and/or poverty rate equal to or greater than the State or national rate.
Deadline: April 10, 2007
Award Amount: $50,000/Up to 200 awards
CDFA Number: 93.009
Eligibility: Faith-based and community organizations
Contact: Barbara Ziegler-Johnson 800-281-9519 OCS@lcgnet.com - HIV/AIDs Prevention for African American or Hispanic Women at High Risk of HIV Infection Strengthens local capacities to carry out effective HIV/AIDS prevention activities.
Deadline: February 26th, 2007
Award Amount: Up to $70,000/5 grants
Eligibility: Health departments, community based organizations, Indian tribes
Contact: Lillie Brown 202 293-7330 - Common Ground: Transforming Public Health Information Systems Helps state and local public health agencies better respond to health threats by improving their use of information systems
Deadline: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 at 3:00 PM EDT
Award Amount: 15 grants for up to $30,000 and 16 grants for up to $600,000 to 31 public health agencies
Eligibility: state and local health agencies and non-profit organizations, such as public health institutes, specifically designated by a state or local health department to receive funds on their behalf.
Contact: commonground@phii.org. - Health Promotion Research Directed to Improving the Oral Health of Women and Their Infants Supports health promotion research directed at women, before, during and after pregnancy to improve their health and well-being and that of their infant
Deadline: November 19, 2006
Award Amount: $275,000 over a two-year period
Eligibility: For profit organizations; Non-profit organizations; Public or private institutions, such as universities, colleges, hospitals and laboratories; Units of State government; Units of local government; Eligible institutions of the Federal government; Domestic institutions; Faith-based or community-based organizations; Indian/Native American Tribal Government (Federally Recognized); Indian/Native American Tribal Government (Other than Federally Recognized); and Indian/Native American Tribally Designated Organization.
Contact: Maria Teresa Canto, DDS, MS, MPH, Telephone: (301) 594-5497, maria.canto@nih.gov - Fresh Ideas: Community-based Approaches to Improve Care for Vulnerable Populations A Robert Wood Johnson foundation initiative that seeks new community-based approaches to health and health care problems that intersect with social factors—such as inadequate housing, poor education and poverty. We are interested in projects that serve hard-to-reach individuals and families, especially new immigrants and refugees, frail older adults and at-risk adolescents.
Deadline: Open
Award Amount: up to $300,000 for 3 years
Eligibility: Public or non for profit entities
Contact: Wendy Yallowitz, (609) 627-7553, wyallow@rwjf.org - Caring Across Communities: Addressing Mental Health Needs of Diverse Children and Youth Supports school-connected mental health services for students who require them. Special emphasis will be given to projects that help children of immigrant an refugee families overcome the cultural and language barriers to mental health services.
Deadline: July 28th, 2006 Deadline for receipt of brief proposals submitted online
July 6, 2006 and August 31, 2006 Applicant Web conference calls
Award Amount: up to $100,000 per year for 3 years / 15 awards
Eligibility: Prospective grantees must represent partnerships among schools districts and other community agencies. The grantee institution must be either a public or non for profit institution.
Contact: Olga Acosta Price, (202) 466-3467 caringac@gwu.edu - The Regional Market Project A project of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation designed to help communities dramatically improve the quality of the health care they provide for chronic diseases in ambulatory settings by helping align three key drivers of quality improvement:
- Performance measurement and public reporting
- Capacity to help physicians in the community improve the quality of ambulatory, chronic illness care
- Consumer engagement
Deadline: June 15, 2006 and June 20 2006 Optional Applicant Web Conference Call
July 14, 2006 (3 p.m. ET)--Deadline for program registration
September 7, 2006 (3 p.m. ET)--Deadline for submission of Full Proposal
Award Amount: $600,000 over three years / 6 awards
Eligibility: The program will accept only one proposal from any community. All potential applicants must register before submitting a proposal. Only registered applicants may submit proposals. Applicants must be an organization that represents multiple community stakeholders, with substantial representation from health care providers, including physicians and safety net providers; health care plans; employers; and consumers.
Contact: info@forces4quality.org - The Community Access To Child Health (CATCH) Provides grants for pediatricians and pediatric residents to develop innovative, community-based initiatives that increase children's access to medical homes or to specific health services not otherwise available. Planning project activities must lead to sustainable, community-based child health initiatives that increase access to care, especially for underserved children, and address health disparities among children.
Deadline: July 14, 2006
Award Amount: $2,500 to $10,000
Eligibility: Pediatricians and Pediatric Residents
Contact: 847/434-7085 catch@aap.org - 2007 Healthy Vision Community Awards Intended to stimulate collaborative community health education initiatives that support the Healthy Vision 2010 objectives which address examinations and prevention, eye diseases, injury and safety, and vision rehabilitation.
Deadline: August 31, 2006
Award Amount: Up to $10,000 / Approximately 50 awards
Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations including, but not limited to, community-based organizations and groups, minority-based organizations, schools, faith-based organizations, civic and fraternal groups, and local health departments and agencies.
Contact:
Rosemary Janiszewski, M.S., CHES
National Eye Institute
2020 Vision Place
Bethesda, MD 20892-3655
(301) 496-5248
rxj@nei.nih.gov
Michael P. Davis, M.S.
National Eye Institute
31 Center Dr MSC 2510
Bethesda, MD 20892-2510
(301) 496-4308
mpd@nei.nih.gov - Blue Foundation for a Healthy Florida Supports community-based solutions that enhance access to quality health-related services for uninsured and underserved Floridians.
Deadline: September 15, 2006
Award Amount: Up to $100,000
Eligibility: Florida 501 (c) 3 organizations.
Contact: Michael Hutton, Ph.D. 1 800 477 3736 x 63215 michael.hutton@bcbsfl.com - Public education, information and outreach initiatives that promote the early recognition and treatment of mental illness Funds new and innovative ideas and programs that promote public awareness of mental illness, the effectiveness of treatment and the importance of early intervention.
Deadline: September 1, 2006
Award Amount: $ 750,000 in total funds. Average grant $40,000.
Eligibility: Organizations that have been in existence for at least two years and currently maintain a 501 (c) 3 charitable status.
Contact: apf@psych.org. - Local Initiative Funding Partners Program Supporting Innovation in Health and Health Care. A partnership program between Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and local grantmakers that seeks to fund promising, original projects to improve significantly the health of vulnerable people in their communities.
Deadline July 6, 2006
Award Amount 14 matching grants of between $200K and $500K
Eligibility: Projects must be nominated by a local grant maker interested in participating as one of the funding partners
Contact: Sandra Lopacki (609) 275-4128 slopacki@lifp.org - Regional Community Health Grants Program Prioritiy given to programs serving racially and ethnically diverse populations and enhancing access to quality health information and quality health care in the categories of depression, childhood health and end of life care.
Deadline March 31, 2006
Award Amount Up to $50,000
Eligibility: Non Profit Organizations
Contact: (860) 273-6747 AetnaFoundation@aetna.com. - Finding Answers: Disparities Research for Change Supports rigorous evaluations of programs, interventions, or strategies intended to reduce racial and ethnic health care disparities
Deadline Brief Proposal Deadline: Thursday, March 16, 2006, 2 p.m. CST.
Award Amount $5 million over a 4-year period to 20-25 grantees with awards ranging from $50,000-$300,000
Eligibility: Provider organizations, healthplans and employers, community groups and research teams working in partnership with providers
Contact: amy@volunteerflorida.org (773) 702 -2864, info@solvingdisaparities.org - Caring for Community Award Established by the Association of American Medical Colleges to encourages the development of student initiated community service projects through which students explore new ways to serve their local communities.
Deadline March 13th, 2006
Award Amount: 30K over 4 years or 15K for 1 year/10 Awards Annually
Eligibility: Medical Schools
Contact: amy@volunteerflorida.org - Samuel Harris Fund For Children's Dental Health Dentistry Grant Program Established by the ADA foundation as a permanent endowment fund dedicated to the prevention of childhood caries and oral health maintenance for children.
Deadline: July 8, 2005.
Award Amount: Up to $5,000
Eligibility: Community-based, not-for-profit organizations - Healthy Lifestyles Grant Established by the National 4-H Council with funding provided from Kraft Foods, Inc., and Cargill to help communities create educational and public awareness programs that partner youth ages 5-12 with adults to reverse trends in obesity.
Deadline January 13, 2006
Award Amount 24 grants of $7,000
Eligibility: 4-H Extension Programs. Organizations who are not part of 4-H are encouraged to collaborate with their their local Cooperative Extension office.
Contact: JoAnne Leatherman jleatherman@fourhcouncil.edu 1-301-961-2870 - HIV/AIDS Prevention Grants Program Established by the United States Conference of Mayors, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to reduce risk behaviors associated with HIV/AIDS among Native Americans and African American and Hispanic women and to strengthen the ability of organizations with direct ties to the target populations to respond to future needs for HIV prevention services.
Deadline February 27th 2006
Award Amount $60,000 each / 3 grants for Native Americans and $70,000 each / 8 grants for high-risk women
Eligibility: Indian Tribes, Health Departments, CBOs with strong ties to the target population
Contact: Lillie Brown, (202) 293-7330, fax: (202) 293-2352 - Emergency Prevention and Readiness Outreach Established by Volunteer Florida to utilize senior volunteers and faith-based organizations to assist people for whom culture or disability is a barrier to receiving disaster preparedness and warning information, or conducting mitigation activities to minimize the impacts of disasters on these target populations.
Deadline Notice of Intent January 3rd 2006, Proposals Due January 26th 2006
Award Amount $25,000 with $5,000 non-federal match/ Estimated number of awards = 11
Eligibility: Public and Private Florida Non-profits including faith based organizations, higher education institutions, cities and counties
Contact: amy@volunteerflorida.org - Robert Wood Johnson - Local Initiative Funding Partners Program A program between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and local grantmakers which supports innovative, community-based projects designed to improve the health and healthcare for society's most vulnerable people. To be eligible for this program, projects must offer collaborative, community-based services that are new and innovative. Significant program expansions -- such as a major expansion into new regions or to new populations -- may also be considered.
Deadline: June 30, 2006
Award Amount: Up to eighteen matching grants of $100,000 to $500,000 (per project)
Eligibility: Applicants may be either public entities or nonprofit organizations that are tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and are not classified as a private foundation under Section 509(a). Projects must be nominated by a local grantmaker interested in participating as one of the funding partners. Local funders must be willing to work with grantees to obtain sufficient dollar-for-dollar matching funds throughout the grant period. Funders may include independent and private foundations, family and community foundations, and corporate and other philanthropies. - Saphire Award to Recognize Outstanding Health Programs Blue Foundation for a Healthy Florida Announces award to recognize and promote programs that provide healthcare access to Florida's underserved and uninsured and seek to improve the health care of Florida's at-risk communities.
Deadline: June 29, 2005
Award Amount: The Blue Foundation will select up to three nonprofit recipients annually. Each recipient will receive a financial award of up to $120,000 toward its community health objectives.
Eligibility: Organizations must have a proven record of improving the health of their community through measurable outcomes; be tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the federal tax code; officially reside and be incorporated in the state of Florida; and have programs that are involved with health-related services. - Better Health Through Innovation Program VHA Health Foundation seeks to encourage creativity, innovation, and the adoption and/or
adaptation of new ideas and practices in the healthcare industry and support promising initiatives at the local level that represent a novel and/or significantly better approach to solving a problem or need related to health and/or healthcare.
Deadline: April 18, 2005 (Letter of Intent)
Award Amount: $100,000 to $250,000
Eligibility: U.S. nonprofit healthcare providers, including hospitals, healthcare systems, clinics, and medical practices, with tax-exempt 501(c)(3) status. Programs representing local and national partnerships are encouraged to apply. - Blue Foundation for a Healthy Florida Seeks to maximize impact in the area of community-based health clinics and outreach services. The greatest percentage of the Blue Foundation funding will be to identify, nurture, and sustain such activities to benefit underserved and uninsured populations.
Deadline: March 18, 2005
Award Amount: $10,000 - $100,000
Eligibility: Tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organizations located in Florida - Physicians' Foundation Offers Funding for Projects to Improve Healthcare Quality in Medical Practice
Description: Practice Management, to create and increase efficiency within the practice for delivery of high quality healthcare; Physician Education, to enhance practice-based delivery of healthcare through the application of technological and clinical developments, and Patient Safety/Disease Management, to develop and implement innovative practice strategies aimed at improving the health status and well being of patients.
Amount: $100,000 to $1 million
Eligibility: 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organizations or medical societies that are tax-exempt
Deadline: March 1, 2005 (Concept Papers)
Contact: Grants Management Associates: 617-399-0417 - Health Literacy GrantsAmerican Medical Association Foundation Provides $500 to $4,000 for programs that promote clearer communication between patients and their physicians and other health care providers.
Deadline: July 20, 2004
Eligibility: Public or private non profit community based hospital, community health center or community based organization serving underserved women.
Contact: (312) 464-4200, e-mail healthliteracy@ama-assn.org