April Grant Newsletter
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Top Grant Picks
SAMHSA Medication-Assisted Treatment – Prescription Drug and Opioid Addiction
(Application Deadline: April 29, 2022)
The purpose of this program is to provide resource to help expand/enhance access to Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD). It is expected that this program will help to 1) increase the number of individuals with Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) receiving MOUD; and 2) decrease illicit opioid use and prescription opioid misuse.?LEARN MORE
SAMHSA Project AWARE (Advancing Wellness and Resiliency in Education)
(Application Deadline: May 2, 2022)
The purpose of Project AWARE is to develop a sustainable infrastructure for school-based mental health programs and services. It is expected that the recipient will build a collaborative partnership that includes the State Education Agency (SEA), the Local Education Agency (LEA), the State Mental Health Agency (SMHA), community-based providers of behavioral health care services, school personnel, community organizations, families, and school-aged youth. Based on a public health model, this partnership will implement mental health related promotion, awareness, prevention, intervention and resilience activities to ensure that students have access and are connected to appropriate and effective behavioral health services. SAMHSA expects that this program will promote the healthy social and emotional development of school-aged youth and prevent youth violence in school settings.?LEARN MORE
SAMHSA Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) – Planning, Development, and Implementation Grants
(Application Deadline: May 17, 2022)
The purpose of this program is to help to transform community behavioral health systems and provide comprehensive, coordinated behavioral health care by establishing new CCBHC programs. CCBHCs provide person- and family-centered integrated services. The intent of the CCBHC-PDI grant program is to (a) assist organizations in the planning for and development and implementation of a CCBHC that meets the?CCBHC Certification Criteria, (b) provide a comprehensive range of outreach, screening, assessment, treatment, care coordination, and recovery supports based on a needs assessment that aligns with the CCBHC Certification Criteria, and (c) support recovery from mental illness and/or substance use disorders (SUD) by providing access to high-quality mental health and SUD services, regardless of an individual’s ability to pay. This includes any individual with a mental or substance use disorder who seeks care, including those with serious mental illness (SMI), substance use disorder (SUD) including opioid use; children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbance (SED); individuals with co-occurring mental and substance disorders (COD); and individuals experiencing a mental health or substance use-related crisis. SAMHSA expects that applicants will include a focus on groups facing health disparities, as identified in the community needs assessment in the population of focus.?LEARN MORE
DOL Strengthening Community Colleges Training Grants
(Application Deadline: June 2, 2022)
The purpose of this program is to address two inter-related needs: 1) to increase the capacity and responsiveness of community colleges to address identified equity gaps, and 2) to meet the skill development needs of employers in in-demand industries and career pathways, as well as the skill development needs of underserved and underrepresented workers. These efforts will yield sustainable systems-level changes in education and training through collaboration between community colleges, employers and the public workforce development system that align education and training, work experiences, and industry-recognized credentials that lead to career growth.?LEARN MORE
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Federal Healthcare Grants
SAMHSA Minority AIDS Initiative – Service Integration
(Application Deadline: April 25, 2022)
The purpose of this program is to provide resources to help reduce the co-occurring epidemics of HIV, Hepatitis, and mental health disorders through accessible, evidence-based, culturally appropriate mental and co-occurring disorder treatment that is integrated with HIV primary care and prevention services. SAMHSA expects that this program will help reduce the incidence of HIV and improve overall health outcomes for those at-risk individuals with a mental health disorder or co-occurring disorder (COD).?LEARN MORE
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SAMHSA Strategic Prevention Framework for Prescription Drugs
(Application Deadline: April 25, 2022)
The purpose of the SPF Rx grant program is to provide resources to help prevent and address prescription drug misuse within a State or locality. The program is designed to raise awareness about the dangers of sharing medications as well as the risks of fake or counterfeit pills purchased over social media or other unknown sources, and work with pharmaceutical and medical communities on the risks of overprescribing. Whether addressed at the state level or by an informed community-based organization, the SPF Rx program will raise community awareness and bring prescription substance misuse prevention activities and education to schools, communities, parents, prescribers, and their patients. In addition, grant recipients will be required to track reductions in opioid related overdoses and incorporate relevant prescription and overdose data into strategic planning and future programming.?LEARN MORE
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SAMHSA GLS Campus Suicide Prevention Grant Program
(Application Deadline: April 29, 2022)
The purpose of this program is to support a comprehensive public health and evidence-based approach that: 1) enhances mental health services for all college students, including those at risk for suicide, depression, serious mental illness (SMI)/serious emotional disturbances (SED), and/or substance use disorders that can lead to school failure; 2) prevents and reduces suicide, and mental and substance use disorders; 3) promotes help-seeking behavior; and 4) improves the identification and treatment of at-risk college students so they can successfully complete their studies. It is expected that this program will help to identify students who are at risk for suicide and suicide attempts, increase protective factors that promote mental health, reduce risk factors for suicide, and ultimately reduce suicides and suicide attempts.?LEARN MORE
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SAMHSA Minority AIDS Initiative: Substance Use Disorder Treatment for Racial/Ethnic Minority Populations at High Risk for HIV/AIDS
(Application Deadline: April 29, 2022)
The purpose of this program is to increase engagement in care for racial and ethnic underrepresented individuals with substance use disorders (SUD) and/or co-occurring substance use and mental disorders (COD) who are at risk for or living with HIV/AIDS and receive HIV/AIDS services/treatment.?LEARN MORE
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SAMHSA Statewide Consumer Network Grant Program
(Application Deadline: May 2, 2022)
The purpose of this program is to enhance statewide mental health consumer-run organizations’ to promote mental health and related service system capacity and infrastructure development to be consumer-centered and targeted toward recovery and resiliency, and consumer-driven by promoting the use of consumers as agents of transformation. The SCN grant program also seeks to address the needs of underserved and under-represented consumers, including those from ethnic, racial, or cultural minority groups; sexual orientation and gender minority individuals; those with histories of chronic homelessness or involvement with the criminal justice system; and those with mental health and co-occurring disorders (COD).?LEARN MORE
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SAMHSA Statewide Family Network Program
(Application Deadline: May 2, 2022)
The purpose of this program is to provide resources to enhance the capacity of statewide mental health family-controlled organizations to engage with family members/primary caregivers who are raising children, youth, and young adults with serious emotional disturbance (SED). Grant recipients are expected to be family-driven, trauma-informed, culturally relevant, holistic, and resiliency-oriented family-controlled organizations. SAMHSA expects this program to serve as a catalyst for transforming mental health and related systems in states by strengthening coalitions led by family organizations, and between family members, policy makers, and service providers.?LEARN MORE
SAMHSA Substance Abuse and HIV Prevention Navigator Program for Racial/Ethnic Minorities
(Application Deadline: May 2, 2022)
The purpose of this program is to provide substance misuse and HIV prevention services to racial/ethnic minority males at risk for HIV/AIDS. The program will place an emphasis on males who have sex with other males (MSM), including transgender individuals, as well as those who identify as LGBTQ+ who are not in stable housing and reside in communities with high incidence rates of HIV. Outreach will be directed to the population of focus to assist them in receiving HIV and hepatitis testing and support services. The program will use a navigation approach (Community Health Workers, Neighborhood Navigators, and/or Peer Support Specialists) to expedite services for these populations. Organizations will have the opportunity to deliver comprehensive services (psychosocial support, medical care, housing, employment, family, education, and prescription drug assistance services) that will reduce morbidity and mortality for this high-risk population. The program will provide evidence-based substance misuse and HIV and hepatitis programming in hard to serve communities to reduce infections and increase protective factors using SAMHSA’s Strategic Prevention Framework.?LEARN MORE
CDC National Partnerships to Address Prenatal Alcohol and Other Substance Use and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
(Application Deadline: May 2, 2022)
The purpose of this NOFO is to promote the prevention of FASDs and the early identification and management of infants and children with FASDs through a collaborative framework of national partner organizations. Strategic areas of focus may include training clinical, public health, or community-based organizations serving populations of reproductive age, including pregnant people, as well as those serving children and families about prenatal alcohol and other substance use, screening and brief intervention for alcohol and other substances, and identification and management of children living with FASDs; developing and disseminating evidence-based recommendations and messaging nationally, regionally, and through health systems and other networks to prevent or reduce alcohol and other substance use among people who are pregnant or might be pregnant as well as to promote early identification and management of children living with FASDs; developing and fostering or participating in a champions network to galvanize support for and share messaging and resources about prevention of FASDs and early identification and management of children living with FASDs; building community, state, and local capacity to link clinical and public health partners to reach affected populations with effective programs and practices; coordinating efforts across projects to ensure consistent information and resources are being used; and evaluating the effectiveness of program strategies.?LEARN MORE
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ACL Elder Justice Innovation Grants - Enhancing APS Approaches to Cases Involving Opioids and Substance Use Disorders?
(Application Deadline: May 3, 2022)
The purpose of the EJIG program is to support the development and advancement of new and emerging issues related to elder justice. Funded projects will contribute to the improvement of the field of elder abuse prevention and intervention at large, such as by developing materials, programs, etc. that can be widely disseminated and/or replicated, or by establishing and/or contributing to the evidence-base of knowledge.?For this opportunity, projects will be sought which seek?to identify effective strategies and solutions that are expected to maximize the impact of direct home-and community-based social, health, and mental/behavioral health services for APS clients impacted by the opioid epidemic and other substance use disorders.?LEARN MORE
HRSA Infant-Toddler Court Program – State Awards
(Application Deadline: May 4, 2022)
The purpose of the Infant-Toddler Court Program (ITCP) is to continue and expand research-based infant-toddler court (ITC) teams to change child welfare practices and improve the early developmental health and well-being of infants, toddlers, and their families.?LEARN MORE
OSHA Workplace Safety and Health Training on Infectious Diseases, Including COVID-19
(Application Deadline: May 6, 2022)
This FOA is for eligible non-profit organizations to submit proposals to deliver workplace safety and health training to eligible employers and workers on the topic of infectious diseases, including COVID19. Grant activities support conducting training on infectious diseases, including COVID-19 in a timely and efficient manner. Therefore, grantees must initially begin using existing training materials and guidance documents in order to deliver training as soon as practical following award. During the performance period, grantees may develop and use new tailored training materials (following OSHA approval of the new materials).?LEARN MORE
SAMHSA Grants to Expand Substance Abuse Treatment Capacity in Adult and Family Treatment Drug Courts
(Application Deadline: May 9, 2022)
The purpose of this program is to expand substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and recovery support services in existing drug courts. The program recognizes the need for treatment instead of incarceration for individuals with SUDs.?LEARN MORE
SAMHSA Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Program
(Application Deadline: May 17, 2022)
The purpose of this program is to improve outcomes for children from birth up to 12 years of age by developing, maintaining, or enhancing infant and early childhood mental health promotion, intervention, and treatment services. These services are expected to include: 1) Programs for children at significant risk of developing, showing early signs of, or having been diagnosed with a mental illness, including serious emotional disturbance (SED) and/or symptoms that may be indicative of developing SED in children, including children with a history of in-utero exposure to substances such as opioids, stimulants, or other drugs that may impact development; and 2) Multigenerational therapy and other services that strengthen positive caregiving relationships.?LEARN MORE
HRSA Transforming Pediatrics for Early Childhood (TPEC)
(Application Deadline: May 23, 2022)
The purpose of the TPEC program is to establish resource hubs that support the placement of early childhood development (ECD) experts into pediatric practices1 that serve a high percentage of prenatal-to-five year old (P–5) populations who are eligible for Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) or are uninsured. To achieve long-term improvements in early developmental health, school readiness, family well-being, and health equity, the primary goals are to: 1) improve equitable access to a continuum of ECD services2 in pediatric patient-centered medical home (PCMH) and similar settings, and 2) improve the capacity of pediatric practices and workforce to deliver high-quality ECD services that address the holistic needs of children and families. Core program objectives to be accomplished during the period of performance include: 1) Increase the number of ECD experts2 trained, equipped, and placed in pediatric settings serving Medicaid/CHIP-eligible or uninsured P–5 populations; 2) Increase the number of pediatric practices offering a continuum of ECD services that includes comprehensive early developmental health promotion/prevention, screening and surveillance, care coordination and linkage, and intervention; 3) Improve ECD knowledge and competencies among pediatric primary care staff; and 4) Identify and advance solutions to specific barriers to sustained and holistic ECD service delivery in primary care, such as policy and financing barriers, ECD workforce needs, care coordination, and service gaps.?LEARN MORE
SAMHSA Provider’s Clinical Support System - Universities
(Application Deadline: May 27, 2022)
The purpose of the program is to provide resources to graduate-level students in medical (MD/DO), physician assistant (PA), nurse practitioner (NP) and other eligible nursing programs (clinical nurse specialists (CNS), certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNA), certified nurse midwives (CNM) practices) receive the theoretical knowledge and practical training required for them to treat opioid use disorders (OUD) and prescribe medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) in office-based settings upon graduation and receipt of licensure. In addition, this grant program is focused on the broader integration of substance use disorder (SUD) related education into the medical and nursing curricula of the respective academic institution.?LEARN MORE
BJA Improving Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Outcomes for Adults in Reentry
(Application Deadline: May 27, 2022)
This program enhances corrections systems and community-based service providers’ ability to address the substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and recovery support needs of people, including parents of minor children and pregnant/postpartum women, during incarceration and reentry in an effort to reduce recidivism and promote long-term recovery. In an effort to address the continuing opioid and overdose crises and increase the provision of evidence-based SUD treatment, including medication-assisted treatment (MAT) — which is the use of medications, in combination with counseling and behavioral therapies — in confinement and reentry, BJA will prioritize applications that support the implementation or expansion of MAT.?LEARN MORE
BJA Connect and Protect: Law Enforcement Behavioral Health Response Program
(Application Deadline: May 27, 2022)
The Connect and Protect: Law Enforcement Behavioral Health Response Program is part of the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP). It offers grants to promote public safety and public health by helping entities prepare, create, or expand comprehensive plans and then implement these collaborative projects to target preliminarily qualified individuals with mental health disorders (MHDs) or co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders (MHSUDs).?LEARN MORE
HRSA Public Health Scholarship Program
(Application Deadline: June 1, 2022)
The purpose of the PHSP is to strengthen the public health workforce by providing support to organizations to develop scholarship programs that incentivize individuals to pursue training and careers in public health. Through the PHSP, scholarship recipients will gain the requisite knowledge and skills necessary to prevent, prepare for, and respond to recovery activities related to COVID–19, as well as other public health emergencies. Awarded recipients will provide scholarships to individuals, for the purpose of public health training in professional, graduate, degree, and/or certificate programs. For example, health professions schools would provide scholarships to students seeking a graduate degree in public health. A community college offering an associate degree in public health would provide scholarships to students to train as health educators. A public health department/entity/site would provide scholarships to employees who are training for advanced public health certifications. These examples are not an exhaustive list of training opportunities. Applicants will be required to have an existing public health training program as well as public health partnerships in place, along with a system for scholarship recipients to maintain or be transitioned into employment in public health upon completion of their training. This program will enhance the public health system to meet the core public health functions and the Ten Essential Public Health Services. Training participants will include individuals currently working in state or local governments, including state, local, territorial or tribal public health departments, and individuals in public health-related training programs. Scholarship recipients will be trained to work as case investigators, contact tracers, social support specialists, public health nurses, disease intervention specialists, epidemiologists, program managers, laboratory personnel, informaticians, communication and policy experts, and any other positions as may be required to prevent, prepare for, and respond to recovery activities related to COVID-19, as well as other public health emergencies.?LEARN MORE
HRSA COVID-19 Claims Reimbursement for Uninsured Patients
(Application Deadline: Rolling)
HRSA provides an electronic reimbursement portal for healthcare providers who have conducted COVID-19 testing or provided treatment for uninsured individuals on or after February 4, 2020. Reimbursement will be made for qualifying testing and treatment services, which include: Specimen collection, diagnostic, and antibody testing; Testing-related visits in the office, urgent care, emergency room, or telehealth; Treatment including office visits, telehealth, emergency room, inpatient, outpatient/observation, skilled nursing facility, long-term acute care, acute inpatient rehab, home health, emergency ground ambulance transportation, non-emergent patient transfers via ground ambulance, and FDA approved drugs as they become available for COVID-19 treatment and administered as part of an inpatient stay; When an FDA-approved vaccine becomes available, it will also be covered.?LEARN MORE
Forecasted Grants
HRSA Community Health Worker Training Program (CHWTP)
(Estimated Application Deadline: April 18, 2022)
The Community Health Worker and Paraprofessional Training Program (CHWPTP) will expand the public health workforce through the training of new Community Health Workers (CHWs) and paraprofessionals?and extend the knowledge and skills of current CHWs and paraprofessionals. The CHWPTP aims to increase access to care, improve public health emergency response, and address the public health needs of underserved communities.?LEARN MORE
OASH Teen Pregnancy Prevention Research Grants
(Estimated Application Deadline: May 17, 2022)
The Office of Population Affairs anticipates the availability of funding for a new cohort of Teen Pregnancy Prevention research grant projects.?The funded projects will primarily consist of secondary data analyses or small research projects to explore new questions in teenage pregnancy prevention.?OPA is interested in projects that improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and quality of pregnancy prevention programs for adolescents or young adults, and/or reduce disparities.?LEARN MORE
HRSA State Maternal Health Innovation & Data Capacity Program
(Estimated Application Deadline: May 27, 2022)
The purpose of this State Maternal Health Innovation and AIM Data Enhancements Program is to link State MHI activities with AIM activities:?enhance the quality, validity, and timeliness of maternal health data; implement innovative maternal health activities at the state level; and support implementation of AIM bundles and AIM data collection, review, analysis, and reporting.?LEARN MORE
CDC Closing the Gap with Social Determinants of Health Accelerator Plans
(Estimated Application Deadline: July 1, 2022)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the availability of funds to develop multi-sector action plans that address the social determinants of health (SDOH) by accelerating action in state, local, territorial, and tribal jurisdictions, and communities that lead to improved chronic health conditions among Americans experiencing health disparities and inequality.?LEARN MORE
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SAMHSA Strategic Prevention Framework-Partnerships for Success
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(Estimated Application Deadline: TBD)
The purpose of this SAMHSA grant program is to help reduce the onset and progression of substance use and its related problems by supporting the development and delivery of state and community substance use prevention and mental health promotion services. The SPF-PFS program is grounded in the Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF), a community engagement model grounded in public health principles, including being data-driven, and focused on providing evidence-based services to high-risk underserved communities.?LEARN MORE
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SAMHSA Building Communities of Recovery
(Estimated Application Deadline: TBD)
The purpose of this SAMHSA grant program is to mobilize and connect a broad base of community-based resources to increase the prevalence and quality of long-term recovery support for persons with substance use disorders (SUD) and co-occurring substance use and mental disorders (COD). These grants are intended to support the development, enhancement, expansion, and delivery of recovery support services (RSS) as well as the promotion of, and education about recovery.?LEARN MORE
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SAMHSA Rural Opioid Technical Assistance Regional Centers
(Estimated Application Deadline: TBD)
The purpose of this SAMHSA grant program is to implement regional centers of excellence to develop and disseminate training and technical assistance addressing opioid and stimulant misuse affecting rural communities. Recipients are expected to facilitate the identification of model programs, develop and update materials related to the prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery activities for opioid use disorder (OUD) and/or stimulant use disorder, and ensure that high-quality training is provided.?LEARN MORE
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Foundation?Healthcare Grants
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Imagine Learning Foundation
(Application Deadline: April 30, 2022)
The Imagine Learning Foundation, the philanthropic wing of the?Imagine Learning?company, works to foster the well-being of learners and the people who support them at home and in their communities. According to the foundation, schools can better develop healthy and supportive learning environments when social and emotional learning (SEL) programs are extended from classrooms into homes and communities. To that end, the foundation aims to bridge the meaningful connection between SEL in the classroom and SEL outside the classroom by facilitating access to social-emotional learning at home and in the community. By bringing SEL into life beyond the classroom, the foundation wishes to activate a learner’s full community and support system to ignite more breakthroughs in every learning environment.?The Imagine Signature Grant Program has established two funding priorities to advance this work:?1)?Well-Being Outside the Classroom:?Supports social, physical, mental, and emotional well-being programs, activities, or services that foster the learning well-being of youth, families, and educators within the home and community environments. 2)?Education and Community Research:?Studies the current impacts that social, physical, mental, and emotional well-being has on accelerating student achievement across diverse communities. The ILF will award two $100,000 Imagine Signature Grants for one or a combination of both funding priority areas of focus. The awarded programs will be funded for up to twelve months and program start date(s) may occur between July 1, 2022, and September 30, 2022.?National organizations will be prioritized, though the ILF will accept grant applications from regional organizations. Priority will be given to organizations focused on high-need communities.?LEARN MORE
RWJF Interdisciplinary Research Leaders
(Application Deadline: May 4, 2022)
We believe that leadership for health equity is an essential lever for change, especially the complex change needed to dismantle structural racism. Interdisciplinary Research Leaders (IRL) is a three-year national leadership development program that aims to foster and support new interdisciplinary, action-oriented research collaborations. Achieving health equity—especially for communities of color, those in low socioeconomic positions, and Native populations—is a core value of the program. The aim for the 2022 IRL program is to generate high-quality, community-engaged research useful for dismantling structural racism, improving health, and advancing health equity. There is an urgent need to identify solutions for eliminating and reversing the devastating effects of structural racism. For the 2022 cohort, we will select up to 15 teams of three midcareer individuals each (two researchers and a community leader) from diverse disciplinary backgrounds or scientific perspectives. The applicant organization will receive up to $125,000 for each team’s specific research project, including $25,000 stipend per fellow per year. After the fellowship begins, funds up to $15,000 per year will be available from the national program center to the community partner’s employer, sponsoring institution, or another community organization directly involved in the research project.?LEARN MORE
Bob Woodruff Foundation Grants
(Application Deadline: June 1, 2022)
The Bob Woodruff Foundation Grants Program provides funding towards programmatic efforts serving the military/veteran community. BWF is focused on granting to programs that?improve overall health and wellbeing of service members, veterans, their families, and caregivers.?We are interested in programs that: 1)Improve social determinants of health; 2) Decrease barriers to accessing physical and mental healthcare; 3) Increase accessibility to programming that fosters a healthy lifestyle; and 4) Enhance opportunities for veterans to thrive after service.?LEARN MORE
The Commonwealth Fund
(Application Deadline: Rolling)?
The mission of the Commonwealth Fund is to promote a high-performing health care system that achieves better access, improved quality, and greater efficiency, particularly for society’s most vulnerable, including low-income people, the uninsured, and people of color. The Fund carries out this mandate by supporting independent research on health care issues and making grants to improve health care practice and policy. In its more than 100 years, the Fund has worked by: (1) Demonstrating pioneering approaches and evaluating their results (2) Convening experts across backgrounds and disciplines (3) Publishing the results of our research and disseminating evidence. To apply for a grant from the Commonwealth Fund, please submit a letter of inquiry (LOI) using the online portal. We acknowledge LOIs upon receipt and will contact you to request additional information if needed. Applicants are typically advised of the results of their inquiries within a month and often sooner. LOIs are accepted on a rolling basis. Current funding priorities include vulnerable populations, tracking health system performance, health care coverage and access, international health policy and practice, controlling health care costs, advancing Medicare, Federal and State health policy. health care delivery system reform.?LEARN MORE?
American Legion Child Welfare Foundation
(Application Deadline: Rolling)?
The Foundation accepts proposals from nonprofit organizations for projects which meet one of the Foundation’s two basic purposes: 1) To contribute to the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual welfare of children through the dissemination of knowledge about new and innovative organizations and/or their programs designed to benefit youth; and 2) To contribute to the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual welfare of children through the dissemination of knowledge already possessed by well-established organizations, to the end that such information can be more adequately used by society.?LEARN MORE?
Anthem Foundation Program Grants
(Application Deadline: Rolling)?
Anthem Foundation Program Grants support ongoing community health programs with proven and measurable outcomes. Generally, our grant terms are one year, with a few exceptions (mostly for national grants). The Anthem Foundation funds specific public health-related initiatives that address disparities and social determinants that can positively affect conditions identified through our signature Healthy Generations program.?LEARN MORE?
Hearst Foundations Grants
(Application Deadline: Rolling)
The Hearst Foundations support well-established nonprofit organizations that address significant issues within their major areas of interests – culture, education, health and social service – and that primarily serve large demographic and/or geographic constituencies. In each area of funding, the Foundations seek to identify those organizations achieving truly differentiated results relative to other organizations making similar efforts for similar populations. The Foundations also look for evidence of sustainability beyond their support.?LEARN MORE?
RWJF Pioneering Ideas: Exploring the Future to Build a Culture of Health
(Application Deadline: Rolling)
Pioneering Ideas: Exploring the Future to Build a Culture of Health seeks proposals that are primed to influence health equity in the future. We are interested in ideas that address any of these four areas of focus: Future of Evidence; Future of Social Interaction; Future of Food; Future of Work. Additionally, we welcome ideas that might fall outside of these four focus areas, but which offer unique approaches to advancing health equity and our progress toward a Culture of Health. We want to hear from scientists, anthropologists, artists, urban planners, community leaders—anyone, anywhere who has a new or unconventional idea that could alter the trajectory of health, and improve health equity and well-being for generations to come. The changes we seek require diverse perspectives and cannot be accomplished by any one person, organization or sector.?LEARN MORE?
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Other Grant Opportunities
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DOL Apprenticeship Building America (ABA) Grant Program
(Application Deadline: April 25, 2022)
This FOA supports a coordinated, national investment strategy that aims to strengthen and modernize the Registered Appprenticeship Program (RAP) system, centered on equity and promotes Registered Apprenticeship as a workforce development solution. Applicants have the opportunity to apply for funding across four grant categories: 1) State Apprenticeship System Building and Modernization; 2) Expansion of RAP Opportunities for Youth; 3) Ensuring Equitable RAP Pathways Through Pre-Apprenticeship Leading to RAP Enrollment and Equity Partnerships; and 4) Registered Apprenticeship Hubs. The ABA grant program builds on the Department’s previous and ongoing efforts to expand and modernize Registered Apprenticeship through expanding the number of programs and apprentices, diversifying the industries that utilize Registered Apprenticeship, and increasing access to and completion of RAPs for underrepresented populations and underserved communities.?LEARN MORE
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DOL Workforce Pathways for Youth
(Application Deadline: April 25, 2022)
The Workforce Pathways for Youth demonstration?grants support national out-of-school time (OST) organizations that serve?historically underserved and marginalized youth ages 14 to 21.??These grants will place an emphasis on age-appropriate workforce readiness programming to expand job training and workforce pathways for youth, including soft skill development, career exploration, job readiness and certification, summer jobs, year-round job opportunities, and apprenticeships.?Funding will also support partnerships between workforce boards and youth serving organizations.?LEARN MORE
HUD National Homeless Data Analysis Project
(Application Deadline: April 26, 2022)
Through this NOFO HUD is announcing the availability of up to $12.3 million in funding for its National Homeless Data Analysis Project (NHDAP). NHDAP funding provides critical resources that allow communities to improve data collection and reporting, integrate data collection efforts in Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS) with other funding streams, and use software as a service for data integration. NHDAP activities will also enhance the ability for HUD and communities to report and analyze data about persons experiencing homelessness, and will enhance HUD’s ability to produce standards and specifications for data entry and reporting for HMIS-generated reports, analyze point-in-time and longitudinal data to produce the Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR), and provide NHDAP, project specific, technical assistance on HMIS implementation. You are encouraged to procure contractors and consultants demonstrating relevant programmatic experience as well as expertise in specific skill and policy areas. Subawards are prohibited. HUD Headquarters staff manages NHDAP with the involvement of our Regional, Field, and Area Offices.?LEARN MORE
OVW Sexual Assault Services Culturally Specific Program
(Grants.gov Application Deadline: April 27, 2022)
(JustGrants Application Deadline: May 3, 2022)
The Sexual Assault Services Culturally Specific Program (SAS Culturally Specific Program) supports nonprofit organizations that focus primarily on culturally specific communities and have experience in the area of sexual assault or who partner with an organization having such expertise. The?goal of the SAS Culturally Specific Program is to establish, maintain, and expand sustainable, culturally appropriate services that address the unique needs and challenges of victims of sexual assault from culturally specific communities.?LEARN MORE
William T. Grant Foundation: Research Grants on Reducing Inequality
(Application Deadline: May 4, 2022)
This program supports research to build, test, or increase understanding of programs, policies, or practices to reduce inequality in the academic, social, behavioral, or economic outcomes of young people ages 5-25 in the United States. We prioritize studies that aim to reduce inequalities that exist along dimensions of race, ethnicity, economic standing, language minority status, or immigrant origins. Our focus on reducing inequality grew out of our view that research can do more than help us understand the problem of inequality—it can generate effective responses. We believe that it is time to build stronger bodies of knowledge on how to reduce inequality in the United States and to move beyond the mounting research evidence about the scope, causes, and consequences of inequality.?LEARN MORE
William T. Grant Foundation: Research Grants on Improving the Use of Research Evidence
(Application Deadline: May 4, 2022)
This program supports research on strategies to improve the use of research evidence in ways that benefit young people ages 5-25 in the United States. We want to know what it takes to produce useful research evidence, what it takes to get research used, and what happens when research is used. We welcome letters of inquiry for studies that pursue one of these broad aims.?LEARN MORE
OJJDP Second Chance Act Addressing the Needs of Incarcerated Parents and Their Minor Children
(Application Deadline: May 17, 2022)
OJJDP envisions a nation where our children are free from crime and violence. If they come into contact with the justice system, the contact should be rare, fair, and beneficial to them. This program will promote and expand services in detention and correctional facilities to incarcerated individuals and their minor children, and provide services to children of incarcerated parents.?LEARN MORE
The Herb Block Foundation: Encouraging Citizen Involvement
(LOI Deadline: June 1, 2022)
(Application Deadline: August 18, 2022)
The Herb Block Foundation seeks to help ensure a responsible, responsive democratic government through citizen involvement. Proposals may focus on citizen education and greater voter participation in the electoral process.?LEARN MORE
NSF Smart and Connected Communities
(Application Deadline: Rolling)
The goal of the NSF Smart and Connected Communities (S&CC) program?is to accelerate the creation of the scientific and engineering foundations that will enable smart and connected communities to bring about new levels of economic opportunity and growth, safety and security, health and wellness, accessibility and inclusivity, and overall quality of life. For the purposes of this solicitation, communities are defined as having geographically-delineated boundaries—such as towns, cities, counties, neighborhoods, community districts, rural areas, and tribal regions—consisting of various populations, with the structure and ability to engage in meaningful ways with proposed research activities. A “smart and connected community” is, in turn, defined as a community that synergistically integrates intelligent technologies with the natural and built environments, including infrastructure, to improve the social, economic, and environmental well-being of those who live, work, learn, or travel within it. The S&CC program encourages researchers to work with community stakeholders to identify and define challenges they are facing, enabling those challenges to motivate use-inspired research questions. The S&CC program supports integrative research that addresses fundamental technological and social science dimensions of smart and connected communities and pilots solutions together with communities. Importantly, this program is interested in projects that consider the sustainability of the research outcomes beyond the life of the project, including the scalability and transferability of the proposed solutions.?LEARN MORE
Life Comes From It
(Application Deadlines: Rolling)
Life Comes From It is a grantmaking circle facilitated by seven long-time practitioners and leaders who have 120 years of combined experience in restorative justice, transformative justice, and indigenous peacemaking. We give small grants to organizations that offer approaches to address violence and repair harm rooted in community solutions. We invest in leaders of color doing movement-building work rooted in lived experience and relationships.?LEARN MORE
T-Mobile Hometown Grants Program
(Application Deadlines: Rolling)
T-Mobile has?partnered with Smart Growth America and Main Street America, two consulting partners with a combined experience of over 60 years working to help build stronger, more prosperous small towns and rural communities. With their?Hometown Grant program, they're?investing big in small towns by awarding up to 100 towns a year with project funding—up to $50,000 each.?LEARN MORE
Create Action Grants
(Application Deadlines: Rolling)
CREATE ACTION grants are designed to make a long-lasting impact for local organizations and the communities they serve. Selected organizations will receive direct funding, Sony Electronics products and a custom-created promotional film, as well as many other opportunities for collaboration, partnership and marketing support.?CREATE ACTION is seeking grant applicants committed to serving their local communities in areas such as STEAM/academic enrichment, workforce development, and non-profit services for underserved and under-represented groups. Our mutual goal will be to create lasting positive change within the communities you serve.?LEARN MORE
EDA Public Works and Economic Adjustment Assistance Programs Including CARES Act Funding
(Application Deadline: Rolling)
Under this NOFO, EDA solicits applications from applicants in rural and urban areas to provide investments that support construction, non-construction, technical assistance, and revolving loan fund projects under EDA’s Public Works and EAA programs. Grants and cooperative agreements made under these programs are designed to leverage existing regional assets and support the implementation of economic development strategies that advance new ideas and creative approaches to advance economic prosperity in distressed communities. EDA provides strategic investments on a competitive- merit-basis to support economic development, foster job creation, and attract private investment in economically distressed areas of the United States.?Past projects have included funding for water and wastewater projects in hospitals and healthcare facilities and road infrastructure projects that would support the expansion of healthcare facilities. Funding is available for: Public Works Projects (Water and sewer system improvements, Industrial parks, Shipping and logistics facilities, Workforce training facilities, Brownfield development, Telecommunications infrastructure and development facilities.)?LEARN MORE?
USDA Economic Impact Initiative Grants
(Application Deadline: Rolling)
Economic Impact Initiative Grants provide funding to assist in the development of essential community facilities in rural communities that have extreme unemployment and severe economic depression. An essential community facility is one that provides an essential service to the local community, is needed for the orderly development of the community, serves a primarily rural area, and does not include private, commercial, or business undertakings. Examples of essential community facilities include: Healthcare: hospitals, medical clinics, dental clinics, nursing homes, assisted-living facilities Public Facilities: city/town/village halls, courthouses, airport hangers, street improvements Community Support Services: child care centers, community centers, fairgrounds, transitional housing Public Safety: fire halls, police stations, prisons, jails, police vehicles, fire trucks, public works vehicles and equipment Educational: museums, libraries, private schools Utility: telemedicine, distance learning Local Food Systems: community gardens, food pantries, community kitchens, food banks, food hubs, greenhouses, kitchen appliances.?LEARN MORE?
Funding News & Resources
The biggest trends in healthcare are hospital care at home and the widening labor gap
(Healthcare Finance?- March 29, 2022)
Over the next three years, 40% of providers will shift 20% of hospital beds to the home, says Philips.?READ MORE
Biden's proposed budget includes funds to address disparities and mental health parity
(Healthcare Finance?- March 29, 2022)
The private insurance market may be required to cover three behavioral health visits with no enrollee cost-sharing.?READ MORE
Crow Touts Workforce Development as Tool to Ease Labor Shortages
(Committee on Small Business - March 31, 2022)
The House Small Business Committee Subcommittee on Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Workforce Development under Chairman Jason Crow (D-CO) held a hearing exploring how Congress can utilize workforce development initiatives to combat labor shortages that impact small businesses.?READ MORE
For more information on these and other funding opportunities, please contact Innovative Funding Partners at?[email protected]