June Funding Alert from IFP

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Top Grant Picks 

HRSA Evidence-Based Tele-Behavioral Health Network Program

(Deadline: June 25, 2018)

The two-fold purpose of this program is to use telehealth networks to increase access to behavioral health care services in rural and frontier communities and to conduct evaluations of those efforts to establish an evidence-base for assessing the effectiveness of tele-behavioral health care for patients, providers, and payers. The range and use of telehealth services have expanded over the past decades, along with the role of technology in improving and coordinating care. Traditional models of telehealth involve care delivered to a patient at an originating (or spoke) site from a specialist working at a distant (or hub) site. A telehealth network consists of a series of originating sites receiving services from a collaborating distant site. For the purposes of this NOFO, telehealth is defined as the use of electronic information and telecommunication technologies to support and promote long-distance clinical health care, patient and professional health-related education, public health and health administration. Telehealth modalities to be used to support clinical treatment may include video conferencing, the internet, store-and-forward imaging, streaming media, and terrestrial and wireless communications. LEARN MORE

SAMHSA Medication Assisted Treatment – Prescription Drug and Opioid Addiction

(Deadline: July 9, 2018)

The purpose of this program is to expand/enhance access to medication-assisted treatment (MAT) services for persons with an opioid use disorder (OUD) seeking or receiving MAT. This program’s focus is on funding organizations and tribes/tribal organizations within states identified as having the highest rates of primary treatment admissions for heroin and opioids per capita and includes those states with the most dramatic increases for heroin and opioids, based on SAMHSA’s 2015 Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). These states include: Alabama, Montana, Alaska, New Hampshire, Arizona, New Jersey, Arkansas, New York, California, North Carolina, Colorado, North Dakota, Connecticut, Ohio, Delaware, Oregon, District of Columbia, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Rhode Island, Iowa, Tennessee, Kentucky, Utah, Maine, Vermont, Maryland, Virginia, Massachusetts, Washington, Michigan West, Virginia, Minnesota, Wyoming, and Missouri. The desired outcomes of the program include: 1) an increase in the number of individuals with OUD receiving MAT 2) a decrease in illicit opioid drug use and prescription opioid misuse at six-month follow-up. LEARN MORE

ACL Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects Program: Research on Opioid Use Disorder among People with Disabilities

(Deadline: July 23, 2018)

NIDILRR proposes to fund two Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects of three years each to conduct research on opioid use disorder among people with disabilities. Each grant will be funded up to $500,000. Topic of interest include: 1) Systematic review of existing literature on opioid-use disorder and people with disabilities; 2) Prevalence estimates and patterns of opioid use disorder treatment for people with disabilities; 3) Factors associated with increased risk for opioid use disorder; 4) Factors associated with improved access to treatment for opioid use disorder; 5) Interventions that contribute to improved outcomes; and 6) Effects of government policies and programs on access to treatment for people with disabilities who have opioid-use disorders. LEARN MORE

AmerisourceBergen Foundation Opioid Resource Grant Program

(LOI Deadline: July 31, 2018)

The foundation is inviting grant-funded nonprofit organizations to submit proposals that describe how it can best contribute resources and funding to address opioid abuse and misuse. Grants will be awarded for the most innovative and constructive solutions in one of two key areas of focus: safe disposal and education around prevention. Applicants are strongly encouraged to identify and leverage existing, proven, evidence-based frameworks and strategies, as well as existing tools and materials, but may also propose original and innovative projects. Applications focused on education may address a spectrum of needs, but priority will be given to the effective dissemination of the following topics: provider education about appropriate opioid prescribing; patient education about the risks and effects of prescription opioids, and what to do if they have concerns about addiction; public education, especially aimed at rural communities; training to reduce youth risk factors (such as delinquency) and boost protective factors (such as decision-making skills for problem solving and resisting peer pressure; addiction as a childhood onset condition; preventing teens from initiating problematic opioid use in the first place; advising parents of teens to lock up prescription opioid medications and dispose of old pills; and how youth can effectively cope when living with adults with addiction. Although not required, the foundation encourages multiple organizations to develop a collective, collaborative partner submission. Awards will not exceed $100,000. LEARN MORE

 

Health Care Grants

SAMHSA Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Grant Program

(Deadline: June 29, 2018)

Eligible children for services include children from birth to not more than 12 years of age, who are at risk for, show early signs of, or have been diagnosed with a mental illness including a serious emotional disturbance. The purpose of this program is to improve outcomes for these children by developing, maintaining, or enhancing infant and early childhood mental health promotion, intervention, and treatment services, including: (1) programs for infants and children at significant risk of developing, showing early signs of, or having been diagnosed with a mental illness, including a serious emotional disturbance (SED) and/or symptoms that may be indicative of a developing SED in 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. Programs funded under this FOA must be evidence-informed or evidence-based, and culturally and linguistically appropriate. SAMHSA expects this program will increase access to a full range of infant and early childhood services and build workforce capacity for individuals serving children from birth to age 12. Programs must describe a pathway to sustainability and will be expected to develop a plan for the dissemination of the program to other sites and settings. LEARN MORE

Elton John AIDS Foundation

(LOI Deadline: June 30, 2018)

The EJAF is accepting Letters of Intent from organizations working with people who are most affected by HIV in the Americas, defined as the United States, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, or Central or South America. Grants will be awarded to organizations working to improve the health of people living with HIV or at risk or otherwise affected by HIV; uphold the rights of people living with and affected by HIV; address the social and economic needs of people living with and affected by HIV; and/or strengthen the skills and strategies of organizations and activists addressing HIV. First-time applicants are invited to apply for grants of between $20,000 and $100,000 in the first year. EJAF will also consider requests of up to $300,000 from organizations with a national focus or working in multiple countries and that have a proven ability to implement large-scale programs. Priority will be given to organizations that are led by and based in the communities being served; advocate for improved government health policies and funding; are piloting or scaling innovative programs to promote health and rights; can show a history of activism, creativity, and urgency in working to address and curtail the HIV epidemic; and are grounded in evidence about where and among whom HIV infections are happening and evidence about the best interventions to help people avoid infection or, if HIV-positive, to live healthy lives. LEARN MORE

SAMHSA Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Expansion Grants

(Deadline: July 9, 2018)

The purpose of this program is to increase access to and improve the quality of community behavioral health services through the expansion of CCBHCs.  CCBHCs provide person- and family-centered services and are available in the 24 states that participated in the FY 2016 Planning Grants for Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics. The CCBHC Expansion grant program must provide access to services for individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) or substance use disorders (SUD), including opioid disorders; children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbance (SED); and individuals with co-occurring disorders (COD). SAMHSA expects that this program will improve the behavioral health of individuals across the nation by providing comprehensive community-based mental and substance use disorder services; treatment of co-occurring disorders; advance the integration of behavioral health with physical health care; assimilate and utilize evidence-based practices on a more consistent basis, and promote improved access to high quality care. Eligibility is limited to certified community behavioral health clinics or community-based behavioral health clinics who may not yet be certified but meet the certification criteria and can be certified within 4 months of award in the following states: AK, CA, CO, CT, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, NC, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OK, OR, PA, RI, TX, and VA. LEARN MORE

CDC Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH)

(Deadline: July 16, 2018)

This 5-year initiative is to improve health, prevent chronic diseases, and reduce health disparities among racial and ethnic populations with the highest risk, or burden, of chronic disease, specifically for African Americans/Blacks, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islanders, American Indians, and Alaska Natives, by: 1) Supporting culturally tailored interventions to address the preventable health behaviors of tobacco use, poor nutrition and physical inactivity. 2) Linking community and clinical efforts to increase access to health care and preventive care programs at the community level. 3) Supporting implementation, evaluation and dissemination of practice- and evidence-based strategies on the four topic areas of tobacco, nutrition, physical activity, and community-clinical collaborations that ultimately lead to reduced health disparities in chronic conditions of hypertension, heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, and obesity. Funding will support recipients that: 1) Have a history of successfully working with an established community coalition to address issues relating to health or other disparities. 2) Select strategies that address the health disparities in the community based on results from a community health needs assessment process. 3) Have organizational capacity to effectively, efficiently, and immediately implement locally tailored evidence- and practice-based strategies. LEARN MORE

ACL Alzheimer's Disease Programs to States and Communities

(Deadline: July 16, 2018)

Cooperative agreements under this FOA, Alzheimer’s Disease Program Initiative (ADPI), are dedicated to the development and expansion of dementia-capable home and community-based service (HCBS) systems in States and Communities. There are two application options contained in this FOA, one for States (Option A) and the other for Communities (Option B). No entity would be eligible to apply for both State and Community options. The systems resulting from program activities under both program options will provide quality, person-centered services that help individuals remain independent and safe in their communities. LEARN MORE

NIA Geriatrics and Clinical Gerontology Research to Address Health Disparities in the U.S.

(Deadline: July 16, 2018)

NIA's health disparities research goals are to (1) understand environmental and sociocultural factors and related behavioral and biological mechanisms that diminish health and reduce life expectancy for populations that experience health disparities, (2) develop strategies to increase life expectancy and healthspan among aging adults and improve the health status of elders from underserved and disadvantaged populations, and (3) use research insights and advances to inform policies that reduce health disparities. NIA is interested in geriatrics and clinical gerontology research to explore the mechanisms through which disparities influence age-related change; in geriatrics and clinical gerontology studies on disparities and aging that investigate environmental, sociocultural and biological influences that delay or accelerate aging health disparities; and in research on geriatric conditions where disparities emerge in diagnosis, prognosis or treatment, including palliative and end-of-life care. NIA Health Disparities Populations include African Americans, Hispanic or Latinos, American Indians, Alaskan Natives, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders, Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Populations, Sexual and Gender Minority (SGM) populations, persons with disabilities and rural populations. LEARN MORE

SAMHSA Provider’s Clinical Support System – Universities

(Deadline: July 25, 2018)

The purpose of this program is to expand/enhance access to medication-assisted treatment (MAT) services for persons with an opioid use disorder (OUD) seeking or receiving MAT through ensuring the education and training of students in the medical, physician assistant and nurse practitioner fields. This program’s focus is to ensure students fulfill the training requirements needed to obtain a DATA waiver to prescribe MAT in office-based settings. The desired outcomes include: 1) an increase in the number of individuals completing the training requirements for the DATA waiver, 2) an increase the number of individuals with a DATA waiver, and 3) an ultimate increase in those prescribing. Eligible applicants are medical schools, physician assistant schools, and schools of nursing (programs for nurse practitioners will be focus). LEARN MORE

Retirement Research Foundation: Projects in Aging

(Deadline: August 1, 2018; February 1, 2019; May 1, 2019)

The Retirement Research Foundation is accepting proposals from nonprofit organizations for local and national projects designed to improve the quality of life for older Americans. Grants will be awarded in support of projects that provide direct services, advocacy, education, and training programs for professionals working with elders, as well as for research that investigates causes and solutions to significant problems faced by older adults. Projects with a local focus will be considered from organizations based in seven states, including Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Wisconsin, and Florida. However, advocacy, training, and research projects of national relevance are considered from organizations located anywhere in the United States. To be eligible, organizations must be considered tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. LEARN MORE

ACL Innovations in Nutrition Programs and Services

(Deadline: August 7, 2018)

The purpose of this funding opportunity is to increase the evidenced based knowledge base of nutrition providers, drive improved health outcomes for program recipients by promoting higher service quality, and increase program efficiency through innovative nutrition service delivery models. Funding will support innovative and promising practices that move the aging network towards evidenced based practices that enhance the quality, effectiveness of nutrition services programs or outcomes within the aging services network. Innovation can include service products that appeal to caregivers (such as web-based ordering systems and carryout food products), increased involvement of volunteers (such as retired chefs), consideration of eating habits and choice (such as variable meal times, salad bars, or more fresh fruits and vegetables), new service models (testing variations and hybrid strategies) and other innovations to better serve a generation of consumers whose needs and preferences are different. Innovation and promising practices may include the testing and publishing of positive outcomes in which nutrition programs provide a meaningful role in support of the health and long-term care of older individuals. Outcomes should focus on methods to improve collaboration with local health care entities, decrease health care costs for a specific population or decrease the incidence of the need for institutionalization among older adults. Through this program, funds may be used to help develop and test additional models or to replicate models that have already been tested in other community-based settings. LEARN MORE

NIH Using Archived Data and Specimen Collections to Advance Maternal and Pediatric HIV/AIDS Research (R21)

(Deadline: August 9, 2018)

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to address the needs of the maternal and pediatric HIV scientific community for research data translation and sharing. This initiative will support secondary data analyses using archived HIV/AIDS data and specimens to generate new research questions and findings relevant to the scientific mission and priorities of the NICHD, Maternal and Pediatric Infectious Disease Branch (MPIDB) and Office of AIDS Research (OAR). The goal of this initiative is to encourage applicants to leverage existing datasets and employ new and advanced analysis techniques to answer scientific questions about the epidemiology, pathogenesis, treatment, clinical manifestations and complications of HIV/AIDS in maternal, pediatric and adolescent populations. LEARN MORE

NIH Improving the Reach and Quality of Cancer Care in Rural Populations (R01)

(Deadline: September 19, 2018)

The purpose of this FOA is to reduce the burden of cancer and improve the quality of cancer care in rural areas among low-income and/or underserved populations. The FOA encourages two types of applications: 1) observational research that includes pilot testing of intervention to understand and address predictors of cancer care/treatment and outcomes in rural low-income and/or underserved populations; or 2) intervention research to address known predictors of cancer care/treatment and outcomes in rural low-income and/or underserved populations. Specifically, the focus for observational studies (with pilot testing) is understanding and addressing the predictive and/or mediating role of social determinants of health, barriers to care, and treatment; and the focus for interventional research is on addressing quality of care related to cancer diagnosis, treatment and/or survivorship. Most existing cancer control interventions are not ready for direct implementation and dissemination in low-income rural areas, so proposals should seek to develop, adapt, and/or implement, and test interventions. LEARN MORE

AHRQ Implementation and Evaluation of New Health Information Technology (IT) Strategies for Collecting and Using Patient-Reported Outcome (PRO) Measures (U18)

(Deadline: September 25, 2018)

This FOA invites U18 cooperative agreement applications to stimulate innovative and collaborative research by utilizing new health information technology (IT) strategies for collecting and using patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures in primary care and other ambulatory care settings.  LEARN MORE

AHRQ Health Services Research Demonstration and Dissemination Grants (R18)

(Deadline: Standard Dates Apply)

This FOA invites Large Research Demonstration and Dissemination (R18) Project applications that focus on AHRQ's mission and/or any aspect of its specific priority areas.The AHRQ mission is to produce evidence to make health care safer, higher quality, more ac-cessible, equitable and affordable, and to work with HHS and other partners to make sure that the evidence is understood and used. Within the mission, AHRQ’s specific priority areas of focus are: 1) Research to improve health care patient safety. 2) Harnessing data and technology to improve health care quality and patient outcomes and to provide a 360-degree view of the patient. 3) Research to increase accessibility and affordability of health care by examining innovative market approaches to care delivery and financing. The award is made by AHRQ to an institution/organization to support a discrete, specified health services research project. LEARN MORE   

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Forecasted Grants

HRSA Rural Communities Opioid Response Planning Program

(Deadline: TBD)

The overall goal of the Rural Communities Opioid Response (Planning) (RCORP) initiative is to reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with opioid overdoses in high-risk rural communities by strengthening the capacity of multi-sector consortiums to address one or more of the following focus areas at the community, county, state, and/or regional levels: 1. Prevention: reducing the occurrence of opioid addiction among new and at-risk users as well as fatal opioid-related overdoses through community and provider education, and harm reduction measures including the strategic placement of overdose reversing devices, such as naloxone; 2. Treatment: implementing or expanding access to evidence-based practices for opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment such as medication-assisted treatment (MAT); and 3. Recovery: expanding peer recovery and treatment options that help people start and stay in recovery. Up to 75 grants will be awarded for up to $200,000 for one year. The lead applicant must be part of a group including at least three other partners that have committed to forming a consortium or are part of an established consortium. All domestic public and private entities, nonprofit and for-profit, will be eligible to apply and all services must be provided in rural communities. LEARN MORE

HRSA Safeguarding Two Lives Program: Screening and Treatment for Maternal Depression and other Behavioral Disorders

(Deadline: TBD)

To purpose of this FOA is to improve the mental health and wellbeing of perinatal women and their infants by providing timely, culturally appropriate perinatal mental health and substance use screening, assessment, referral, and treatment services. MCHB will fund states to establish or improve programs that: 1) increase the number of healthcare providers providing mental health and substance use screening, referrals, and treatment options; and 2) increase the use of tele-behavioral health services, especially in rural and medically underserved areas. LEARN MORE

HRSA Pediatric Mental Health Care Access Program

(Deadline: TBD)

The purpose of this program is to promote behavioral health integration in pediatric primary care by supporting the development of statewide or regional pediatric mental health care access programs via telehealth; and supporting the improvement of existing statewide or regional pediatric mental health care access programs via telehealth. LEARN MORE

HRSA Rural Residency Technical Assistance and Development Program

(Deadline: TBD)

The purpose of this new competitive announcement is provision of technical assistance and support to future Bureau of Health Workforce (BHW) rural residency planning and development awardees initiating rural residency programs starting in calendar year 2019. LEARN MORE

HRSA Quality Improvement Program for Research-Based Infant-Toddler Court Teams

(Deadline: TBD)

The purpose of this program is to improve the heath, well-being and development of infant and toddlers in the foster and child-welfare systems. LEARN MORE

HRSA Advanced Nursing Education - Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners

(Deadline: TBD)

The purpose of this program is to award grants for the clinical training of sexual assault nurse examiners (including registered nurses, nurse practitioners, and nurse midwives) to administer medical forensic examinations and treatments to victims of sexual assault in hospitals, health centers, and other emergency health care service provider settings. This program will enable these entities to become SANE trained and certified. LEARN MORE

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Other Grant Opportunities

NSF Accelerating Discovery: Educating the Future STEM Workforce

(Deadline: July 2, 2018)

NSF accepts proposals to support education research and development projects focused on re- or up-skilling the existing workforce; developing the skilled technical workforce; and/or preparing those at the undergraduate, graduate, or postdoctoral fellow/early career levels. We encourage projects to partner with industry, public, and private sectors to define the needs of tomorrow’s workforce and develop educational and learning strategies to meet those needs. Proposals should address near-, mid-, and long-term challenges and opportunities facing the development of STEM professionals or anticipate new structures and functions of the STEM learning and teaching enterprise. Proposers are encouraged to include approaches that have the potential to increase and diversify participation in STEM. Projects of interest include: innovative uses of technology and big data to understand learning; educational approaches that prepare tomorrow’s innovators to use technology and big data to understand the natural world; effects of advances in intelligent agents on STEM teaching and learning; and evaluation of disruptive educational interventions on long-term student outcomes. LEARN MORE

RWJF Foundation Sports Award

(Deadline: July 2, 2018)

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Sports Award recognizes sports teams, athletes, and community-based organizations that use sports to catalyze and sustain changes to make communities healthier places to live, learn, work, and play. The Foundation will consider applications in three categories: Category 1: A professional sports team community relations department or foundation based in the United States or Canada. Category 2: An individual athlete or professional coach's foundation based in the United States or Canada. Category 3: An organization in the United States or Canada that is an influential leader and model for improving community health through sports. Applicants that are not charitable organizations or public entities must apply with an organization that is such an entity and will receive the prize funds. Each category winner will be awarded $10,000. LEARN MORE

ACF Basic Center Program

(Deadline: July 5, 2018)

The Administration for Children and Families, Administration on Children, Youth and Families' Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) announces the availability of funds under the Basic Center Program (BCP). THE BCP works to establish or strengthen community-based programs that meet the immediate needs of runaway and homeless youth up to age 18 years of age and their families. BCPs provide youth with emergency shelter, food, clothing, counseling and referrals for health care. Basic centers can provide temporary shelter for up to 21 days for youth and seeks to reunite young people with their families, whenever possible, or to locate appropriate alternative placements. Additional services may include: street-based services; home-based services for families with youth at risk of separation from the family; drug abuse education and prevention services. The primary purpose of the BCP is to provide counseling services to youth who have left home without permission of their parents or guardians have been forced to leave home, or other homeless youth who might end up in contact with law enforcement or in the child welfare, mental health, or juvenile justice systems. LEARN MORE

ACL Living Well-Model Approaches for Enhancing the Quality, Effectiveness and Monitoring of Home and Community Based Services for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities

(Deadline: July 30, 2018)

Through a cooperative agreement, AIDD will fund a consortium to develop and test a model for effectively monitoring quality in community settings that reduces and mitigates the incidence of abuse and neglect and supports empowerment, self-determination, and self-advocacy. The consortium will document their systems change and policy change efforts throughout the project period. A signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the members of the consortium must be submitted as part of the application. The agreement should describe how the entities participated in the development of the actual application and more importantly, how they plan to work together to ensure the goals and objectives included in the applicant are achieved. LEARN MORE

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Funding News & Resources

Former CMS Leaders: ACO Changes Are Coming

(Healthcare Financial Management Association - May 11, 2018)

Medicare accountable care organizations (ACOs) are likely to face an imminent overhaul, according to former leaders of the program. New models are expected to include approaches focused on rural providers, which have struggled to gain traction in value-based payment. READ MORE

Why hospitals need to adopt a 'retail mindset' when it comes to analytics

(Healthcare IT News - May 15, 2018)

With rising drug costs, value-based care, changes in reimbursement rules and more demanding consumers, there's no shortage of things that can change in a year. That means hospital IT departments need to employ quicker, more agile analytics that enable them to pivot in response to fast-changing conditions. READ MORE

Hospital providers need collaborative ACOs with more than 100,000 lives to achieve savings, says analysis

(Healthcare Finance News - May 17, 2018)

Accountable Care Organizations with more than 100,000 lives can overcome the negative effects of statistical variation and more consistently achieve savings, according to a newly released paper from Caravan Health published in the Health Affairs Blog. READ MORE

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