Deadline: 5 September 2019
With support from RWJF, the CSPHS and PHNCI are pleased to offer a funding opportunity to support public health collaborations with healthcare and social services, working with the community and toward systems alignment, to improve population health and health equity.
This Call for Proposals (CFP) is intentionally broad with respect to what specific health problems and solutions are addressed. Instead, it is focused on assisting organizations to improve how they work together, and with community members, to make sustainable progress toward shared priorities around improving population health and achieving health equity.
CSII is intended to support community-driven efforts that improve population health, address a social determinant of health, and help mitigate health inequities. The CSII-funded project (i.e., the activities supported by CSII funds) may be part of a larger initiative or it may be its own, unique effort. Activities may already be under way or the grant may signal the beginning of project activities. Most importantly, the organizations must work collaboratively to address an issue that has been identified and prioritized by the community. In addition to a goal(s) related to achieving systems alignment, all projects also must specify a goal(s) to improve population health and achieve health equity.
This funding opportunity will provide grantees with tools and resources to help meet their project goals. This includes participation in a Learning Community to facilitate peer exchange and share experience and expertise. The Learning Community will be convened virtually and in-person throughout the project period. Learning Community members will also participate in training to address common barriers and challenges, e.g. overcoming perceived barriers to data sharing, blending and braiding funding, setting up governance structures, and operationalizing health equity. CSPHS and PHNCI will provide customized technical assistance for grantees.
Goals
The CSII is a three-year endeavor designed to support public health, healthcare, and social services organizations striving to build stronger, sustainable connections to improve health and equity. The goals of CSII are to:
- support efforts among organizations and the communities they serve to improve population health and achieve health equity;
- foster innovations among organizations with a history of collaboration to move toward systems alignment; and
- understand and advance the unique role of public health in catalyzing work across multiple sectors and with communities to develop innovative solutions to this end.
Funding Information
Up to 10 awards will be made, with funding up to $150,000 per collaboration. Selections will be made in late 2019 and the project period will run from January 1, 2020, through December 31, 2021. Proposals will be submitted in a two-phase process. PHNCI will act as the fiscal agent for this project and will manage the awards.
- A total of up to $1.5 million will be available under this CFP.
- Approximately 10 projects will be funded at up to $150,000 per site.
- Grant duration is up to 24 months, within the time frame of January 1, 2020-December 31, 2021.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for this award, the following requirements must be met:
- Collaborative partners are located in the United States or its territories;
- The lead applicant is one of the following:
- A governmental public health department or social services agency;
- An American Indian/Alaska Native tribe or Tribal entity recognized by the US federal government or by a state; or
- A nonprofit organization.
- Note: for-profit organizations may be included as a sector partner but may not serve as the lead applicant.
- Proposal demonstrates existing collaboration among at least two of the three sectors for at least six months. Collaborating organizations for this proposal include, at a minimum, a governmental health department, a healthcare organization, and a social services organization. Where only two sectors have been previously engaged, proposals must include a plan for engaging the third sector.
- Proposal demonstrates community participation and how they use, or plan to use, a decision-making process that embodies transparency and a balance of power among collaborating organizations and the community they serve.
- A health department is either the leader of the collaborating organizations OR has a substantial role in in the collaboration.
- All collaborating organizations and representatives from the communities they serve indicate their willingness to participate fully in the Learning Community.
- The lead applicant demonstrates the ability to execute a grant agreement, using PHNCI’s template, with PHNCI within 30 days of selection. Selected applicants unable to execute a grant agreement with the template and within the time period may be released from the program.
How to Apply
- Proposals will be submitted in a two-phase process and must be submitted through the RWJF online system.
- All proposals will be screened for eligibility and reviewed by a committee comprised of CSII staff, RWJF staff, and external reviewers.
For more information, please visit https://phnci.org/cross-sector/csii
