Deadline: 27-Feb-2024
The Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation has announced the Hillman Innovations in Care (HIC) Program to advance leading edge, nursing-driven interventions that improve the health and healthcare of marginalized populations.
This includes Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC), the economically disadvantaged, LGBTQ+ people, people experiencing homelessness, low-income rural populations, refugee and immigrant populations, and other groups that encounter obstacles to accessing quality healthcare services
The HIC program seeks proposals for innovative, nursing-driven interventions that:
- Challenge conventional strategies for delivering and improving care to marginalized populations in the United States
- Demonstrate potential as a best-in-class intervention
- Narrow gaps in health equity
- Present strong preliminary evidence
- Show potential for broad replicability
Additional priority consideration will be given to proposals that include one or more of the following:
- Build trust and credibility in programs or systems of care
- Strong partnerships with community organizations
- Engagement of patients, caregivers, and communities in the design of the intervention
- Inter-sectoral, inter-agency, and multidisciplinary collaboration including investigators from different disciplines
- Investigators from diverse backgrounds or with diverse life experiences (e.g., race/ethnicity, gender, class origin/first generation college, LGBTQ+, disability, national origin)
- Methodologies and metrics for advancing health equity
- Measurable goals and outcomes
Funding Information
- This program will award a $600,000 grant each to up to two (2) organizations. Project duration is three (3) years, with an expected start date of January 1, 2025. Grant payments will be made annually over the course of three years, with the first payment made by December 31, 2024.
Deliverables
- The project leaders funded under this effort will be expected to provide the deliverables listed below:
- Provision of three (3) annual written reports to demonstrate project progress and success. The final report will capture a clear assessment of the impact of the project. This report will also identify barriers to expansion, and outline a plan for scaling the intervention that addresses these barriers.
- Availability for periodic updates, including conversations via teleconference and (in special circumstances) informal site visits.
- Dissemination of knowledge through publications in peer-reviewed literature and/or presentations at conferences and other convenings.
- Participation in a brief evaluation survey up to two years after submission of the final report to assess the ongoing impact of the grant.
Who Should Apply?
- They believe that transformative ideas are as likely to come from community health clinics as they are from major academic research centers. They welcome applications from institutions and care settings from across the spectrum of care, and from practitioners representing a diverse range of backgrounds.
Eligibility Criteria
- U.S. 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations that are not classified as private foundations (proof of qualifying non-profit status, such as a tax-exempt determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service, is required)
- International organizations that are the equivalent of U.S. 501(c)(3) organizations that are submitting a project that focuses on serving marginalized populations within the United States
- Government entities
- Faith-based organizations that welcome and serve all members of the community regardless of religious belief
Ineligible
- Individuals
- Organizations that discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, citizenship status, age, disability, sexual orientation, or veteran status
For more information, visit The Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation.