Deadline: 3 August 2017
The Healthcare Georgia Foundation is currently seeking applications for its Direct Services Grant Program to support existing healthcare services and health promotion programs that assist the Foundation with accomplishing its mission by funding program activities specifically related to the Foundation’s priority area: Addressing Health Disparities. Addressing Health Disparities is the Foundation’s strategic response to unequal access and outcomes among vulnerable populations.
Healthcare Georgia Foundation will host a pre-application webinar on June 28, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. EDT. The Foundation strongly encourages potential applicants to participate in this event. The webinar will provide further details about the requirements for the Direct Services Grant Program, address applicant questions, and review the online application. The webinar will be recorded and available on the Foundation’s website at the conclusion of the event.
Funding Categories and Activities
- Health Awareness and Education
- Community awareness via mass media or social marketing
- Community health and wellness education
- Health promotion campaigns targeting specific populations or focused on a specific health issue
- Cultural Competency
- Cultural competency assessments, data collection, trainings, workshops, and/or webinars for healthcare providers/workforce
- Use of interpreter services or bilingual providers for clients with Limited English Proficiency
- Community initiatives that address increasing knowledge, attitudes and awareness of cultural linguistic and social norms among diverse populations
- Workforce Diversity
- Programs to recruit and retain healthcare workforce staff who reflect the cultural diversity of the community served
- Data Collection and Dissemination
- Efforts to collect health data on populations affected by health disparities
- Improve health data collection (e.g. implement electronic medical records, community participatory evaluations; improve surveys/questionnaires, etc.)
- Disseminate health disparity data and/or evaluation results (e.g. publish findings, and communicate results back to the community or target population)
- Delivery or Expansion of Program/Services
- Deliver/expand effective interventions that reduce health disparities and address unequal access in primary healthcare services
- Deliver/expand effective interventions that make quality and affordable healthcare accessible to underserved individuals and communities
Funding Criteria
Direct program costs can include expenditures on activities related to the functions of the program, including:
- Salaries/benefits for existing or new staff for program-specific activities. If you are proposing to hire new staff, you must include how you plan to sustain the position after the Foundation’s grant ends. Additionally, if you are creating a new position, attach a copy of the job description(s)
- Program-related equipment (e.g. laptop/desktop computers, iPads and printers) (maximum of 10% of total grant request)
- Other direct expenses (staff training, meetings/convenings, printing, etc.)
- Consulting fees
- Evaluation (minimum of at least 10% of the total grant request)
- Grant-related travel
- Indirect expenses (maximum of 10% of total direct costs)
Eligibility Criteria
- Nonprofit organizations, including nonprofit hospitals, that are exempt from Federal income tax under provisions of Section 501(c)(3) of the IRS Code
- Quasi-governmental entities
- Organizations located in Georgia with programs targeting Georgia residents
- Previously funded organizations must be in good standing with the Foundation. Staff will determine whether previous grantees sufficiently complied with grantee requirements
How to Apply
Interested applicants must register for the Pre-Application Webinar later followed by further application process, online via given website.
Eligible Country: Georgia
For more information, please visit Direct Services Grant Program.