LOIs for Vitalyst Health Foundation’s Change Grants

Deadline: 30-Oct-20

The Vitalyst Health Foundation invites for Letters of Intent (LOIs) for its Systems Change Grants program which begins with a creative idea about improving health and well-being for a vulnerable population.

Understanding all the facets of the problem requires partners that provide different perspectives on the problem to more effectively construct an intentional plan of action.

Objectives

Systems Change Grants are designed to address the following:

Increase community capacity to identify and address issues affecting community health and well-being.
Strategically leverage infrastructure, systems design and policies to improve health where they live, learn, work, pray and play.
Improve the environmental, social, behavioral and health infrastructure conditions that impact determinants of health and enable Arizonans to be healthy and resilient.
Create a sustainable solution to the problem being addressed that endures after the term of the grant funding.

Eligibility Criteria

The Letter of Intent (LOI) should be no longer than 2 pages, typed, single-spaced minimum of 12 point font (Times New Roman, Arial or Calibri).

The LOI should clearly describe the proposed policy or practice change and its expected impact or outcome.
Qualifications:
- Arizona based non-profit serving Arizonans;
- Two or more organizations/groups working as partners;
- Not a continuation of an existing program.
Letters of Intent will be assessed based upon clear and concise responses. Please view Information Session for additional information.
- Alignment with Vitalyst’s mission;
- Clarity of policy or practice change’s potential to improve community health (e.g. innovation potential);
- Identified policy or practice change that address the intersection of two or more “Elements of a Healthy Community” through a health equity lens (e.g. innovation potential);
- Clear identification of the system where the policy/practice change will occur and the proposed pathways of change (e.g. systems change);
- Description of how the project uses a health equity lens (approach) to the work (e.g. health equity lens);
- Defined partners with experience to select a policy/practice change with the identified population (e.g. community partners);
- Specify the potential lasting health change after the grant (e.g. sustainability);
- Clearly defined health outcomes to be improved by the proposed policy/practice change (e.g. health outcomes);
- Brief outline of the project budget ($150,000-$175,000).