Clackamas and Washington Counties Commercial Tobacco Prevention Community Grant (Oregon)

Clackamas County Public Health Division is partnering with Washington County Public Health Department to provide funding for Community Based Organizations to lead community-driven and equity-centered work in the area of commercial tobacco prevention.

Donor Name: Clackamas County Public Health Division

State: Oregon

County: Clackamas County (OR), Washington County (OR)

Type of Grant: Grant

Deadline: 11/10/2022

Size of the Grant: $25,000

Grant Duration: 6 months

Details:

The Clackamas County Tobacco Prevention and Education Program (TPEP) seeks applications from community-based organizations (CBOs) to center community voice in commercial tobacco prevention programming and address the root causes of commercial tobacco use and tobaccorelated chronic disease.

Clackamas County Public Health Division (CCPHD) and Washington County Public Health Department (WCPHD) TPEPs dedicated a portion of funds to community-based organizations to address the disproportionate impact of commercial tobacco on Black, Indigenous, and people of color communities through culturally specific, and community-led approaches centered in community voices and practices.

Funding Priorities

Proposals must be able to connect activities to either the root causes of commercial tobacco use, commercial tobacco prevention and cessation, or both. Successful proposals will describe how the proposed approach will help reduce the impacts of commercial tobacco use.

Funding Information

Min/max grant amount $20,000 – $25,000

Grant period

January 1 – June 30, 2023

Eligible activities include but are not limited to:

Initiatives to address how structural racism, systemic neglect, discrimination, and a lack of community investment have created high-stress, high-trauma, socio-economic and other conditions across generations that contribute to commercial tobacco use and result in tobacco related health disparities, such as higher rates of cancer and hypertension. Examples include:

Community-led initiatives that build power and ability to address inequities that might lead to commercial tobacco use (i.e., food insecurity, isolation and lack of mental health support, lack of safe housing);
Development of community skills in advocacy for policy change, including those addressing social determinants of health as well as commercial tobacco industry influence in communities;
Leadership by community health workers in community-based policy advocacy;
Accessible and affordable opportunities and spaces for people to positively socialize, challenge social norms that promote tobacco misuse, share cultural traditions, and build community

Initiatives that directly address use of commercial tobacco. For example:

Enhancing support for and access to culturally appropriate commercial tobacco cessation resources;
Sharing information with community members about how they have been targeted by the commercial tobacco industry;
Training and capacity building for health care providers and supports for traditional health workers to address commercial tobacco use and intersections with chronic diseases, including addressing health care provider bias against nondominant beliefs, norms, and approaches to health care;
Strengthening movements for justice such as environmental justice and health justice (i.e., restrict marketing and access to highly addictive flavored products);
Community-based and -led research to understand community needs.

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants must meet the following requirements:

Any 501(c)(3) organization registered with the Oregon Secretary of State and located in Oregon that provides culturally responsive services to communities in Clackamas and/or Washington Counties that are disproportionately impacted by commercial tobacco. Individuals and organizations with 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsors are eligible to apply.
Organizations that did not receive funding from the Oregon Health Authority for commercial tobacco prevention or were underfunded by the Oregon Health Authority are encouraged to apply.
Organizations must hold commercial general liability insurance covering bodily injury and property damage of not less than $1,000,000 per occurrence and annual aggregate limit not less than $2,000,000 at the time of Grant award, if awarded. This should not be a barrier to applying. The cost of insurance may be added to the proposed budget and purchased with grant funds after being awarded.
Any partnership or coalition of organizations working together, where the fiscal agent is a 501(c)(3) organization.
Cannot receive funding from commercial tobacco companies.
Organizations need to be one of the following:
- Culturally specific (The majority of agency clients served are from a particular community of color: Black, African, African American, Asian, Pacific Islander, American Indian, Alaska Native, Latino/a/x; the organizational environment is culturally focused and identified as such by clients; there is a prevalence of bilingual and/or bicultural staff that reflects the community that is proposed to be served; there is established and successful community engagement and involvement with the community/communities being served; the staff, board and leadership reflect the community being served; the community being served recognizes the organization as a culturally specific organization.); or
  - A racial justice-focused organization working with Black, Indigenous, American Indian, Alaska Native, Latino/a/x, Pacific Islander, or Asian communities; or
  - Primarily benefiting a community disproportionately impacted by commercial tobacco (i.e., people with disabilities, people who identify as LGBTQ2SIA+, people living with behavioral health issues) and demonstrating commitment to leading with race. Must be capable of addressing racial inequities within its service community in partnership with racially diverse community members and have a decision-making body (staff, or community leaders) from the communities being served.