The Healthcare Initiative Foundation is accepting applications for the 2023 Capacity Building grants to support organizations that offer solutions to improve the quality and delivery of healthcare for residents of Montgomery County, MD.
Donor Name: Healthcare Initiative Foundation
State: Maryland
County: Montgomery County (MD)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/16/2022
Details:
HIF envisions a Montgomery County whose residents are served by a high-quality, comprehensive, cost-effective and sustainable healthcare system.
Within their geographic and focus area, their areas of priority
- Support behavioral health and wellness across the lifespan;
- Expand the availability and access to comprehensive health and wellness services across the lifespan;
- Support sustainable service delivery systems and safety-net services across the lifespan focused on direct health and wellness services & place-based initiatives
- Support sustainable service delivery systems and safety-net services across the lifespan supporting systems-based approaches, knowledge and best practices, and collective impact models; and
- Develop a culturally competent healthcare workforce.
They make grants that
- Start or grow well-conceived programs/organizations;
- Offer innovative solutions to improve the quality, accessibility and/or delivery of health and wellness services;
- Replicate and scale successful programs and services from their own or other jurisdictions;
- Serve HIF’s strategic priority areas and historically under-invested communities and populations (e.g,. youth of opportunity, senior communities, and Black, Indigenous, People of Color [BIPOC]);
- Build organizational capacity to enhance sustainability and/or improve service delivery (e.g., commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion); and
- Leverage resources, whether human or financial (e.g., revenue, partnerships, matching, or aligned funds).
Priorities
- Support Behavioral Health for Adults and Children
- Health and Behavioral Health Integration, Trauma Informed Practice, Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Treatment and Prevention, Substance Abuse/Opioid Prevention and Treatment, & Suicide Prevention/Resiliency Building.
- Promote Sustainable Integrated Business Models for Safety-net Services Across the Lifespan
- (Infants, Children, Adults & Seniors). Dental Services, Geriatric Care/Senior Services, Maternal Health & Wellness, Vision Exams and Eye Glasses, Chronic Disease Management, Prevention Services, Building Family Practices (Seniors, Adults, & Children).
- Support Sustainable Service Delivery Systems and Safety-net Services Across the Lifespan
- (Infants, Children, Adults & Seniors). Dental Services, Geriatric Care/Senior Services, Race Equity, Maternal Health & Wellness, Vision Exams and Eye Glasses, Chronic Disease Management, Prevention Services, Building Family Practices (Seniors, Adults, & Children), Place-based initiatives (schools, senior housing, subsidized housing).
- Promote the development of a culturally competent healthcare workforce
- with “new” and “existing” health and wellness providers (e.g. scholarships, internships, mentoring, trainings -trauma informed care, substance and opioid abuse, certifications, interprofessional development, inter-sector collaboration, etc.)
- Support Sustainable Service Delivery Systems and Safety-net Services Across the Lifespan
- (Infants, Children, Adults & Seniors) through effective marketing of best practices, lessons learned, and knowledge in the field.
Criteria
- The Healthcare Initiative Foundation considers grants to 501(c)(3) healthcare nonprofits that are based in Montgomery County, Maryland, or to nonprofits that have county-based health programs activities.
For more information, visit Capacity Building Cycle.
