The Oregon Health Authority is seeking applications for its Public Health Equity Funding.
Donor Name: Oregon Health Authority
State: Oregon
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/01/2023
Size of the Grant: $50,000-$250,000
Details:
OHA, recognizes the essential role of community-based organizations (CBOs) in community-led, culturally, and linguistically responsive public health service. This RFGA seeks to center community strengths, wisdom, and priorities for health. The State’s goal is to improve access to all. OHA will fund work on specific public health issues and provide opportunities for flexible funding for specific community health needs related to equity and the structural determinants of health (for example, racism, colonialism, ableism, heterosexism, sexism). This RFGA also makes the Applicant eligible to apply for funding to support new public health priorities as needed. For example, this could include working with the community during outbreak response or another public health emergency.
This RFGA offers two funding choices in one application that reflects coordination among several OHA Programs. OHA has approximately $10,250,000.00 available across the categories and may award additional funds if they become available, or may not award all the funds, depending on Grant Applications received. OHA reserves the right to prioritize awards based on existing geographic and population gaps and retain funds for communities and geographic areas of the state underserved by CBOs currently receiving funding for Public Health Equity (Current Public Health Equity CBOs).
Purpose
The State’s goal is to improve access to all. OHA acknowledges that racism, settler colonialism, and historic and contemporary injustices have created policies and programs that have led to unfair and unjust health inequities over time. In order to center community strengths and wisdom for health, this RFGA supports CBOs as an important part of Oregon’s public health system, working toward equity in communities of color, Tribal communities, disability communities, immigrant and refugee communities, undocumented communities, migrant and seasonal farmworkers, LGBTQIA+ communities, faith communities, older adults, rural communities, houseless communities, and others.
Through this RFGA, OHA is seeking to fill geographic and population priorities. Although not exclusive, OHA is specifically seeking Applicants that:
- Are located in rural communities currently receiving less financial resources among Current Public Health Equity CBOs. Have a mission or program serving disability communities (including CBOs with leadership [staff or board] who identify as disabled). Disability communities are made up of diverse individuals who experience disability in some way, including physical, sensory, chronic, mental, and divergent. In public health, these communities may experience shared barriers and a lack of access to resources. Communities exist both within specific disability groups and across disability groups.
- Have a mission or program that address the public health needs, concerns, and priorities of people who live with disabilities (including CBOs with leadership [staff or board] who identify as disabled).
Funding Information
Total proposed budget may range from $50,000-250,000 per Applicant.
Eligibility Criteria
- Any 501(c)(3) organization or any Organization with a fiscal sponsor, registered with the Oregon Secretary of State and located in Oregon that provides Culturally Responsive services to communities in Oregon that are disproportionately impacted by health inequities.
- Any partnership or coalition of organizations working together, where the fiscal agent is a 501(c)(3) organization that provides Culturally Responsive services to communities in Oregon that are disproportionately impacted by health inequities.
- Any Federally-qualified health centers, that provides Culturally Responsive services to communities in Oregon that are disproportionately impacted by health inequities; however, Grant funds may not be used for provision of direct medical services or purchase of medical supplies unless otherwise specified by the Grant Program Activities.
- Awardees 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, and automobile liability Insurance covering Awardee’s business use including coverage for all owned, non-owned, or hired vehicles with a combined single limit of not less than $1,000,000.00 for bodily injury and property damage, at the time of Grant award, if awarded. If selected, Grantee may use grant funds toward the purchase of required insurance coverage, but proof of coverage must be provided to OHA before the commencement of performing any activities under the Grant. Awardees must abide by OHA’s nondiscrimination policy , and state and federal civil rights laws, unless otherwise exempted by federal or state law. Specifically, people participating in OHA-sponsored activities or programs may not be treated unfairly because of age, color, disability, gender identity, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex or sexual orientation.
For more information, visit Oregon Health Authority.
