The California Wellness Foundation is seeking applications for its System Transformation Grant.
Donor Name: The California Wellness Foundation
State: California
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/30/2025
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
To realize the vision, CWF will have to help transform the health care system. But what does transforming the health care system require? It requires designing and implementing new models of health care that take a whole-person view while integrating the patients’ clinical and social needs. This also includes intentionally allocating resources and interventions to improve health and wellness for Black, Brown, and indigenous communities that are due justice for past systemic harm. Transforming the health care system also means improving the programs currently in place, such as making Medi-Cal and Covered California easier to access for those who need it. Transformation also requires reimagining how direct service providers collaborate and partner to better meet the needs of community residents. State and local government agencies, community-based organizations, safety-net health care providers, managed care plans, and hospitals, all need to work better together to improve health and equity for vulnerable populations.
The system transformation goal area only provides funding for the following types of organizations and work:
- Policy, advocacy, communications, research or technical assistance and capacity building efforts to achieve system-level change or transformation in the health care delivery or public health systems to advance health and racial equity or increase resources for primary prevention.
- Innovative models that can be replicated or scaled to achieve broad, system-level transformation for improving services to Medi-Cal beneficiaries or other low-income populations to address the social determinants of health.
- Examples of work in the above two areas that they are interested in supporting include:
- Efforts on policy or system-level improvements for CalAIM implementation such as community care hubs.
- Multistakeholder collaboratives to address social determinants of health like the California Accountable Communities for Health Initiative.
- Community referral networks or technology solutions to improve the system of health and social services referrals and case management to individuals in need.
- Efforts to develop sustainable models for nonprofit organizations or government agencies to employ community health workers/promotors to transform the health system.
Eligibility Criteria
- Your organization must be a nonprofit public agency, religious organization or tribal government. Cal Wellness does not fund individuals seeking funding.
- You must have Section 501(c)(3) status and be classified as a public charity.
- Your organization can’t discriminate by race, color, creed, gender, sexual orientation or national origin.
- Your application is not for an annual fund drive, building campaign, major equipment or biomedical research.
- Your proposal would benefit those living in California. Cal Wellness does not provide international funding or fund organizations located outside the United States.
For more information, visit CWF.
