THCI is seeking proposals from cross-sector collaborations that will use upstream approaches to address priority topics for the respective Texas Health regions their organizations serve. Upstream approaches seek to reduce health inequities by focusing on factors that impact health such as the role of stress, adverse childhood experiences, poverty, education, and social policies.
Donor Name: Texas Health Resources
State: Texas
County: Tarrant County (TX) and Parker County (TX)
City: Fort Worth and Arlington
Town: Springtown
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/16/2022
Size of the Grant: $2,000,000
Details:
Texas Health Resources has a long history of caring for those in need. In keeping with their mission to improve health of the people in the communities they serve, they work closely with community leaders and stakeholders to identify and address health disparities and the socioeconomic conditions that affect overall health. Across North Texas, significant differences in life expectancy and health outcomes exist from ZIP code to ZIP code. Where you live can have a bigger impact on your health than your genetic makeup. Access to healthcare and improving the quality of life can go a long way toward improving the health of the community.
Goals and Objectives
In Tarrant County, the strategic priority is to improve quality of life and maximize the impact of initiatives addressing chronic conditions, access to care, and access to healthy foods through a continuum of care approach targeting low-income communities.
- Program Goal 1: Improve quality of life in low-income adults 18+ living with chronic disease by increasing services such as dental/eye care, healthy foods, mental health services, job training, or transportation in target ZIP codes by December 2024.
- Program Goal 2: Improve health outcomes of low-income adults 18+ living with chronic disease, specifically diabetes and/or high blood pressure, in target ZIP codes by December 2024.
In Parker County, the strategic priority is to maximize the impact of initiatives addressing access to care, and healthy foods through a continuum of care approach targeting low-income communities.
- Program Goal 3: Improve health outcomes by increasing access to services addressing social determinants of health such as dental health, primary care, transportation, counseling, and/or healthy foods.
- Program Objective 3a: Improve quality of life as evidenced by a standardized tool among low income adults age 18+ in Springtown (76082) by December 2024.
- Program Objective 3b: Increase access to healthy foods as evidenced by standardized tool among low-income adults age 18+ in Springtown (76082) by December 2024.
Funding Information
- Total funding available for the Tarrant-Parker region is $2,000,000.00 to address the identified needs through collaborative and innovative programs in all designated areas – Fort Worth, Arlington, and Springtown.
Eligibility Criteria
The following is a non-exclusive list of potential lead organizations that may be eligible to apply:
- State, county, city, or township governments
- Independent school districts
- Public or state-controlled institutions of higher education
- Public housing authorities
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS
- Hospital systems can be a part of a collaboration but cannot serve as the lead applicant.
For more information, visit Texas Health Resources.
