Funding is now available for community-based organizations that are working to address health disparities in Vermont. Through a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Vermont Department of Health has established a Health Equity Capacity Building program that, in partnership with the Vermont Community Foundation, will provide financial and technical support opportunities for community organizations to build their program capacity.
Donor Name: The Vermont Community Foundation
State: Vermont
County: All Counties
Type of the Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/01/2022
Size of the Grant: $150,000
Details:
The Vermont Department of Health acknowledges that racism is a public health crisis as demonstrated in its COVID-19 data. Therefore, priority will be given to efforts that are working to address this crisis. Additionally, Vermont will extend this opportunity to include:
- Black, Indigenous, Persons of Color (BIPOC)
- People living in rural areas/internet deserts
- People experiencing homelessness or insecure housing
- Essential and frontline workers
- People with disabilities
- People experiencing substance use disorders
- People who are justice-involved
- Refugees/Immigrants/multilingual communities
- Migrant workers
- LGBTQIA+ people
- People experiencing poverty
- People experiencing mental illness
What the program will fund
The Health Equity Capacity Building grants will support organizations doing current work and/or looking to build additional capacity for future work to address persistent health disparities and inequities. The scope of available funding aligns with the following CDC grant goals:
- Build community capacity to reach disproportionately affected populations with effective culturally and linguistically tailored programs and practices
- Build and implement partnerships to align public health, healthcare, housing, transportation, and social service actions to decrease risk for COVID-19
- Build community capacity with partners (e.g., community health workers, churches, transportation providers, social workers) to reach disproportionately affected populations with effective culturally and linguistically tailored programs and practices for testing, contact tracing, isolating, vaccination, and healthcare strategies
- Establish collaborations to disseminate scientifically accurate, culturally, and linguistically responsive information and facilitate access to health-related services.
Technical assistance will be offered in two tracks
- Track One Funding: The minimum level of funding per organization will be $25,000. The average grant funding per organization will be $150,000. This funding will be available on a reimbursement basis only. This track is for nonprofit organizations with existing infrastructure to manage state and federal grants as follows:
- Certificates of Insurance; (see Appendix E of RFP for details)
- Recently signed W-9; and
- Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number (note: The UEI replaces the DUNS number as of April 4, 2022).
Please note: an applicant without requirements 1-3 in place are welcome to apply with a fiscal agent that does have these requirements in place.
- Track Two Technical Assistance: Organizations in Track Two will be offered tailored technical assistance, including:
- Assistance in capacity building to receive state and federal funding, for example:
- Finance management and accounting
- Obligations of subrecipients, and necessary administrative capacity
- Organizational/strategic planning
- Grant writing
Assistance in establishing a partnership with an umbrella organization and/or fiscal agent with the necessary infrastructure and ability to issue smaller grants
Funding Information
- The minimum level of funding per organization will be $25,000. The average grant funding per organization will be $150,000.
Who May Apply ?
Community-based organizations (CBOs) will receive priority for these funds. For the purpose of this grant, the Vermont Department of Health defines CBO as an organization or entity which is composed or representative of a population at higher risk and engaged in creating desired improvements to this population’s social health, well-being, and overall functioning. Non-CBOs are welcome to apply, however they must show partnership and engagement with their community and priority populations.
For more information, visit The Vermont Community Foundation.
