The MA Community Health & Healthy Aging Funds seek ideas that work to identify, understand, and address Root Causes of Health as the foundation for strategies that change community conditions and positively impact health outcomes.
Donor Name: Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH)
State: Massachusetts
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 06/17/2022
Grant Size: $10,000 – $100,000
Grant Duration: 5 years
Details:
MA Community Health & Healthy Aging Funds will distribute funding in three areas:
- Policy, Systems, and Environmental change strategies (PSE)
- Regional Community Health Improvement Planning Processes (CHIP)
- Healthy Aging
Funding Information
- PSE: $50,000-$200,000 per year, up to 5 years
- CHIP: $10,000 – $75,000 per year, up to 5 years
- Healthy Aging: $10,000 – $100,000 per year, up to 5 years
Eligibility Criteria
Massachusetts based non-profit 501(c)3 organizations of groups with a 501(c)3 fiscal sponsor, quasi-governmental organizations and municipalities are eligible to apply.
In addition, this cycle will prioritize:
- Community-based organizations where staff and leadership are representative of the populations they serve
- Populations not widely represented in the current awardee cohort, including: o Groups disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 and including:
- Groups disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 and including Black, Latinx, Asian, and Tribal/Indigenous populations, people for whom English is not their first language, people with disabilities, people who identify as LGBTQ+, and people with mental illness and/or substance use disorder
- Groups located in and serving Barnstable (Cape and Islands), Norfolk, Plymouth, and Bristol Counties, the Merrimack Valley, and southern Worcester County
- Groups addressing Social Determinant of Health (SDoH) areas of Education, Employment, and Violence/Trauma
For more information, visit Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH).
