Wake County Health and Human Services has teamed up with the United Way of the Greater Triangle to award five $100,000 grants to community-based organizations working to address health-related disparities and ensure every resident has equal opportunities to improve their well-being and quality of life.
Donor Name: Wake County Health and Human Services
State: North Carolina
County: Wake County (NC)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 05/02/2022
Size of the Grant: $100,000
Details:
The purpose of the Community Innovation Fund is to mobilize 501(c)(3) partners and collaborators working in Wake County to make sure that everyone has a fair and just opportunity to be as healthy as possible and that an individual’s personal circumstances that negatively impacts their health and well-being are eliminated or reduced. The Community Innovation Fund will award $100,000 to five organizations addressing the social determinants that increase the risk of individuals experiencing COVID-19.
Areas
- Access to Health Care
- expanding access to health coverage for Wake County residents at highest risk for COVID-19 disparities;
- Mental Health
- reducing stigmas associated with mental health support or expanding access to support for the most vulnerable residents; or
- Housing
- addressing disparities impeding access to safe, affordable housing.
The following approaches will be used to fulfill the fund’s purpose:
- Build community capacity to reach populations that are disproportionately affected with effective culturally and linguistically tailored programs, policies, and practices
- Build and implement cross-sectoral partnerships to align public health, healthcare, and non-health (e.g., housing, transportation, social service) interventions
- Identify and establish collaborations with critical partners affiliated with and who provide services to populations that are underserved and at higher risk for COVID-19
- Connect grant fund strategies to established Live Well Wake Community Health Improvement priorities for increased alignment and systems-level SDOH improvement
- Support systems-level changes, but not individual, direct assistance fees (i.e. paying rent for an individual).
For more information, visit Health Innovation Fund.
