The Elevate Health has announced a request for proposals for Community Health Workers Funding to serve individuals regardless of healthcare insurance membership or primary care assignment and are able to follow those they assist throughout multiple systems and care service sectors to best support the individuals and communities they live in and serve.
Donor Name: Elevate Health
State: Washington
County: Pierce County (WA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/31/2023
Size of the Grant: $75,000 to $200,000
Details:
Community Health Workers are frontline public health workers who are trusted members of and/or have “unique understanding of the experience, language, and culture of a particular population.” They serve as their community’s links to health and social services and help to improve the quality of care and cultural sensitivity of services delivered. Community Health Workers help to increase individuals’ and community’s health knowledge, and they support individual dignity and autonomy through outreach, education, advocacy-based counseling, emotional and social support, and resource navigation and connecting.
Community Health Workers or Traditional Health Workers may include Peer Support Specialists, Sobriety Coaches, or like professionals with lived experience and/or deep understanding of the communities and populations they serve.
Focus Populations
- Asian American
- Latinx
- Black/African American
- LGTQIA+
- American Indian/Alaska Native
- Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander
- Individuals with Chronic Diseases (e.g., diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular disease, etc.)
- Older Adults
- Individuals Transitioning out of the criminal justice system; recently incarcerated individuals returning to their communities
- Individuals and family members struggling with substance use disorders (SUD)
- Individuals and family members affected by COVID-19, public health emergencies and events
- Pregnant individuals and families with young children up to age six (6)
- Individuals experiencing homelessness
- Youth and their family members experiencing unmet health-related social needs.
Funding Information
- Award Range: $75,000 to $200,000 per award
- Expected Number of Awards: 10-15 awards.
Uses of funds
Funds may be used for:
- Funding salary and benefits to supplement or increase Community Health Worker staff capacity to provide client services such as client education, resource referrals, case management and non-clinical community-based care coordination.
- Mileage reimbursements for Community Health Workers’ in-person client visits or meeting with clients at doctors’ or other service provider visits (e.g., DSHS, Goodwill or Workforce office to assist with job search, Pierce County Transit office, legal advocates, etc.).
- The cost of CHW training is capped at $ 500.00 per CHW for this grant year. Eligible types of training are limited to:
- HIPAA Security Compliance training or proof of latest annual training completion (required within one month of contract signing)
- Mental Health First-Aid or Mental Health Literacy
- Trauma-informed Care
- Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services Related Training
- Personal and Implicit Bias Training
- Motivational Interviewing Training
- Compassion Fatigue, Self-care
- De-escalation training and Crisis Prevention & Intervention Training.
Eligibility Criteria
- Community-Based Organizations (CBO), Tribal Nations, Indian Healthcare Providers, Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC), and other primary care clinic systems:
- With Community-Based CHWs on staff or intent to hire
- With CHWs available to make regular in-person visits with participant/clients in the community (i.e., at home, clinic visits, community organization, etc.)
- With CHW personnel who provide non-clinical social care interventions to meet health-related social needs including but not limited to culturally appropriate health promotion and education, assistance in accessing medical and non-medical services, translation services, care coordination, patient advocacy, home visits, and social support. (They encourage and will work with providers to ensure CHWs can accept referrals regardless of insurance membership, primary care assignment/preference, and hospital system preference.)
- Services tailored to meet the needs of Pierce County residents.
Requirements
Other requirements for interested organizations:
- Must maintain basic and minimum programmatic infrastructure supports such as, but not limited to:
- General Liability Insurance
- Technology/Equipment: Cell phones, printers, scanners, laptops
- Anti-virus software on all computers within organization’s network
- IT support for security support and equipment care
- Encryption software to maintain HIPAA compliance when sending protected health information or agree to only send protected health information via secure and HIPAA compliant care coordination technology platform.
For more information, visit Elevate Health.
