The North Carolina Farmworker Health Program (NCFHP) is anticipating the receipt of federal funds to increase access to primary, preventive, and behavioral health services for migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their families in select regions in North Carolina.
Donor Name: North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
State: North Carolina
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/10/2023
Size of the Grant: $525,108
Grant Duration: up to 2 years
Details:
NCFHP funding is meant to supplement existing resources in communities and reduce barriers to care so that farmworkers and their family members have equitable access to comprehensive and continuous health care services. NCFHP supports the development of sustainable services for farmworkers by encouraging local partnerships and collaborations to facilitate the inclusion of farmworkers in services that are available for the general community.
Tracks
- Track I. Farmworker health service delivery site: Applicants may submit through this track proposals to provide a comprehensive package of healthcare services to farmworkers and their families either directly or through formal referral arrangements. Note that Track I funding is currently available only in the limited regions listed below.
- Funding focus: Funds may be used for enabling, medical, dental, and behavioral health services for farmworkers and their families when these services are not otherwise available or if the existing services are not sufficient to respond to the demand. Because of the numerous barriers to care that farmworkers experience, NCFHP strongly supports the provision of quality enabling services including outreach, health education, and case management.
- Funding preferences: Preference will be given to applicants based on the criteria listed below.
- Demonstrates a need for increased health care services for migrant and seasonal farmworkers in their community
- Demonstrates capacity to effectively address barriers to care for farmworkers and
- provide quality services
- Demonstrates capacity to provide or link farmworkers to primary, dental, and behavioral health services and to respond to additional needs
- Demonstrates capacity to effectively carry out COVID-19 prevention and response efforts
- Proposes an efficient strategy that utilizes local resources and collaborates with other partners to respond to health care gaps that farmworkers face in their community
- Proposes a plan to incorporate farmworker feedback into their service delivery approach or quality improvement efforts
- Can meet NCFHP requirements and expectations outlined in the application
- Track II. Enabling services support and health workforce development: NCFHP is not currently accepting applications for Track II funding. They anticipate re-opening applications for enabling services support and health workforce development in the 2025-2026 funding cycle.
- Track III. Behavioral health services support: Applicants may submit through this track proposals to work in partnership with NCFHP Service Delivery Sites to facilitate access to behavioral health services.
- Funding focus: Culturally and linguistically relevant behavioral health services at NCFHP Service Delivery Sites may not be available or sufficient to respond to the demand. Funding is available to support the expansion of mental health and/or substance use disorder services for farmworkers and their families. Applicants may request funds to pay a percentage of a behavioral health provider’s time or on a fee-for-service basis per encounter. In addition to licensed and credentialed providers, certain non-licensed professionals such as peer support specialists, who meet NCFHP requirements, may be supported for substance use disorder services.
- Funding preferences: Preference will be given to applicants based on the criteria listed below.
- Demonstrates the ability to provide behavioral health services, including substance use disorder services, in-person or via telehealth for farmworkers within NCFHP’s service delivery area in collaboration with NCFHP Service Delivery Sites
- Demonstrates capacity to provide behavioral health services at times that are accessible to farmworkers, including evening and/or weekend hours
- Demonstrates the ability to provide quality services that are patient focused and linguistically and culturally relevant for NC’s farmworker population
- Demonstrates a plan to utilize patient feedback to evaluate patient satisfaction and quality of behavioral health services provided
- Demonstrates the ability to foster strong partnerships with NCFHP Service Delivery Sites
- Can meet NCFHP requirements and expectations outlined in the application.
- Track IV. Dental services support: Applicants may submit through this track proposals to supplement dental services at NCFHP-funded service delivery sites.
- Funding focus: Dental services at NCFHP Service Delivery Sites may not be available or sufficient to respond to the demand. Funding is available to support the expansion of dental services for farmworkers and their families. Applicants may request funds on a fee-forservice basis per encounter
- Funding preferences: Preference will be given to applicants based on the criteria listed below.
- Demonstrates the ability to provide basic and restorative dental services for
- farmworkers and their families within NCFHP’s service delivery area in collaboration with NCFHP’s Farmworker Health Service Delivery Sites
- Can meet NCFHP requirements and expectations outlined in the application.
Funding Information
- Region 1: Up to $153,100
- Region 2: Up to $95,000
- Region 3: Up to $525,108
- The project period will be a minimum of one year: April 1, 2023, to March 31, 2024. Strong proposals may be approved for a project period of up to 2 years: April 1, 2023, through March 31, 2025.
Eligibility Criteria
Free and charitable clinics
- Health departments
- Hospitals
- Rural health centers
- Federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) [When proposed services do not duplicate services supported directly by HRSA]
- Non-profit community-based organizations.
For more information, visit NCDHHS.
