Through the Transformations & Innovations Grants Program, the CARESTAR Foundation seeks to invest in community-based collaboratives reimagining and transforming local emergency and prehospital care.
Donor Name: CARESTAR Foundation
State: California
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: Ongoing
Grant Size: $300K-$1M
Details:
Given the critical role of the emergency and prehospital care system to protect public health and safety, and provide healthcare in their homes and communities, with the Transformations & Innovations Grants Program, they want to catalyze new and better ways for Californians to engage, receive, and experience emergency response and care. This includes rethinking how and where people receive emergency and prehospital care, as well as ensuring care is delivered by first responders and other healthcare providers who reflect and respect the rich diversity of their communities.
They are specifically looking for collaboratives that:
- prioritize the experiences, needs, and ideas of residents who identify as Indigenous, Black, Latinx, Asian, or another racialized group – as well as communities that have historically been under-resourced;
- include diverse community representatives/agencies;
- include one or more agencies responsible for local emergency response; and
- have support from, or the potential involvement of a Local Emergency Medical Services Agency (LEMSA).
Funding Information
Awards will range in size from $100K-$150K for one-year grants, or $300K-$1M for multi-year grants. These are flexible funds for use by the collaborative as needed.
Eligibility Criteria
Collaboratives can be in any stage of development, from the early introduction of potential partners, to fully functioning, multi-disciplinary groups. Applications that include (or demonstrate strong potential to include) involvement from the following will be prioritized:
- local emergency response agencies;
- community organizations or representatives;
- Local Emergency Medical Services Agency (LEMSA); and/or
- hospital/trauma centers.
To apply for a Transformations & Innovations grant, the lead applicant/organization must be a California-based non-profit organization or public entity, with at least one collaborative member physically located in the geographic area where the project will occur. The strongest applicants will include the involvement of a LEMSA.
Overall, applications will be reviewed based on the following criteria:
- Problem identification
- Project and vision of success
- Population served
- Community involvement
- Use of data
- Potential for systems change
- Strength and diversity of the lead agency/applicant
- Strength and diversity of the collaborative
For more information, visit CARESTAR Foundation.
