Thomas Scattergood Foundation is seeking applications to support programs that expand the community behavioral health workforce by investing in peers and other nontraditional community workers.
Donor Name: Thomas Scattergood Foundation
State: Pennsylvania
City: Philadelphia
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 05/16/2022
Grant Size: $50,000
Details:
The goal of this grant program is to reinforce strategies outlined in the Think Bigger Do Good Policy Paper, Enhancing the Capacity of the Mental Health and Addiction Workforce: A Framework. Recommendations are made on three levels – clinical, community, and individual.
Community mental health workers can divert care from an overextended clinical workforce by delivering interventions that focus on prevention, recovery, mitigation, and/or harm reduction. Existing models that promote the benefits of situating mental, social, and spiritual support services within the community setting include community health workers/promotoras, peer support services, and other frontline public health workers.
This grant program supports local, small- and mid-size organizations that are working directly with communities to address issues that relate to, inform, and advance the policy discussions outlined in this series.
Funding Information
In the second cycle of the Policy Meets Practice grant opportunity, four grants of $50,000 each will be awarded. The grant cycle will last one year.
Eligibility Criteria
- Non-Profit Organization
- Is your organization recognized as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or does your organization have a Fiscal Sponsor?
- Geographic Location
- Does your program serve communities located within the City of Philadelphia?
- Small- or Mid-Size Organization
- Does your organization have a budget of $5 million or less?
- Representative Leadership
- Is your organization’s leadership team and board representative of the community you work with?
- Policy Meets Practice
- Does the program align with the recommendations made in the Think Bigger Do Good paper of focus, Enhancing the Capacity of the Mental Health and Addiction Workforce: A Framework by expanding the community behavioral health workforce?
For more information, visit Thomas Scattergood Foundation.
