Lorain County Public Health (LCPH) is offering Healthy Places Grants to organizations that serve Lorain County.
Donor Name: Lorain County Public Health (LCPH)
State: Ohio
County: Lorain County (OH)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 03/01/2022
Size of the Grant: $25,000.00
Details:
The purpose of these grants is to build healthier communities through built environment changes. The built environment is defined as the physical makeup of where they live, learn, work, and play — their neighborhoods, homes, schools, businesses, streets and sidewalks, open spaces, and transportation options. The built environment can influence overall community health as well as individual behaviors such as safety, physical activity, healthcare access, and healthy eating.
Funding Information
- LCPH will award a total of $100,000.00 to proposals that improve the health of the community through built environment changes.
- The maximum award for individual grantees is $25,000.00.
Funds may not be used for:
- Personnel costs
- This does not include contracted labor to install built environment changes, such as equipment installation, paving, painting, etc.
- Food
- Bad debts of any kind.
- Fundraising efforts.
- Advancing political or religious points of view.
- Costs to rent space.
- Event sponsorships.
Eligibility Criteria
- Only projects serving people in LCPH’s jurisdiction may apply. This jurisdiction includes all of Lorain County with the exception of Vermillion.
- Applicants must be a government agency or non-profit. Grants will not be awarded to individuals.
- Applicants must show partnership with at least one other entity.
- Funding requests must line up with Healthy Places Grants guidelines.
- LCPH may request more information about the proposal.
- LCPH may ask the applicant to resubmit the application.
- The applicant’s organization head must sign the proposal.
- An organization head is considered the highest-level authority of the applying organization.
- Organization heads may include: CEOs, commissioners, mayors, superintendents, executive directors, etc.
For more information, visit Healthy Places Grants.
