North Carolina: Equitable Health Systems Funding Opportunity

The Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust is pleased to announce its Equitable Health Systems Funding Opportunity.

Donor Name: Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust

State: North Carolina

County: All Counties

Type of Grant: Grant

Deadline: 10/12/2023

Details:

Engaging in Consumer Education and Feedback to Decrease Health Disparities

The shift to Medicaid managed care and new value-based care arrangements in the state could improve health outcomes for financially vulnerable residents or widen already steep racial and geographic disparities. To ensure that families with low incomes are not harmed as payment models change, the Trust will support efforts to educate residents and promote Medicaid member feedback and information sharing among stakeholders.

The Trust aims to ensure that a strong infrastructure exists to educate residents, understand the experiences of Medicaid enrollees, and share information among stakeholders as the state shifts to managed care and pilots new approaches to addressing social drivers of poor health.

Organizations engaging directly with underserved populations can inform them about their rights and options, as well as identify barriers faced by patients as new payment models are implemented. To inform systemic improvements it is important that patient experiences are shared regularly with stakeholders such as health care providers, insurers, state agencies, and nonprofits. These connections should form a robust feedback network where people are informed of changes in Medicaid and stakeholders hear about the challenges faced by enrollees accessing care. This feedback loop can spur fixes that facilitate health improvement for residents with low incomes.

Goal

Leverage payment reforms and value-based care implementation to narrow systemic racial and ethnic inequities in health outcomes.

Strategy

• This may include centering the voices and needs of residents and communities that have been historically marginalized.
• Conduct broad-based communications, community education, and advocacy efforts that advance goals.

Eligibility Criteria 

• Before applying, consider the following questions and requirements:
  • Is your organization or work a good fit with the Trust?
  • Are you located or operating in North Carolina?
  • Does your work focus on improving quality of life and health for North Carolinians with low incomes?
  • Do you primarily support populations experiencing poverty?
    • These populations include: individuals living at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level; the uninsured; and those eligible for Medicaid and/or the free/reduced school lunch program.
  • Are your clients (or focus population) residents of North Carolina? If yes, then you may fit the geographic criteria.
• Organizations the Trust WILL fund:
  • Nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations
  • Governmental entities
• Organizations the Trust WILL NOT fund:
  • Individuals
  • Faith-based organizations without 501(c)(3)
  • Type III supporting organizations
  • Organizations providing pass-through funds to an ineligible organization.

For more information, visit Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust.