Creative Forces: NEA Military Healing Arts Network (Creative Forces) is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts (Agency or NEA) in partnership with the U.S. Departments of Defense (DoD) and Veterans Affairs (VA).
Donor Name: National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/16/2024
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
The mission of Creative Forces is to improve the health, well-being, and quality of life for military and veteran populations exposed to trauma, as well as their families and caregivers, by increasing knowledge of and access to clinical creative arts therapies and community arts engagement. The initiative has three components:
- Clinical
- Since 2012 Creative Forces has placed creative arts therapies at the core of patient-centered care at military medical and Veteran Health Administration facilities, including telehealth delivery of care for patients in rural and remote areas. In clinical settings, creative arts therapists provide art, music, dance/movement therapies for military patients and veterans, as well as support for community-based arts engagement activities to promote health and wellbeing for patients, staff and their families.
- Community
- In 2017, Creative Forces invested in a series of “community connection projects” to explore how health and wellbeing for military connected populations could be supported outside of clinics and in community-based settings. Lessons learned from these projects led to the 2021 announcement by the NEA of the Creative Forces Community Engagement grant program to support emerging and established community-based arts engagement projects.
- Capacity
- Creative Forces invests in capacity-building efforts, including the development of toolkits, training materials, and other resources to support best practices in serving military and veteran populations.
The purpose of this program solicitation is to select an organization (Cooperator) to manage the Clinical component of the Creative Forces program (the Clinical Program) through a cooperative agreement. Activities will advance health and well-being at Creative Forces Clinical Sites.
Funding Information
The NEA expects to award one Cooperative Agreement of up to $5,000,000, contingent upon the availability of funds.
Period of Performance
This Cooperative Agreement will begin on or after March 1, 2025, and may extend for up to 24 months.
Eligibility Criteria
Nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3), U.S. organizations; units of state or local government; or federally recognized tribal communities or tribes may apply. To be eligible, the applicant organization must:
- Meet the National Endowment for the Arts’ Legal Requirements at the time of application.
- Have submitted acceptable Final Report packages by the due date(s) for all NEA award(s) previously received.
- Have previous experience supporting the treatment and research associated with military and veteran medicine (such as, but not limited to, experience with military and/or veteran research and medicine collaborations supported by associated legal/research and data sharing agreements).
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
