The Louisiana Healthcare Connections invests in strategic community initiatives to expand access to healthcare, increase preventive care, and improve health outcomes for the state’s Medicaid population.
Donor Name: Louisiana Healthcare Connections
State: Louisiana
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/29/2026
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Principles
- Prioritize initiatives providing or enhancing direct service to individuals.
- Focus on organizations serving Louisiana’s Medicaid population.
- Impact the broad geographic and cultural variety of the state.
- Support coordinated, collective efforts over fragmented or duplicative ones.
Priorities
- Increase preventive care, with a special focus on:
- Maternal health, including prenatal, postpartum and mental health care
- Infant and child wellness
- Cervical and colorectal cancer screenings
- Screenings for sexually transmitted infections, especially HIV and syphilis
- Diabetes management and support
- Hypertension management and support
- Enhance Medicaid healthcare providers’ resources and skills to:
- Improve targeted health outcomes
- Integrate physical and behavioral healthcare
- Expand access to health care
- Address social drivers of health related to:
- Food insecurity and nutrition
- Job training and placemen
- Safe, affordable housing
Types of Grants
- Investment Grants
- 2026 Investment Grants will fund programs and/or services that impact maternal and child health
- Impact Grants
- For one-time investments that build capacity or enhance service, in alignment with the strategic priorities
Funding Information
- Investment Grants
- Up to $50,000 per award
- Impact Grants
- Up to $2,000 per award
Eligibility Criteria
- Alignment with the mission, guiding principles, and strategic priorities
- Directly serving Medicaid recipients within Louisiana
- In good standing with the Louisiana Secretary of State and Internal Revenue Service
- Community organizations must be registered as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, 501(c)(19) Veterans group, or
- 509(a)(1) church, school or hospital.
- Healthcare providers must be participating in the network
Exclusions
- Individuals, for-profit corporations, or other entities without a 501(c)(3 or 19) or 509(a)(1) designation
- Grant proposals with administrative costs greater than 10%
- Efforts related to elections or public policy advocacy
- Organizations excluded from the Louisiana Medicaid program
- Entities that discriminate based on any protected class of individuals.
For more information, visit Louisiana Healthcare Connections.
