Cobb & Douglas Public Health is accepting proposals to assist community partners with implementing initiatives that support the 2023-2027 Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) for Cobb and Douglas Counties.
Donor Name: Cobb & Douglas Public Health
State: Georgia
County: Cobb County (GA), Douglas County (GA)
Type of Grant: Grant | Matching Grants
Deadline: 05/23/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Developed in partnership with members of Cobb2020 and Live Healthy Douglas, the CHIP asks two key questions as strategic priorities for community health improvement:
- Access to Health Services – How do they provide ample, accessible, culturally competent, and quality health services to meet the needs of our diverse community?
- Basic Needs and Healthy Lifestyles – How do they create a community that satisfies its members’ basic needs and provides the conditions necessary to achieve overall wellbeing?
For each strategic priority, the CHIP identifies goal areas of focus with corresponding strategies to achieve the goals. The goal areas are:
- access to health care;
- healthy behaviors (e.g. physical activity, healthy sexual behaviors, worksite wellness programs, chronic disease prevention programs, and reducing youth tobacco use);
- healthy eating;
- maternal and infant health; and
- mental and behavioral health.
Funding Information
Awards will not exceed $25,000 per applicant. Funding requests less than or equal to $5,000 will not require a 1:1 match.
Project Period
July 2024 to May 2025
Priority Will Be Given To Applicants Who
- Have not been awarded funding in previous years;
- Demonstrate sustainability beyond the funding period;
- Utilize evidence-based and best practice community health initiatives; and
- Propose initiatives focused on the following CHIP goals/strategies. (Note: the full list of CHIP goals/strategies can be found within the application. Prioritization will be given to the select goals/strategies listed below, however, applications that support any goal area and strategy identified in the 2023-2027 CHIP will be considered.)
- Maternal and Infant Health Goal: Reduce maternal and infant health disparities through access to care and resources.
- The following strategies for the Healthy Behaviors goal:
- Increase the proportion of worksites that offer workplace wellness; programs that include education, activities intended to change attitudes and behaviors, and changes that make it easier for employees to make healthy choices;
- Educate Georgia’s youth on vaping and reduce the number of youths who initiate tobacco use;
- Increase the knowledge and the adoption of healthy sexual behaviors; and
- Diversify resources and increase enrollment in chronic disease prevention programs to address cardiovascular health.
Proposed Initiatives Must
- Be new or expanded efforts to improve health equity;
- Be collaborative in nature, including a minimum of 1 partnership, to execute the proposed project;
- Letters of support from partnering agencies are required with the application.
- Align with a goal area and strategy identified in the 2023-2027 CHIP; and
- Include policy development activities, systems-level improvements, or built environment changes.
- Policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) changes make healthy choices practical and available to all community members. Residents can see the benefits of this funding long after the project is completed by changing laws, shaping physical landscapes, and ensuring sustainable community improvements are made.
For more information, visit Cobb & Douglas Public Health.
