The Maryland Department of Health (MDH or the Department), Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities (MHHD) is issuing this Request for Applications (RFA) to provide community-based interventions to address social determinants of health and obesity in Maryland to reduce health inequity.
Donor Name: Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities (MHHD)
State: Maryland
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/20/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The State is issuing this solicitation for the purpose of reducing health inequity among Maryland’s racial and ethnic minorities and other disadvantaged populations by providing community-based interventions to address social determinants of health (SDOH) to reduce health inequity. Examples of SDOH to be addressed are as follows:
- Safe housing, transportation, and neighborhoods
- Racism, discrimination, and violence
- Education, job opportunities, and income
- Access to nutritious foods and physical activity opportunities
- Access to primary care
- Health Language and literacy skills
The SDOH are organized into five place-based domains:
- Economic stability,
- Education access,
- Health care access and quality,
- Neighborhood and built environment, and
- Social and community context.
SDOH content is also interwoven throughout other programs funded by MHHD. SDOH objectives highlight the significance of upstream factors, that are typically outside of healthcare delivery, that are necessary to reduce health disparities and maintain healthy communities and populations. SDOH objectives are aligned with several state strategies and priorities to improve value-based health care delivery and health outcomes.
Funding Information
- The Department expects to make 15 to 25 awards of $50,000 to $200,000 each based on this RFA. Proposal budgets should not exceed $200,000.
- The anticipated duration of services to be provided under this Agreement is one year.
Eligibility Criteria
The Applicant must provide proof with its Application that the following Mandatory Requirements have been met:
- The Applicant shall be a Social organization as defined per Section 7-402 of the State Finance and Procurement Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland or a local, state government agency, public college or state university.
- For social organization Applicants (not local, state government agency, public college, or state university), the Applicant must be a nonprofit organization, classified by the IRS as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Applications must include attachments of the following documentation from the applicant:
- Documentation of tax-exempt status of the Applicant or the Applicant’s fiscal sponsor (i.e. IRS tax exempt status determination letter)
- Applicants must have a certificate of good standing issued by the Maryland State Government.
For more information, visit MHHD.
