Kresge Foundation's Health Program Announces Safety-net Enhancement Initiative

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Thank

you,

Martha

Soledad Vela Acosta, MD, MS, Ph.D.

Program Officer

The Kresge

Foundation

3215 W. Big

Beaver Road

Troy, Michigan

48084

Tel

248-643-9630

Fax

248-643-0588

www.kresge.org

Dear Members of the

Health-care Community:

The Kresge Foundation is

requesting proposals for its Safety-net Enhancement Initiative, a new grantmaking

opportunity that seeks to foster new models of health-care delivery among local

and regional providers in order to reduce health disparities and improve the

health outcomes of adults and children living in underserved communities.

The Safety-net Enhancement

Initiative comprises two parts: a nine-month program planning and design phase;

and a three-year demonstration phase. During the first phase, planning grants

of up to $75,000 will be awarded to a maximum of 15 applicants. Responses to

the foundation’s request for proposals are due on November 16, 2009.

In the second phase, seven

to 10 of the phase-one grant recipients will be selected competitively to

receive three-year grants of up to $750,000 each to fund their proposed

demonstration projects. At the conclusion of the three years, the grant-funded

models and approaches will be evaluated, and the results will be publicized.

For more information on

eligibility, application requirements and deadlines, visit the Health Program

page and the Caring

Communities page of the Kresge Foundation Web site – www.kresge.org.

D. Fukuzawa

The Kresge Foundation

Program Director – Health