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

[Guest guest]

Dear

Colleagues,

We

had some questions and confusion on the recent posting about funding available

through the Kresge Foundation, which inspired our friend Martha Soledad Vela

Acosta to prepare this clarification, I am confident that it will answer any

additional questions that you may have about eligibility. Bobbi

Hi Bobbi:

Under Caring Communities there are three paths for obtaining

funding from Kresge as outlined below:

1.

Health

Clinic Opportunity Fund a national grant program developed in response

to the economic crisis to help charitably funded clinics, public health

clinics, and those designated federally qualified health center look-alikes

sustain or increase their capacity to meet growing demand for their services.

Application deadlines for the Health Clinic Opportunity Fund are September 4,

2009 (past) and March 1, 2010. Please note: Federally qualified health

centers are not eligible to apply.

2.

Safety-net

Enhancement Initiative attempts to strengthen cross-sector

collaboration among community-based health-care agencies that provide

primary-care services to low-income and vulnerable individuals. This grant

opportunity has two parts: (1) a program planning and design phase and (2) a

demonstration phase. It is designed to foster new models and approaches for

health-care delivery that reduce health disparities and improve the health

outcomes of adults and children living in underserved communities. We are

requesting full proposals for phase one of the initiative, the program planning

and design phase. The deadline for responses to our request for proposals is

November 16, 2009. For this FQHC qualify.

Competitive applicants will propose

projects that foster strategic partnerships between community-health centers

and one or more anchor institutions, such as a public health system, public

health department or school system – all in order to positively affect

population health in their communities. We define community-health centers

as organizations that provide primary-care services to low-income patients,

including those designated federally qualified health centers, health center

look-alikes, public health clinics, school-based health centers, nurse-managed

clinics, and voluntary free clinics, among others.

3.

Safety-net

Facility Improvement supports new construction and renovation of clinics

and other health care organizations so they may expand their facilities in

order to increase access and enhance the quality of their services for

underserved populations. Most grants are awarded in the form of a challenge

grant during an organization’s capital campaign.

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

[Guest guest]

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In this email, you will find another funding opportunity for La

Comunidad Hispana. Take a look at it, and pass it on to Margarita.

I am back in the country, currently at IUP teaching. I will be

traveling to KS this weekend. I will leave Indiana on Friday

afternoon and return on Monday. Let us plan on meeting while I am in

town.

VG

On Wed, 9 Sep 2009 12:01:29 -0500

" Bobbi Ryder " <ryder@...> wrote:

> Dear Colleagues,

>

>

>

> We had some questions and confusion on the recent posting about

>funding

> available through the Kresge Foundation, which inspired our friend

>Martha

> Soledad Vela Acosta to prepare this clarification, I am confident

>that it

> will answer any additional questions that you may have about

>eligibility.

> Bobbi

>

>

>

>

>

> Hi Bobbi:

>

>

>

> Under Caring Communities there are three paths for obtaining funding

>from

> Kresge as outlined below:

>

>

>

> 1. Health

> <http://www.kresge.org/index.php/what/caring_communities/#fund>

> Clinic

> Opportunity Fund a national grant program developed in response to

>the

> economic crisis to help charitably funded clinics, public health

>clinics,

> and those designated federally qualified health center look-alikes

>sustain

> or increase their capacity to meet growing demand for their

>services.

> Application deadlines for the Health Clinic Opportunity Fund are

>September

> 4, 2009 (past) and March 1, 2010. Please note: Federally qualified

>health

> centers are not eligible to apply.

>

>

>

> 2. Safety-net

> <http://www.kresge.org/index.php/what/caring_communities/#safetynet>

> Enhancement Initiative attempts to strengthen cross-sector

>collaboration

> among community-based health-care agencies that provide primary-care

> services to low-income and vulnerable individuals. This grant

>opportunity

> has two parts: (1) a program planning and design phase and (2) a

> demonstration phase. It is designed to foster new models and

>approaches for

> health-care delivery that reduce health disparities and improve the

>health

> outcomes of adults and children living in underserved communities.

>We are

> requesting full proposals for phase one of the initiative, the

>program

> planning and design phase. The deadline for responses to our request

>for

> proposals is November 16, 2009. For this FQHC qualify.

>

> Competitive applicants will propose projects that foster strategic

> partnerships between community-health centers and one or more anchor

> institutions, such as a public health system, public health

>department or

> school system - all in order to positively affect population health

>in their

> communities. We define community-health centers as organizations

>that

> provide primary-care services to low-income patients, including

>those

> designated federally qualified health centers, health center

>look-alikes,

> public health clinics, school-based health centers, nurse-managed

>clinics,

> and voluntary free clinics, among others.

>

>

>

> 3. Safety-net

> <http://www.kresge.org/index.php/what/caring_communities/#facility>

>Facility Improvement supports new construction and renovation of

>clinics and

> other health care organizations so they may expand their facilities

>in order

> to increase access and enhance the quality of their services for

>underserved

> populations. Most grants are awarded in the form of a challenge

>grant during

> an organization's capital campaign.

>

>

>

> 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

>

Victor , Ph.D.

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&

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