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February 17, 2012
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is pleased to release a Public Health Services and Systems Research Call for Proposals entitled Building Evidence for Decision Making: www.rwjf.org/cfp/phsne.
The solicitation seeks to produce evidence to inform public health practice and
policy decisions through natural experiments that will compare systems with
change in organizational structures, legal infrastructure, financing
mechanisms, and service delivery strategies to systems without changes.
Approximately $1.4 million will be awarded to up to 7 applicants. Awards
will fund projects in the priority areas of Organization and Governance;
Financing and Resource Allocation; and Staffing and Delivery Models. This
solicitation is facilitated by the National Network of Public Health Institutes
(NNPHI) in collaboration with the National Coordinating Center for PHSSR, a
RWJF-funded center housed at the University of Kentucky College of Public
Health.
Proposals are encouraged from researchers representing disciplines such as law, public
policy, economics, business administration, organizational behavior, sociology,
finance, urban planning, public administration, information and library science, and industrial and systems engineering. Junior investigators (fewer than seven years since doctorate), applicants new to PHSSR, and applicants who have not previously received funding from RWJF are encouraged and will be given strong consideration.
A web conference will be held for interested applicants on February 28, 2012. An online intention to apply is due March 6, 2012. The deadline for online submission of full proposals is March 27, 2012. Additional information about the project can be found on the NNPHI website at www.nnphi.org/phssr/cfp/evidence. Please direct any questions to Erica Johnson at
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or 504-301-9854.
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November 16, 2011
CMS Innovation Challenge The Department of Health and Human Services announced yesterday the Health Care Innovation Challenge from the CMS Innovation Center, a new initiative designed to test creative ways to deliver high quality medical care and reduce costs across the country. The Challenge will award up to $1 billion in total grants to applicants who will implement the most compelling new ideas to deliver better health, improved care and lower costs to people enrolled in Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP, particularly those with the highest health care needs. For more information about the Challenge, please see the Health Care Innovation Challenge initiative web site at: http://www.innovation.cms.gov/initiatives/innovation-challenge/index.html. The solicitation for the Challenge can be found at: http://www.innovations.cms.gov/documents/pdf/innovation-challenge-foa.pdf.
November 15, 2011
AmeriCorps State and National Grants FY 2012
Applications are due January 18, 2012 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Successful applicants will be notified by May 31, 2012.
AmeriCorps, Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) will award grants for FY 2012. These grants will help organizations implement programs that utilize AmeriCorps members to engage in evidence-based interventions, including respite and family caregiver supports, to strengthen communities.
There are six priority areas for funding: Disaster Services, Education, Environmental Stewardship; Healthy; Futures; Opportunity; and Veterans and Military Families. Under the Healthy Futures priority, grants may support older adults, homebound individuals and individuals with disabilities with activities such as food delivery, transportation or other services that allow them to live independently, including evidence-based programs supported by other partner agencies such as the U. S. Departments of Health and Human Services and Veterans Affairs. Since respite is a funded service to allow individuals to live independently under these partner agencies, a case could be made to allow AmeriCorps volunteers to provide respite under this priority. Another strategic area of interest to respite would be Veterans and Military Families.
In addition, the 2009 Serve America Act expands volunteer opportunities for older adults by targeting 10 percent of AmeriCorps funds for organizations that enroll adults aged 55 and older. It also created a new option allowing older AmeriCorps members to transfer their education award to children and grandchildren at the end of their service. This benefit is an important incentive for recruiting and expanding the number of older adults serving in AmeriCorps programs.
AmeriCorps State and National Program will host a series of briefing telephone calls to provide information and guidance to assist potential applicants. The calls will cover the following topics:
Key Terminology and Resources for AmeriCorps
AmeriCorps Planning Grants
AmeriCorps Grants 101
Next Steps to Applying for an AmeriCorps Grant
AmeriCorps Program Budgets
Updates are available via twitter @GROW AmeriCorps (Grant Resources and Opportunities with AmeriCorps).
Public or private nonprofit organizations, including faith-based and other community organizations, institutions of higher education, government entities within states or territories (e.g., cities, counties), Indian Tribes, labor organizations, partnerships and consortia, and intermediaries planning to subgrant funds awarded are encouraged to apply.
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April 4, 2011
SAMSHA Funding For Children's Mental Health Systems of Care in AI/AN Communities: Potential Respite Opportunities
(FY) 2011 Circles of Care for Mental Health Services for American Indian/Alaska Natives (AI/AN) Communities
Eligible entities for this grant program announced by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration are State and federally recognized Tribes and tribal organizations including urban Indian organizations and Tribal colleges and universities. However, this announcement poses potentially interesting partnerships and collaborative agreements with Lifespan Respite Programs, state respite coalitions or individual respite providers. The announcement calls for 30% of funds to be used for direct services. Respite is not specifically mentioned, but the categories of funding possibilities (see below) could certainly include respite. In addition, as these grants are meant to be systems of care for children with mental health conditions, the announcement does call for the grantee to “Develop strong collaborative working relationships and formalized agreements between various child serving agencies and providers,” and “Formalize interagency commitments for collaboration and coordination of services.” These are consistent with the goals and expectations for the Lifespan Respite Program.
For more information, see announcement below.
From: Hunt, Andrew (SAMHSA/CMHS)
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 5:17 PM
Subject: New funding opportunity for AI/AN Childrens Mental Health
We are very happy to announce that the announcement for Circles of Care V has just been posted. The grant announcement follows basically the same programmatic structure as the previous Circles of Care (COC) grants, but some of the lessons learned and feedback from prior grantees have been incorporate into a two notable improvements in addition to the overall framework of the SAMHSA Strategic Initiatives. For those familiar with previous COC grants, you will notice that we’ve extended the age of the population up to 25 to include transition aged youth. You will also notice that there is an allowance to use a portion of the grant funds to provide direct services that will essentially pilot some services that are part of the overall system of care model developed by this infrastructure grant.
Deadline for applications is May 31, 2011. The grant announcement can be found here:
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January 24, 2011
Respite DOJ Funding Opportunity
Mentoring Programs as Respite
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) is seeking applicants for its Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 Multi-State Mentoring Initiative. This program furthers DOJ’s mission by building the capacity of organizations to implement mentoring programs across multiple states. Eligible organizations include: private nonprofit and for-profit organizations, including faith-based, community-based, and tribal organizations. Deadline: All applications are due by 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time on February 28, 2011
For more information, see DOJ announcement.
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August 26, 2010
Medicaid / Money Follows the Person (MFP) Funding Availability
Funding is available for all states that want to help balance their long-term services and supports systems.
The Affordable Care Act provided an additional $2.25 billion for the MFP Demonstration program. States receive an enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for a one-year period for each individual they transition from an institution to a qualified home and community-based program. The 29 states which currently have MFP awards can modify and expand their existing grants. For example, they could propose to add additional populations, expand the number of transitions, or expand geographic scope. Click here for the FY 2011 MFP demonstration grant application.
States without current MFP awards are also eligible to apply for new FY11 MFP demonstration grants.
These are: AL, AK, AZ, CO, FL, ID, ME, MA, MN, MS, MT, NV, NM, RI, SD, TN, UT, VT, WV, WY as well as the following territories: PR, USVI, AS, and NMI. The deadline for applications is January 7. However, states are encouraged to submit an optional letter of intent by August 25. CMS will provide extensive technical assistance to help states complete successful applications.
In addition, states without current MFP grants are also eligible to apply for FY10 Planning Grants. These grants will provide up to $200,000 to states for them to work with stakeholders and submit successful applications. CMS is prepared to award up to 20 planning grants. The deadline for planning grants is September 7. Click here for the planning grant application. |
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ARCH and the Family Caregiver Alliance are collaborating to
provide Caregiver and Lifespan Respite T/TA.
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