Funding Opportunities
Health Care Coordination for Individuals with Disabilities
Deadline: 2008-Aug-01
The Disability Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRP) program has issued an invitation to applicants (PDF) who are improving services for individuals with disabilities. DRRP is looking for improvement methods that advance a wide range of independent living and employment opportunities for individuals with severe disabilities. The deadline for applications is August 1, 2008.
Added: 01 Jul, 2008
Case Management Model Improves Health
Deadline: 2008-Aug-04
The Indian Health Service Division of Nursing has announced a new grant that is intended to improve health outcomes of high risk patients in American Indian/Alaska Native communities through a community case management model. The goals of the case management model are early detection, diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation that will improve health outcomes in a cost effective manner. This model specifically focuses on prevention in the home with the patient and family. The application deadline is August 4, 2008.
Added: 15 Jul, 2008
Two Grants Support Maternal and Child Health Research
Deadline: 2008-Aug-04
Two grants are being offered by the Maternal and Child Health Research Program. The first, called the Extramural MCH Research Program, will support applied research relating to maternal and child health services and should result in health services improvements. The second grant is called the Secondary Data Analysis Studies Program. Funds will be used to support research relating to maternal and child health services using existing data. These projects should also have the potential to improve health services and delivery of care for maternal and child health populations. Both grants have an application deadline of August 4, 2008.
To learn more, visit the Health Resources and Services Administration’s grant portal .
Added: 17 Jun, 2008
WHO Foundation Helps Women and Children
Deadline: 2008-Sep-09
The Women Helping Others (WHO) Foundation provides support to grass-roots charities serving the overlooked needs of women and children. Grants are provided to organizations serving women and/or children in the United States and Puerto Rico. The deadline is September 9, 2008.
To find out more, visit the WHO Foundation’s website .
Added: 06 May, 2008
Grant Helps Rural Areas Gain Access to Health Care
Deadline: 2008-Sep-15
The Rural Health Network Development Planning Grant Program (.DOC) is providing support to applicants that are looking to develop, improve, and expand access to formal health care networks in rural areas. The grant may even be sufficient to help those networks become operational and sustainable. This is especially applicable to those entities within communities that may not have collaborated together in the past. The application deadline is September 15, 2008.
Added: 15 Jul, 2008
Knight Initiative Addresses Local Information Needs
Deadline: None given
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has launched an exciting new initiative that challenges community foundations to find creative uses of media and technology to help keep communities informed and their citizens engaged. Recent information suggests that local information is not readily available in the United States. The Knight initiative hopes to make that information a priority by partnering with organizations within communities. This initiative is also seen as an opportunity for community foundations to provide civic leadership. To learn more about the steps to take to apply for this challenge, visit the Knight Foundation website .
Added: 01 Jul, 2008
Foundation Striving to Enrich Lives
Deadline: None given
The Charles Lafitte Foundation supports a variety of causes such as education, children’s advocacy, medical research and issues, and the arts. The foundation believes that providing for and supporting inventive and effective ways of helping people help themselves and others around them will ultimately lead to lead healthy, satisfying, and enriched lives.
To learn more, contact Jennifer Vertetis at jennifer@charleslafitte.org or visit the Charles Lafitte Foundation website .
Added: 15 Apr, 2008
Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization
Deadline: None given
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is calling for proposals and hopes to stimulate projects that examine significant issues and interventions related to health care financing and organization and their effects on health care costs, quality, and access; and the exploration or testing of major new ways to finance and organize health care.
Grants are awarded on a rolling basis; proposals may be submitted at any time.
Learn more at: http://www.hcfo.net/cfp.pdf
Added: 01 Apr, 2008
McDonald House Looks for Organizations That Improve Wellbeing of Children
Deadline: None given
Ronald McDonald House Charities is providing support to national and/or international organizations that have a specific program that directly improves children’s health and wellbeing. They must also have a significant funding gap and opportunity for long-term impact. Eligible applicants are non-profit, tax-exempt organizations.
To learn more, visit:
http://www.rmhc.org/rmhc/...
Added: 28 Jan, 2008
Providing Accessibility and Affordability to All Children
Deadline: None given
Many families have children with difficult medical and financial challenges. The United Healthcare Children's Foundation provides financial assistance to families whose insurance doesn't completely cover all of their child's healthcare costs. For additional information and to view video clips of children who have received a grant, go to:
Added: 11 Dec, 2007