The Avon Breast Health Outreach Program

-      Deadlines	Aug 23, 2013
Contact	Phone: 212.244.5368 Email: admin@avonbhop.org
Purpose	The Avon Breast Health Outreach Program provides financial support in the form of grants to community-based programs that conduct outreach, provide breast cancer education and link medically underserved women to clinical screening services.  Avon BHOP will seek to support programs that: Recruit women for both first-time and annual screenings Develop partnerships between community-based outreach providers and local medical providers Work with health care providers to ensure proper clinical follow-up of abnormal screening results Educate older women about Medicare coverage of annual screening mammograms, and assist them in obtaining the service from providers who accept Medicare
Eligibility	To be eligible for funding, applicants must be based in the U.S., Guam, Puerto Rico, or the U.S. Virgin Islands and be private, non-government, non-profit organizations (with Federal non-profit status).  Both community-based organizations and medical service provider organizations (community clinics, hospitals, etc.) with mammography screening capacity are welcome to apply.  Any publicly-funded government agency wishing to apply may do so only by partnering with a private, non-profit organization or educational institution that will assume fiscal responsibility for and collaborate fully with the proposed program.  Native American Tribes are encouraged to apply to the Avon BHOP and may do so through or in partnership with Native American non-profit organizations that will assume fiscal responsibility for and commit to the reporting and screening requirements of Avon BHOP grants. To apply and learn more: http://www.avonbhop.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=39&Itemid=279

Changes & Updates to Cameron Foundation Grant Programs

 In June 2013, The Cameron Foundation announced changes to its competitive grant program.  Specifically, the number of annual grant cycles will be reduced from three to two. As a result, 2014 will see community grants awarded in June and October.  As well, the Foundation's seven funding interests have been consolidated into six and the priorities within each area have been clarified.

  

LearnMore The Types of Grants offered by the Cameron Foundation

The 2011 Health Disparities Profiles

The 2011 Health Disparities Profiles examines key health indicators at the state level for different racial and ethnic populations in each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. Twenty-two health indicators are presented, which highlight some of the key areas related to health disparities among different populations. It can be used as a reference for policymakers and program managers to identify areas where major health disparities exist in each state.

Click here to view your states report:  http://www.healthstatus2020.com/disparities/ChartBookData_search.asp



Funding Opportunities

1. The Federal Office of Rural Health Policy has released a funding opportunity in support of the rural Access to External Devices Grant Program. The purpose of this program is to: (1) purchase automated external defibrillators; (2) provide defibrillator and basic life support training in automated defibrillator usage; and (3) place automated external defibrillators in rural communities.

All applications are due June 17, 2013. It is expected that 7 programs will be funded up to $200,000 per year for a three-year project period.

More on this funding opportunity can be found at: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=qSgKRVxNMv5yppTP1PTsDjnLP2421WpVSWS7VqqnLrtQ2SRPDBRp!222120898?oppId=234958&mode=VIEW

2. Grant funding will soon be available through the USDA for distance learning and telemedicine efforts aimed and serving rural America. The Notice of Funding Availability for the USDA’s Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Grant Program will be released in the coming days. The DLT grant program is designed to assist community facilities serving rural areas acquire distance learning and telemedical technologies to link with other professionals to improve the services delivered to rural Americans.

• $17 million in grant funding is expected to be available and each award will be between $50,000 and $500,000.

• Applicants must be 1) a legally incorporated organization operating a rural community facility directly or serving an organization that operates a rural community facility and 2) must currently deliver or propose to deliver distance learning or telemedicine services through and beyond the three-year grant period.

For more information on the DLT Grant Program as well as an application toolkit, please go here. Prospective applicants are encouraged to begin preparing applications today and to reach out to their State USDA Rural Development Office for support. If you do plan to apply, please e-mail Sam Morgan at sam.morgan@wdc.usda.gov  so USDA staff can know how many applications to expect. You can e-mail dltinfo@wdc.usda.gov  with questions about the program.

2013 Grief Reach Request for Proposals

About Grief Reach

Grief Reach is a partnership between the National Alliance for Grieving Children and the New York Life Foundation. The goal of this partnership is to provide funds to Children's Bereavement Programs to expand the reach of their programs to include underserved youth populations (18 years and younger). The funds for these grants are generously provided by New York Life Foundation and the oversight and RFP process is managed by the National Alliance for Grieving Children. Final decisions on grants are made by a review committee consisting of representatives from both the National Alliance for Grieving Children and the New York Life Foundation.

Amount and Range of Grants

This year the Grief Reach project will again provide $750,000 in grants with the following number of grants and grant amounts:

• 5 - $10,000
• 5 - $15,000
• 5 - $25,000
• 5 - $100,000 ($50,000 a year for two years)

To Learn More Click Here:  http://www.childrengrieve.org/2013-grief-reach-request-proposals

Federal and Non Federal Grant Opportunities

Federal Grants


Minority Population Specific: $500k or less . . .

• HHS/National Institutes of Health: Native American Research Centers for Health (NARCH) (S06) Grant. View Full Announcement

• DOJ/Office of Justice Programs: FY 2013 Disproportionate Minority Contact Community and Strategic Planning Project Grant. View Full Announcement  

$500k or more . . .

• HHS/Health Resources & Services Administration: Affordable Care Act - Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Expansion Grant. View Full Announcement

• HHS/Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: Health Care Innovation Awards Round Two Grant. View Full Announcement

$500k or less . . .

• HHS/National Institutes of Health: Chronic Inflammation and Age-related Disease (R01) Grant. View Full Announcement  

• HHS/National Institutes of Health: FY14 NIDA Avant-Garde Award Program for HIV/AIDS Research (DP1) Grant. View Full Announcement  

• DOD/Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs: New 2013 funding opportunities brochure available, Medical Research Funding Opportunities. View Full Announcement  

Non Federal Grants

Minority Population Specific: $500k or less . . .

• The National Alliance for Grieving Children: Child Bereavement Program Grant. Fifty percent of the children served must be from low-income families and/or minority communities. View Full Announcement  

Community Access to Child Health (CATCH) Resident Funds Program

The Community Access to Child Health (CATCH) Resident Funds Program supports pediatric residents in the planning and/or implementation of innovative, community-based initiatives that increase children’s access to medical homes or specific health services not otherwise available.

These projects should lead to programs that can be replicated in other communities. Resident CATCH projects must include planning activities or demonstrate completed planning activities, and may include implementation activities.

Priority will be given to projects serving communities with the greatest demonstrated health care access needs and health disparities. Strong collaborative community partnerships and future sustainability of the project are encouraged.

Grants are available for programs that offer:

•Community-based initiatives that increase children's access to medical homes or health services not otherwise available and connecting uninsured/underinsured populations with available programs
•Connecting uninsured/underinsured populations with available programs
•Secondhand smoke exposure reduction
•Initiatives to address community barriers to immunizations

•Native American child health

 

To find out eligbility, to apply, or for more information go to http://www2.aap.org/catch/funding.htm

Funding

Federal Grants

Minority Population Specific: $500k or more . . .  

• HHS/National Institutes of Health: Bridges to the Doctorate Program (R25) Grant. View Full Announcement
• HHS/National Institutes of Health: Bridges to the Baccalaureate Program (R25) Grant. View Full Announcement

$500k or more . . .  

• HHS/National Institutes of Health: Limited Competition for Continuation of the Prospective Study of Chronic Kidney Disease in Children (U01) Grant. View Full Announcement

$500k or less . . .  

• HHS/National Institutes of Health: NIMH Research Education Mentoring Programs for HIV/AIDS Researchers (R25). Grant View Full Announcement

Non Federal Grants

$500k or less . . . 

• New York Community Trust: 2012 NYC AIDS Fund. View Full Announcement

Resources

• Grant Professionals Association: Annual Conference. Raising Your Game: Scoring Big in the Grant Profession. October 17-20, 2012 in Indianapolis, IN. Learn More

Scholarships/Fellowships

• Harvard University: The Mongan Commonwealth Fund Fellowship in Minority Health Policy. View Full Announcement

Rural Health Network Development Planning Grant Program

The Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP) is pleased to announce the release of the FY 2013 Rural Health Network Development Planning Grant Program (announcement number: HRSA-13-153). This one-year grant provides an opportunity for rural communities to bring together key parts of a rural health care delivery system, particularly those entities that may not have collaborated in the past, to work together to establish or improve local capacity and coordination of care. Grantees will use their funds to lay out the foundation of a community health project by convening collaborating partners to conduct planning activities. Grantees may also use the funds to develop and assist healthcare networks establish and/or become operational.

Applicants may propose funds for up to one-year from April 1st, 2013-March 31st, 2014. The maximum award is up to $85,000.

• Link for Funding Opportunity Synopsis: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=pSHCQtCJ6v1pGgsKLJ0H2SXCTkx6cBTX72nwn4zP9VvJ83Z1yMQn!-94678055?oppId=192794&mode=VIEW

• Link to apply for Funding Opportunity: http://apply07.grants.gov/apply/jsf/downloadApplicationPackage.faces?id=139070

The deadline to submit an application in grants.gov is October 15th, 2012. ORHP strongly recommends that applicants submit their applications prior to the due date to avoid any technological problems. All applications have to be submitted electronically in www.grants.gov.



There will be a technical assistance call on September 19th, 2012 (Wednesday) at 2pm eastern time to assist applicants in preparing their applications. The toll-free number to call in is 1-800-779-5383. The Passcode is Network Plan. Please dial in 10 minutes before call is to begin. The leader’s name is Sheila Warren.



The purpose of the call is to go over the grant guidance, and to provide any additional or clarifying information that may be necessary regarding the application process. There will be a Q&A session at the end of the call to answer any questions. While the call is not required, it is highly recommended that anyone who is interested in applying for the Rural Health Network Development Planning Program plan to listen to the call. It is most useful to the applicants when the grant guidance is easily accessible during the call and if questions are written down ahead of time for easy reference. The Technical Assistance call will be recorded and available for playback within one hour of the end of the call and will be available until October 19th, 2012 at 11:59 pm eastern time. To access the playback, please call: 1-800-396-1242 and the passcode is: 5342



For further questions on this funding opportunity, please contact the program coordinator, Linda Kwon, lkwon@hrsa.gov; 301-594-4205 or project officer Sheila Warren, swarren@hrsa.gov; 301-443-0246.

Office of Minority Health Resource Center Pacific Awards

Several grants are available to fund capacity building in the United States Associated Pacific Islands. These grants will allow community-based organizations, health departments and health ministries to expand their capacity to accomplish work around the topics of HIV/AIDS, STDs and Tuberculosis. The deadline to apply is July 31, 2012 at 5 p.m. (PST). Learn More

Available Federal and Non Federal Grants

Federal Grants

Minority Population Specific: $500k or more . . .  

• Agency for International Development: Sustainable, Community Action and Leadership Enhancement towards Universal Health Care (UHC) through Clinical and Organizational Capacity-Strengthening of Midwives for Maternal, Neonatal, Child Health and Nutrition (MNCHN SCALE-UP) Grant. View Full Announcement
• Agency for International Development: Advancing Partners Community-based Family Planning Project Grant. View Full Announcement

$500k or more . . .  

• HHS/National Institutes of Health: Advancing Exceptional Research on HIV/AIDS (R01) Grant. View Full Announcement
• HHS/National Institutes of Health: Improving Diet and Physical Activity Assessment (R01). View Full Announcement
• HHS/National Institutes of Health: Research Resource for Human Organs and Tissues (U42) Grant. View Full Announcement

$500k or less . . .  

• HHS/Health Resources & Services Administration: Integrative Medicine Program (IMP) Grant. View Full Announcement
• HHS/Health Resources & Services Administration: National coordinating center for Integrative Medicine Grant. View Full Announcement
• HHS/National Institutes of Health: Establish Sharing of Human Brain Image Data Relevant to Drug Addiction (Admin Supp) Grant. View Full Announcement
• HHS/National Institutes of Health: Renal Function and Chronic Kidney Disease in Aging (R21) Grant. View Full Announcement

Non Federal Grants

$500k or less . . . 

• Greater Rochester Health Foundation: 2013 Opportunity Grants to support projects with maximum potential to positively impact the community's health in the areas of prevention and health care delivery. Learn More

Kendal Charitable Funds: Promising Innovations Grant supports improvements in serving older adults. View Full Announcement