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Health Literacy Opinion Paper - American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Committee on Health Care for Underserved Women (December 2007) In the December 2007 issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology, the Committee on Health Care for Underserved Women of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) present an opinion paper to outline the complex issues surrounding health literacy and offer strategies for increasing health literacy in clinical practice. The ACOG supports health literacy guidelines that include: tailoring speaking and listening skills to individual patients; tailor health information to the intended user; and develop written materials. Click here for more information.
Key Health Disparities-Focused Legislation Introduced in the 110th Congress (December 2007) New compendium summarizes about a dozen federal legislative initiatives introduced in the 110th Congress to address racial and ethnic disparities in health and health care. Although the 110th Congress's session is half complete, the number of bills introduced that include some attention to “health disparities” is about the same as introduced in the entire 109th Congress. While a number of bills introduced this year may have an impact on health disparities and/or affect minority health, the goal of this document is to highlight legislation that specifically addresses racial and ethnic health disparities. Bills that did not focus on disparities were not included in this document. To view the full document, visit: www.kff.org/minorityhealth/upload/7724.pdf
HRET Disparities Toolkit (2007) The Toolkit is a Web-based tool that provides hospitals, health systems, clinics, and health plans information and resources for systematically collecting race, ethnicity, and primary language data from patients. Because of the importance of collecting good data on patient race, ethnicity, and primary language data, HRET and the American Hospital Association have decided to allow access to the Toolkit for free without purchase. For more information, visit: http://www.hretdisparities.org/
Cancer Early Detection/Secondary Prevention Grant The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Maryland Cancer Fund announces the acceptance of grant applications for the Cancer Early Detection/Secondary Prevention Grant program. Eligible organizations include: physicians, hospitals, laboratories, educational institutions, local health departments, governmental entities, and another person or organization with expertise in early detection/secondary prevention of cancer that has an office located in Maryland. The applicant may only propose work that will benefit one or more Maryland residents. Organizations may be either non-profit or for-profit entities. Deadline: Letter of Intent, January 11, 2008; Application, January 25, 2008 by 3:00 pm Amount: Up to $250,000 per year Website: www.fha.state.md.us/cancer/cancerfund/
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Healthy Eating Research Healthy Eating Research is a $16 million national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). The program supports research on environmental and policy strategies to promote healthy eating among children to prevent childhood obesity, especially among the low-income and racial and ethnic populations at highest risk for obesity. Findings will advance RWJF's efforts to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic by 2015. Deadline: On-going Amount: Varies Website: www.healthyeatingresearch.org
Charitable Leadership Foundation The Foundation supports programs/organizations that address problems in the areas of education, housing (especially low-income), job skills/economic opportunities for low-income people. Also supports initiatives in medicine, as well as medical research that meets certain criteria. In order to achieve this end, it awards grants, loans, and technical assistance to charitable organizations for projects, programs and capacity building appropriate to this mission..
Since it’s inception in 1936, the William T. Grant Foundation has had a remarkable constancy of purpose: to further the understanding of human behavior through research. The Foundation’s mission focuses on improving the lives of youth ages 8 to 25 in the United States.
CareFirst Commitment Initiative
The CareFirst Commitment Initiative offers a community partnership program consisting of three program areas - Ensuring Affordability; Raising the Bar to Improve Quality of Care; Closing the Gaps to address racial and ethnic health care disparities.
Amount: Up to $300,000 Deadline: Rolling – applications accepted year-round Website: http://www.carefirstcommunity.com
CIGNA Foundation Targeted Grants The CIGNA Foundation makes Targeted Grants to entities working in the following five core concern areas: The Health of Women, Children & Families, Obesity Awareness & Prevention, Patient/Doctor Communications & Health Literacy, Elimination of Gender and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care, and The Connection between a Healthy Mind and a Healthy Body. Deadline: Rolling Amount: TBD Website: http://www.cigna.com/general/about/community/grant_information.html
Nathan Cummings Foundation’s Health Program Grants
The Nathan Cummings Foundation’s Health Program gives special attention to efforts that address health disparities between the rich and the poor, build bridges between the common concerns of disparate constituencies, and recognize the strategic importance of employing a variety of approaches such as coalition building, research, litigation, and others to produce institutional change. Priority attention is given to efforts that are national in scope and efforts that have the potential of having a multi-state or statewide impact and can be replicated.
Deadline: Rolling - Letter of Inquiry required by January or August Amount: To be determined Website: http://www.nathancummings.org
The Public Welfare Foundation offers annual grants for priority projects which targets specific topics on health advocacy, access and reforms, hunger, nutrition, mental health, reproductive and sexual health.
Amounts: $25,000 - $50,000 Deadline: Rolling – Applications accepted year- round Website: http://www.publicwelfare.org
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Fresh Ideas: Community Based Approaches to Improve Care for Vulnerable Populations
The Vulnerable Populations Portfolio is seeking new community-based approaches to health and health care problems that intersect with social factors—such as inadequate housing, poor education and poverty. We are interested in projects that serve hard-to-reach individuals and families, especially new immigrants and refugees, frail older adults and at-risk adolescents.
Deadline: Rolling Amount: Up to $300,000 Website: http://www.rwjf.org
Fresh Ideas: Community Based Approaches to Improve Care for Vulnerable Populations
Seeking new community-based approaches to health and health care problems that intersect with social factors—such as inadequate housing, poor education and poverty. Interested in projects that serve hard-to-reach individuals and families, especially new immigrants and refuges, frail older adults and at-risk adolescents.
Deadline: Rolling Amount: Up to $300,000 Website: http://www.rwjf.org
Aaron Straus and Lillie Straus Foundation
The foundation program areas include: 1) families and children 2) infrastructure & capacity building for the nonprofit sector 3) general support 4) projects and 5) loans.
Deadline(s): July 1 & October 1 Amount: $500 - $1,000,000 Website: www.strausfoundation.org
The Foundation focus is on programs areas in 1) cultural 2) civic 3) healthcare 4) human services 5) education and 6) youth. Chesapeake/Central Maryland. Funds are granted primarily for capital and special purpose uses. Charitable contribution coordinators are available for regions of Maryland, Greater Baltimore and Greater Washington.
Deadline: Rolling Amount: $1,000 - $1,000,000 Website: http://www.mandtbank.com/community/
Funds projects through non-profit organizations in program areas of: 1) Professional 2) educational 3) cultural 4) human services and 5) health.
Deadline: Rolling Amount: $200 - $25,000 Website: www.venable.com
The Foundation offers monetary and/or volunteer support in three program area: 1) literacy 2) technology and 3) domestic violence.
Deadline: Rolling Amount $100 - $100,000 Website: www.verizon.com/foundation
W. K. Kellogg Foundation: Improving Health and Health Care
Funding is available under three areas that address current health care and system challenges: 1) Health Care Safety-Net 2) Quality Health and Health Care and 3) Build Health Leadership with Emphasis on Diversity.
Deadline: Applications accepted year-round Amount: To Be Determined Website: http://www.wkkf.org/
Milagro serves children in the areas of health, education, and arts. Grants are made to grassroots, community-based tax exempt organizations. Creative and unique programs from grass roots organizations that work with underrepresented and underprivileged children take precedence. Deadline: Rolling Amount: Between $2500 and $5000 Website: www.milagrofoundation.org
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, Inc. 7 Park Center Court Owings Mills, MD 21117-4200 (410) 654-8500 The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, Inc. is dedicated to assisting the poor, primarily through operating and capital grants to direct service organizations located in Baltimore, Hawaii, Northeastern Pennsylvania, New York, Israel and the Former Soviet Union. These grants are focused on meeting basic needs such as shelter, nutrition, health and socialization and on enhancing an individual’s ability to meet those needs. Within that focus, emphasis is placed on the elderly and Jewish communities.
Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore
1324 Belmont Avenue Salisbury, MD 21804 (410) 742-9911
The mission of the Community Foundation is to build charitable funds, maximize benefit to donors, make effective grants and provide leadership to address community needs. The Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore (CFES) believes in the power of philanthropy to change the lives of the people and communities located in the Counties of Somerset, Wicomico and Worcester on Maryland’s Lower Eastern Shore.
Health Grants Alert for Community-Based Organizations
210 Guilford Avenue (410) 396-4398 http://www.baltimorehealth.org/rfp.html To assist local 501(c)3 organizations, as well as other community- and faith-based organizations in finding funding sources to promote the health of Baltimore's citizens, there is now available a free Health Grants Alert for Community-Based Organizations, a "headline service" listing of grant opportunities. Links to full grant announcements are included. The Health Grants Alert is issued every other week and is provided as a downloadable Microsoft Excel file.
Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers (ABAG)
2 East Read Street Baltimore, MD 21201 (410) 727-1205
The Association of Baltimore Area Grant Makers (ABAG) is a membership organization established to provide support services to foundations. ABAG also assists grantseekers to understand the best approach to its foundation members in order to best facilitate the grants and decision-making process for its foundation members. ABAG has assembled "Affinity Groups", that are comprised of representatives from member foundations that have common interests on issues or topics.
The Enoch Pratt Library - Collaborative Grants Collection of the Foundation Center
400 Cathedral Street Baltimore, MD 20006-1708 (410) 396-5320
The Enoch Pratt Library houses a Foundation Center Cooperating Collection. This mini-foundation resource center contains volumes of resource information, directories and guides on special topics related to grant writing, fundraising, tips on how to research foundations and grants, and how to write effective proposals.
1627 K. Street N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006-1708 (202) 331-1400
The Foundation Center is a national clearinghouse for information about foundations, fundraising and related matters. It provides extensive services to help organizations identify potential funding resources and provides low cost workshops in grants grant writing and researching funding opportunities.
Office of Minority Health Resource Center Funding Guide This document was prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Minority health to assist grantseekers in the grantseeking process. Click here to access the document.
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