Due Dates and How to Apply - Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky

General Support for Health Advocacy Initiative

The 2008  Request for Proposals (RFP) for General Support for Health Advocacy grants is now available. In 2007, the Board selected seven (7) established health advocacy groups in the Commonwealth, through a competitive grant process, to receive a first year of general operating support.  This year, the Foundation seeks to fund additional grantees, bringing the total to ten (10), including those initial grantees who received renewed support in 2008. Grantees are nonprofit organizations that share a  commitment to developing and shaping health policy, to promote lasting change in the systems by which health care is provided and in the systems and structures that support or impede the health of all Kentuckians.  The deadline for receipt of proposals is April 4, 2008.  Follow the links below to view/download a copy of the RFP, the proposal Cover Sheet and a sample budget form.

Advocacy RFP (pdf)
Cover Sheet (Word)
Budget (excel)  
Frequently asked questions (pdf)

Access to Health Care Initiative
Bringing Healthcare within Reach: Increasing Access to Comprehensive Primary Care Services 

In 2008, the Board has set aside more than $550,000 for planning and implementation grants to address the policy area of access to comprehensive primary care services. In future years, funds will be added, to support further efforts to implement promising strategies. 

 

The aim of this policy effort is to find cost-effective ways to:

  • Create a more seamless, less fragmented system of health care in Kentucky
  • Assure access to affordable, quality medical, dental and mental health services in locations readily accessible to residents of the Commonwealth
  • Assure that quality care is provided in the least intensive manner needed to address the care-seekers’ health needs

Many communities in Kentucky have access to the services of federally-qualified community health centers, rural clinics or school-based health centers; many others do not. This Request for Proposals (RFP) provides opportunities to support initial planning efforts in communities new to issues of developing low-cost community-based health services, while offering communities that are further along in the process further opportunity to address and overcome obstacles to clinic creation and operation.  At the end of this five-year initiative, it is our goal that some of Kentucky’s least-served areas will have access to comprehensive, quality primary care.

 

In 2008, special consideration will be given to the efforts of civic leaders in Kentucky’s most underserved communities, including but not limited to those in Todd, Edmonson, Hart, Clay, Wolfe, Union and Leslie Counties, interested in planning for cost-effective delivery of comprehensive, quality primary care services. Follow the links below to view/download a copy of the RFP, the proposal Cover Sheet and a sample budget form.

Access to Care Primary Care RFP (pdf)
Cover Sheet (Word)
Budget (Excel)


 
Matching Grants

Matching grants are intended to make it possible for an applicant to attract resources to the Commonwealth from an external funding source – private or governmental – to improve the health and access to health care of Kentuckians.  In 2008, approximately $300,000 has been set aside for this purpose.  Click here to view the 2008 Matching Grant Guidelines.  This initiative is ongoing.