Community Service Programs Grants

Essilor Optical Technology Grants

The American Optometric Foundation (AOF) and Essilor are delighted to announce their partnership on the Essilor Optical Technology Grants program, now in its eighth year. Three $20,000 grants are awarded annually to optometry schools for projects intended to elevate the standards and visibility of ophthalmic dispensing to students and patients in the training environment. In the past, grants have been competitively awarded for projects as diverse as to facilitating education and training for clinical outreach in underserved areas, to updating education in teaching and dispensing clinics and providing laboratory equipment that enriches the students training experience. This is part of a commitment by the Foundation and Essilor to develop the next generation of eyecare professionals.

Application Procedures
Applications must be submitted by email to Email AOF Awards. Only one application may be submitted by each school or college of optometry and must be endorsed by the Dean or President of the school/college. The application must include full contact information for the institution and responsible individual.

In 1000 words or less the applicant should state how the grant will be used to further their educational program. The deadline for applications is September 3, 2010.

A 500 word progress report must be submitted by awardees in June of the subsequent year in order for the institution to be eligible for future Essilor Optical Technology Grants. No institution will receive a grant two years in a row.

Review Procedures
Applications will be judged on the school’s commitment to the growth of premium optical technology, as well as how the funding will enable the school to elevate the standards and visibility of ophthalmic dispensing for students and patients. A five-member review panel, including one representative form Essilor, will be convened by the American Optometric Foundation.

Recognition of Awardees
The awardees will be listed in the AOF Annual Report and the American Academy of Optometry’s awards program. Announcements will be placed in the Academy’s newsletter along with Eye-Mail Monthly. Press releases will be sent to all schools and colleges of optometry, optometric organizations, and the optometric press.

For additional information about the American Optometric Foundation, contact Mark Bullimore, MCOptom, PhD, FAAO, Development Director: by phone (614) 292-4724.

got breakfast? Foundation Silent Hero Grant Program

The got breakfast? Silent Hero Grant program was launched to encourage schools and non-profit organizations to expand the reach of underutilized child nutrition programs.

Are you a Silent Hero?
There are many recognizable heroes in society today – from firefighters and police officers to nurses and school volunteers. But there are also unsung heroes that have made a difference, such as food banks, agencies, School Food Service administration and many more on the front lines ensuring children receive a nutritious meal.

Who can apply for a Silent Hero Grant?
If you are a public, non-profit private school or 501(c)(3) non-profit that participates in the national School Breakfast Program you may qualify for the Alternate Meal Service Breakfast Grant. Alternate meal service is defined as either breakfast in the classroom, grab and go or any other alternate site meal service outside of the standard cafeteria lunch line.

Can I apply for a grant if I participate in the Summer Food Service Program?
Yes, if you provide breakfast as part of your program. Summer grant applications will be made available February 2010.

What can the grant be used for?
Grant monies can be used for mobile serving equipment, food procurement, staffing, promotional items and marketing. Other reasonable costs to secure the sustainability of the breakfast program may be considered but will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

What are my obligations if I am awarded a grant?
The successful grant winners must sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) stating the funds will be used for the intended purposes. You must also agree to participate with any press release or promotional event with "got breakfast?"*.

Reporting forms will be provided for your use to track and return to the foundation at pre-determined dates during the grant funding period.

*Purchase of any specific breakfast products will not be required.

* Request for Applications – Due Date April 1, 2010

For additional information, please contact us via email at info@gotbreakfast.org.

P.O. Box 981
Syosset, NY 11791
Phone: 866-786-9028
Fax: 516-480-0881

World of Children Annual Awards Program

The World of Children Awards program was created to recognize and elevate those selfless individuals who make a difference in the lives of children here in the USA and across the globe, regardless of political, religious or geographical boundaries. These courageous leaders recognize that our children are the world's most important asset. Their stories are heroic.

The World of Children honors these leaders, and grants them funds to support the proven, high-impact programs they have created. These awards assure that more children's lives will be touched, and changed, forever.

2010 Humanitarian Award - maximum grant of upto $50,000.

* The Humanitarian Award recognizes an individual who has made a significant contribution to children in the areas of social services, education or humanitarian services.
* Nominee must have created, managed or otherwise supported a sustainable program which has significantly contributed to children's opportunities to BE SAFE, TO LEARN, and TO GROW.
* Nominee must do this work over and above their normal employment, OR work for little or no pay.
* Nominee must have been doing this for a minimum of 10 years.
* Nominee must have an existing non-profit organization in good standing, which can receive grant funds if awarded.

2010 Health Award - maximum grant of upto $50,000.

* The Health Award recognizes an individual who has made a significant contribution to children in the fields of health, medicine or the sciences.
* Nomine must have created, managed or otherwise supported a sustainable program which has significantly contributed to the IMPROVED HEALTH of children.
* Nominee must do this work over and above their normal employment, OR work for little or no pay.
* Nominee must have been doing this for a minimum of 10 years.
* Nominee must have an existing non-profit organization in good standing, which can receive grant funds if awarded.

2010 Founder's Youth Award - maximum grant of up to $25,000

* The Founders Award recognizes youth that are making extraordinary contributions to the lives of other children.
* Nominee must be under the age of 21.
* Nominee must have an existing non-profit organization in good standing, which can receive grant funds if awarded.

Deadline for 2010 Nominations is Midnight (Pacific Standard Time) May 1, 2010.

The Honorees who receive 2010 World of Children Awards will be announced and celebrated in New York City on Thursday, November 4, 2010.

Contact Us

By Phone: (925)399-6411
By Fax: (925)399-6001

By Mail:

World of Children
6200 Stoneridge Mall Road
3rd Floor
Pleasanton, CA 94588

By E-mail: contact@worldofchildren.org

Excellence in Patient/Public Education Award

Award: Monetary award of $1000 and a plaque.

Purpose: To recognize and support excellence in patient/public education. Nominees for this award will be oncology nurses who are involved in offering creative public or patient education.

Nominee's Eligibility Criteria:
The candidate must meet the following criteria:

* Be a registered professional nurse and an active ONS member
* Has a minimum of two years experience in oncology nursing

Criteria: The scoring criteria for judging this nomination packet is as follows:

* Candidate teaches patients or community groups in manner consistent with the ONS Standards of Oncology Education: Patient/Family and Public.
* Candidate identifies needs for education in patients, families, or communities and plans innovative programs to meet those identified needs.
* Programs have clearly stated objectives .
* Content of program(s) is relevant to population served.
* Creative strategies and presentation techniques are used in implementing program.
* Program evaluation methods are appropriate.
* Candidate serves as a role model for other nurses.
* Candidate creates a network to sustain health-promoting behaviors.
* Candidate establishes positive teacher-learner relationships.

Application deadline: August 16, 2010, 5pm (ET).

For more information on any of the ONS awards, contact ONS at customer.service@ons.org. Both nominees and nominators will be notified once an application is received.

Oncology Nursing Society
125 Enterprise Drive Pittsburgh, PA15275
866-257-4ONS (866-257-4667)
412-859-6100
877-369-5497 (toll free fax)
412-859-6162 (fax)

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Local Funding Partnerships 2011 Call for Proposals-Annual Grantmaking Program

Deadline: Jun 30, 2010

Purpose:
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Local Funding Partnerships (LFP) program forges relationships between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and local grantmakers to fund promising, original projects that can significantly improve the health of vulnerable people in their communities.

Eligibility & Selection Criteria:
Projects must be new, innovative, collaborative and community-based. Significant program expansions—into new regions or to new populations—may also be considered. Please note that these funds may not be used to maintain existing projects.
Projects must be nominated by a local grantmaker committed to participating as one of the funding partners.
Local funding partners must be willing to work with grantees to obtain sufficient dollar-for-dollar matching funds throughout the grant period. These funders may include independent and private foundations, family and community foundations, and corporate and other philanthropies.
Matching funds must represent new funding specifically designated to support the proposed project. In-kind services may not be used to match Foundation funds for the LFP Annual Grantmaking program.

Key Dates:
May 13 and May 18, 2010—Optional conference calls for applicants. Information available on the program’s Web site.
June 30, 2010 (3 p.m. ET)—Deadline for receipt of Stage 1 brief proposals.
September 15, 2010—Applicants notified if invited to submit a full proposal.
November 10, 2010—Deadline for receipt of Stage 2 full proposals.
July 1, 2011—Start of grants.

Total Award:
Up to $5 million is available for the 2011 grant cycle.
Up to 12 matching grants of between $200,000 to $500,000 each will be awarded.

Contact:
Leticia Peguero, deputy director
lpeguero@localfundingpartnerships.org
Office: (609) 275-4128
http://www.localfundingpartnerships.org

Women's Health Free Clinic Project: Expanding Access and Education Request for Proposals

The Reproductive Health Access Project is seeking proposals from medical student-run free clinics to establish or expand their scope of reproductive health care services provided. Up to five grants of $5,000 will be awarded. Technical assistance and mentorship will also be provided. Some examples of the types of programs we are interested in supporting include:

* Initiation of reproductive health exams or pregnancy testing services
* Initiating IUD placement procedures or medication abortions
* Purchase of contraception; provision of emergency contraception
* Expansion of clinical education on family planning and reproductive health for medical students

Applicants must be student-run health centers that provide services at no cost to the patient. To be eligible for this grant, applicants must enter into the project in partnership with a physician or be willing to be matched with a family physician able to educate medical students and supervise reproductive health services. A key criterion in the selection process will be the free clinic’s commitment to sustaining the added training for medical students and services for patients after the grant ends.

Proposals are due May 30, 2010. Applicants will be notified of proposal outcome by August 2010.

If you have any questions, please email womenshealthfreeclinic@reproductiveaccess.org

Reproductive Health Access Project
P.O. Box 21191
New York, NY 10025

P: 917-586-3260
F: 314-584-3260

info@reproductiveaccess.org

 

Request for Proposals: Promoting Partnerships to Strengthen Health Care Reform Advocacy

Northwest Health Foundation believes that all people have the right to access quality, affordable health care. We support organizations working to increase access in Oregon and southwest Washington, both within the current health care system and through a process of grassroots engagement in health reform.

With skyrocketing health care costs and deteriorating access to affordable care, there is agreement both at the national level and throughout Oregon that health care needs to be more affordable, available to everyone, and focused on improved health outcomes. In fact, health care reform, including legislative activity, is a hot issue in both Washington, DC, and here in Oregon. In June of 2009, two bills (HB 2116 and HB 2009) passed during Oregon’s 2009 legislative session which expanded health care coverage to all uninsured children and 35,000 uninsured adults, and created an Oregon Health Authority, which is responsible for streamlining and aligning state health purchasers and programs to maximize efficiency, organize state health policy and health services, and implement health reform policies and programs. HB 2009 also established the Oregon Health Policy Board (OHPB), which serves as the policy-making and oversight body for the Oregon Health Authority and is responsible for improving the health care delivery system (access, cost, quality) as well as improving the health of Oregonians. The OHPB will be developing recommendations the will lead to legislation for the 2011 Legislative Session.

Consequently, there is an important opportunity for health reform advocacy efforts to shape the next phases of health care reform implementation, which may include further expansion of health care coverage, and mechanisms to curb health care costs, create a more efficient, effective health care delivery system, and address health disparities inherent in the current system.

Health Care Reform Advocacy Grant Opportunity

Through this RFP, the Northwest Health Foundation seeks to encourage the voices of those most affected by health care reform to be represented in health care policy discussions. The Foundation will support the various efforts and organizations working to expand access and reform the system—including increasing the presence of diverse voices to highlight health equity in the health reform conversation—with a focus on planning for the 2011 legislative session.

The Foundation is particularly interested in applications that incorporate innovative or unusual partnerships between two or more organizations, and intends for this grant cycle to foster relationships that will strengthen both health care advocacy in the broad sense, as well as individual organizational capacity to engage in this arena. We anticipate that the portfolio of advocacy projects funded through this grant cycle will be diverse both in terms of the types of partnerships supported and the identified health care reform issues.

Specifically, the Foundation is seeking proposals from entities comprised of two or more partners to support health reform advocacy activities which include, but are not limited to, grassroots organizing, public-will building, coalition building and participation, communications and messaging, and policy analysis.

In addition to projects that advocate for further expansion of health care coverage, mechanisms to curb health care costs, and a more efficient, effective health care delivery system, we are also interested in projects that:
• seek to improve health equity, including confronting cultural, economic, or other systemic barriers to accessing quality health care;
• promote prevention and public health integration within health care reform efforts;
• focus on oral health issues; and
• address the unique access needs in rural areas.

The provision of direct health care services will not be funded during this grant cycle.

Grant Amounts and Duration

The Foundation intends to award at least 10 grants of up to $50,000. Projects may last up to 18 months.

Proposal Instructions

Ten sets of the complete application and two sets of the financial statement must be received at the Foundation office no later than 5:00 p.m. on March 15, 2010. Postmarked, faxed or e-mailed proposals will not be accepted. Please send or deliver your application sets to:

Northwest Health Foundation
221 NW Second Avenue, Suite 300
Portland, OR 97209

Key dates: March 15 – Proposals due
June 29 – Applicants informed of decisions
August 1 – Earliest start date for funding

Mattie J. T. Stepanek Caregiving Scholarship

“If all generations of people freely and abundantly give care to others and to our world, we will have an eternal source of love and hope that fulfills the needs of all ages.”

Caregivers are often viewed as expendable resources in systems of care. As a result, many caregivers are overlooked, ill-prepared and some will ultimately burn-out. The Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving promotes the view that family, professional, and paraprofessional caregivers are the most valuable asset in any system of care, and they should be cultivated, preserved, developed, and valued. We believe that with proper training and support caregivers can provide quality, compassionate care at the same time that they maintain their own health, quality of life and sense of purpose. In essence, we believe that the right kind of training and education are protective factors in the lives of caregivers. The purpose of the Mattie J. T. Stepanek Caregiving Scholarship is to provide financial assistance to family, professional, or paraprofessional caregivers of any age who are seeking training or education in specific skills, procedures and strategies that lead to more effective care at the same time that they serve to protect the health and well-being of the caregiver. Four $2,500 scholarships will be awarded.

Applicants should submit the following by June 1, 2010:
• Scholarship application form.
• If applicable, work history and experience, including most recent performance appraisal or letter of support from direct supervisor.
• Education history, including (if applicable) official grade transcripts.
• A resume that includes community and volunteer service experience.
• A statement describing your plans to pursue a specific course of training or education that reflects the purpose of this scholarship as given above. Include links to Mattie Stepanek’s message of hope and the mission of the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving. Do not just copy a quote or statement – we are looking for your personal reflections as they relate to these.
• Two or more letters of recommendation from individuals familiar with the applicant academically, professionally, or within the community

Mail application and materials by June 1, 2010 to:

Laura Bauer Granberry, Director of National Initiatives
Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving
800 GSW Drive
Americus, GA 31709

Rosalynn Carter Leadership in Caregiving Award

Named in honor of a great humanitarian, the Rosalynn Carter Leadership in Caregiving Award is the highest award given in the caregiving field. This award recognizes leadership in implementing innovative partnerships between community agencies and caregiving researchers that bridge the gap between science and practice. These partnerships help move effective caregiver support programs to widespread use in the community more quickly and efficiently.

The award winning team will be announced at the RCI’s National Summit to be held October 20 - 22, 2010 at Georgia Southwestern State University in Americus, Georgia. In addition to a beautiful statuette executed by renowned sculptor Frank Eliscu, designer of the Heisman Trophy, former First Lady Rosalynn Carter will present the team with a cash award of $20,000. This special cash award is to support the team’s efforts in implementing effective caregiver interventions at the community level.

Winning partnerships shall have clearly demonstrated:

• Dedication to developing effective evidence-based caregiver interventions that improve the health and well being of caregivers;
• Collaboration and partnerships between all stakeholders in the caregiving process;
• Potential for developing or more effectively using financial, educational, and
human resources to support caregivers;
• Effective reach into the target population;
• Potential to serve as a model for other individuals, groups, organizations or
communities in efforts to better support caregivers.

Application Deadline July 1, 2010

Mail or Fax nomination form and supporting documents by July 1, 2010 to:

Laura Bauer Granberry, Director of National Initiatives
Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving
800 Georgia Southwestern State University Drive
Americus, GA 31709
FAX: 229-931-2663

2010 AcademyHealth Public Health Systems Research Interest Group: Student Scholarship Call for Applications

Applications are being accepted for Student Scholarships to attend the 2010 Annual Research Meeting and the Public Health Systems Research Interest Group Annual Meeting, June 27-30 in Boston.

Application Deadline: March 15, 2010

Public Health Systems Research (PHSR) is a field of inquiry examining the organization, financing, performance, and impact of health systems defined as the constellation of governmental and non-governmental actors that influence population health, including health care providers, insurers, purchasers, public health agencies, community-based organizations, and entities that operate outside the traditional sphere of health care.

The Student Scholarships recognize graduate students who demonstrate potential to contribute to the field of PHSR through promising research. Scholarship recipients will receive $1,000 to be put toward registration and travel to attend AcademyHealth's Annual Research Meeting (ARM) and the PHSR IG Annual Meeting, June 27-30 in Boston. Additionally, students will have an opportunity to present their research during the PHSR IG Meeting's poster session.

Masters or doctoral students engaged in research that shows potential to advance our understanding of public health systems are encouraged to apply. The Student Scholarships strive to highlight the diversity of research interests that broadly constitute PHSR. The diversity of PHSR is unified in its focus on population health. Thus research, whether inquiries into the organization of public health systems, the relationship between the built environment and the public health system, food safety, chronic disease, emergency preparedness, performance standards, or the quality of public health services, qualifies as PHSR if population health is the objective.

Application Guidelines:
To be considered for this scholarship, students must be enrolled in a masters or doctoral program and engaged in promising research. The Deadline for applications is March 15, 2010. To apply, students must submit the following:

A completed Student Scholarship Form.
An abstract for a poster to be presented at the PHSR Interest Group Meeting. (This research maybe in-progress.) The abstract should include the following sections: Research Objective, Study Design, Population, Findings, Conclusion, and Implications. Please limit each abstract to 500 words, starting the word count with the Research Objective section.
A letter of recommendation from a faculty member or research project director.
The selection committee will judge applicants based on the following criteria:

Quality of research
Potential to contribute to the field of PHSR
Enthusiasm for the field
Support of faculty member or research project director
Instructions for Submitting Applications:

Applications must be received at AcademyHealth by March 15, 2010
Applications may be submitted by e-mail or postal mail
Email to: PHSR@AcademyHealth.org

Mail to:
AcademyHealth
1150 17th St, NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20036
Attention: PHSR Student Scholarship Committee