2026 Community Health Grant Program is a grant from the Georgia Healthy Family Alliance (GHFA) that funds health-focused projects by Georgia-based nonprofits. GHFA offers two funding tracks: Immediate Needs grants of up to $1,000 address urgent health situations, while Community Health grants of up to $5,000 support planned, longer-term community health projects.

Applications are submitted through Georgia Academy of Family Physicians (GAFP) members, and funding comes from philanthropic donations to GHFA. The program has collectively awarded over $1,000,000 and is designed to serve underserved communities across Georgia through sustained health programming.

Grants | Georgia Healthy Family Alliance Helping Family Physicians Help Their Communities Small Grants That Make a Big Impact With over $1,000,000 awarded in grants, GHFA is moving the needle on access to healthcare in Georgia. We offer grants in two categories: Immediate Needs and Community Health. Fast, flexible support for urgent or unexpected health needs.

Funding for planned, longer-term community health projects. GAFP members, residents, and students GAFP members, residents, and students Rolling review / rapid response Multiple cycles each year — see current deadlines below Apply for Immediate Needs ▸ Apply for Community Health ▸ Both programs are funded through donations to the Georgia Healthy Family Alliance (GHFA), the philanthropic arm of the Georgia Academy of Family Physicians.

Interested in contributing? Donate today! Immediate Needs Grants provide fast, flexible funding for urgent or unexpected health needs identified by Georgia family physicians and their communities.

Awards up to $1,000 support local projects that require quick action—from medical supplies to emergency outreach. Apply for Immediate Needs Grant Applications must be submitted by GAFP members, not individuals or clinics. Watch GHFA president Dr. Patrick “PJ” Lynn talk about the Immediate Needs Grants program as it got awarded Program of the Year by AAFP in 2020.

Examples of Funded Projects Description text goes here For more information contact Kara Sinkule at ksinkule@gafp. org or call (404) 3 21-7445. Apply for Immediate Needs Grant Applications must be submitted by GAFP members, not individuals or clinics.

Community Health Grants fund projects that create long-term, sustainable health impact in Georgia communities. Grants up to $5,000 are awarded twice a year to GAFP-member-sponsored organizations working on education, prevention, and access to care. Download Budget Worksheet Apply for Community Health Grant Applications must be submitted by GAFP members, not individuals or clinics.

Watch GAFP member Dr. Gulshan Harjee talk about how the Clarkston Community Health Center has helped patients in her community thanks to funding from the GHFA Community Health Grants program. The Georgia Healthy Family Alliance (GHFA) is seeking applications for its 2026 Community Health Grant Program which provides grants up to $5,000 each for projects addressing healthcare needs in Georgia.

To be eligible, applicants MUST be a current Medical Student, FM Resident or Active/Life Member of the Georgia Academy of Family Physicians (GAFP). Grants will not be awarded to fund research projects, conference attendance or political campaigns. Grant funds must be designated to an entity, not directly to an individual member.

GHFA prohibits prescribed indirect (F&A) costs outside of the approved application budget. Applicants are limited to one grant award per year. Applicants are limited to one grant award per year.

Grants will be funded up to $5,000 during a 12 month grant cycle. Money requested from GHFA must stay within the guidelines of at least 70% for program services with a maximum of 30% for staff and administration. Grants will not be made to accomplish fundraising or administrative work, although up to 30% of administrative costs may be covered within the context of a particular philanthropic project.

The application must address health care needs of the local community and/or Georgia. No requests will be approved for conference attendance. No current GHFA Board Trustees are eligible to apply.

Requests for Continued Funding for Same/Similar Projects: Good programs need continued funding and there is no limit on the number of times that a similar grant project can receive funding from the GHFA. However, there is the expectation that the program will continue to develop, expand, or be enhanced in some way in order to justify continued grant consideration.

Applicants submitting a grant application for the same or similar project that previously received funding will be required to complete Part 4 of the application. Only one award per project will be approved per year.

Examples of Funded Projects Past Community Health Grant Recipients include: Brian DeLoach, MD/ The Hearts and Hands Clinic /Statesboro, GA – $4,800 Currently Hearts and Hands Clinic is the only provider of free healthcare services to the underinsured in Bulloch County.

The project goal is to increase services to the underinsured adult population including purchase of diabetic supplies, women’s examination supplies and emergency pharmaceuticals that are prescribed but not covered by Medbank. Funds will also be used to begin implementation of electronic medical records in order to improve patient health and safety and provide greater administrative accuracy and efficiency.

Charles White, DO /Community Helping Hands Clinic / Cleveland, GA $5,000 The Community Helping Hands Clinic is the sole provider of free healthcare to uninsured, low-income adults in White County. At the present time, the clinic operates with three old donated desktop computers. This equipment has become slow and inefficient, frequently “crashing” and the scheduling software can only run on one of their computers.

The $5,000 Community Health Grant will enable the clinic to install new modern computers and new appointment scheduling software on five networked computers and improve care for all current and future patients. Ambar Kulshreshtha,MD/Emory Fam Medicine/ Simple Seven for a Healthy Heart, $5,000 Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a leading cause of death and disability in Georgia, accounting for more than 30 percent of all deaths.

The death rate from CVD in Georgia is higher than the national rate. Georgia is also part of the “stroke belt” with stroke mortality 17 percent higher than the rest of the United States. Despite this, more than 2.

3 million (33 percent) adults in Georgia do not know the modifiable risk factors for CVD. With a $5,000 grant this project aims to assess the knowledge of CVD risk factors in an underserved community in the Greater Atlanta area specifically targeting minority groups such as African-Americans and Hispanics.

In this identified community, they plan to increase awareness of CVD risk factors and goals and promote self-monitoring and seeking treatment for poorly controlled factors. The overarching goal of this project is to improve the cardiovascular health of an underserved area in Greater Atlanta.

Leonard Reeves, MD/ Sweethearts No More- Rome Free Clinic, $5,000 Sweethearts No More is aimed at the diabetic population of the Free Clinic of Rome. Diabetic patients are considered to be at the same risk as a patient who has already had their first heart attack.

The Rome Free Clinic provides basic primary care to uninsured residents of Floyd, Chattooga, and Polk Counties who have no other access to health care (uninsured and family incomes of 200% or less of the Federal Poverty Guidelines.) Of the approximately 550 unduplicated patients enrolled, approximately 75 percent are treated for hypertension and approximately 50% of those patients also have Type 2 Diabetes.

The key to preventing heart disease in the diabetic population is the control of three aspects of their life; Blood pressure, Cholesterol and Blood sugar. With the $5,000 grant and education and monitoring elements of this project the clinic aims to impact the lives of these patients that otherwise would have no health care resources much less preventative care.

These are only a few of the great programs your colleagues are lending their talents and time to statewide. Please consider making a contribution so the Georgia Healthy Family Alliance can continue to support important projects like those listed above. Make your contribution online or email ksinkule@gafp.

org . For more information contact Kara Sinkule at ksinkule@gafp. org or call (404) 3 21-7445.

Download Budget Worksheet Apply for Community Health Grant Applications must be submitted by GAFP members, not individuals or clinics. of Georgians reached annually These programs are made possible by your generous contribution. Dr. Maria Bramhall with Immediate Needs Grant recipient, January 2025 Georgia Healthy Family Alliance 3760 LaVista Road, Suite 100 Registered 501(c)(3) EIN 58-6212478.

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