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Community Health Improvement Grants is sponsored by Virginia Mason Franciscan Health (VMFH). The VMFH Community Health Improvement Grants program partners with nonprofit organizations to improve health and quality of life in communities served, focusing on vulnerable and underserved populations.
Projects should address prioritized significant needs in the local hospital's Community Health Needs Assessment, such as access to health care, chronic disease prevention, behavioral health, and violence prevention. Projects must include two or more collaborating partners.
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Virginia Mason Franciscan Health grants address community challenges | Washington State Hospital Association Virginia Mason Franciscan Health grants address community challenges Earlier this year, Virginia Mason Franciscan Health (VMFH) awarded $1. 7 million to 24 local nonprofit organizations tackling some of our region’s most pressing health challenges.
The 2024 Community Health Improvement Grants program supports nonprofits as they improve access to care, behavioral health, chronic disease prevention and violence prevention. Serving underrepresented and underserved populations is a key goal of VMFH’s grants. “We want to give back by partnering with local organizations and nurturing the health and quality of life in communities we serve,” said Ketul J.
Patel, chief executive officer of Virginia Mason Franciscan Health and President of CommonSpirit Health’s Northwest Region. “The Community Health Improvement Grants program helps us serve, advance health equity and demonstrate our values. ” Funded by contributions from eight VMFH hospitals and in partnership with CommonSpirit Health, the program selected the grantees from across communities VMFH serves.
Regional Director of Community Health Doug Baxter-Jenkins spoke to the importance of spending in the community. “We’re investing and building capacity into partners who are reducing health disparities. These projects increase social support, access to basic needs and ultimately lives saved.
” Awardee Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) raised equitable access to care by training culturally competent medical interpreters to work within their own communities. PLU’s Office of Continuing Education has developed an online, state-approved Spanish language Medical Interpretation course and is delivering it at no cost to three cohorts of 15 students selected from the South Sound.
Upon completion, students are prepared to take the state exam (fees paid by the grant funds) and support local needs. Thirty students have already graduated and can begin work as Spanish medical interpreters.
This year’s awardees include: Communities in Schools of Lakewood Key Peninsula Healthy Community Kitsap Immigrant Assistance Center Multicultural Child and Family Hope Center Nourish Pierce County Food Banks Pacific Lutheran University Pike Market Senior Center & Food Bank Plateau Outreach Ministries Rainier Foothills Wellness Foundation Resilient in Sustaining Empowerment Seattle Center Foundation Step By Step Family Support Center Tacoma SEED – Hilltop Urban Gardens YMCA of Pierce and Kitsap Counties Grant applications are open for 2025 and awardees will be selected in November of this year.
For more information on the Community Health Improvement Grants program, visit vmfh. org/community-grants . ( Kelly Akers )
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: The lead applicant must be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Projects are funded for one year. Ineligible proposals include unrestricted general operating support, event sponsorships, activities less than nine months, capital projects, lobbying, or political campaigns. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows $20,000 - $100,000. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Community Health Improvement Grants is funded by Virginia Mason Franciscan Health (VMFH). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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