Justice Squared Teams Call for Proposals

Justice Squared Teams Call for Proposals is sponsored by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. This call for proposals asks healthcare organizations to co-invest with RWJF in building a racially just system.

justice squared teams | JUSTICE SQUARED What Makes the JUSTICE SQUARED Opportunity Special? You receive resources, skill-building and accompaniment over two years. Build trustworthy and trust-restoring relationships and governance between healthcare organizations and communities Create deep and durable change to address a root cause of health inequity, structural racism Creating true structural and systemic change is hard.

We make a complex journey easier to navigate.

A learning pathway that breaks up the work into stages to learn and build your local JUSTICE SQUARED collective process Two shifts we will apply the work to as a way to learn Real world case studies and immersive learning environments A team of skilled faculty and accompaniers from around the nation who bring decades of collective experience in healthcare and community to this work, who understand both where things can get hard and know that real change is possible A pool of curated opportunities to support you on the journey based on the unique needs of your team Access to a wide pool of curated technical assistance partners in everything from technical aspects of system change to address structural racism to building nonviolent communications to racial healing Site visits to bright spots across the nation We create this journey in community.

An asset-based approach that calls in the gifts of doing this work in partnership with communities experiencing inequities Processes and implementation support to build collective leadership in your healthcare organization and community at the local level Immersive community-building through Justice and Equity Leadership Academies (JELAs) Peer groups with other healthcare organizations who are working on the same shifts Affinity groups based on your interests, roles, and identities Mutual aid across our community and with a wider ecosystem of changemakers committed to creating real change We know that to change the world we have to change ourselves.

We build time, tools, and supports for you to reflect at the individual, team, institutional and community level processes and systems–to “see” and “feel” how racism shows up, who it may be disadvantaging, and what it might look like to address it We know everyone will be in a different stage of their equity journey and have built in supports for people to advance wherever they might be, while building a common foundation for everyone.

We offer a “no judgment” brave zone where people and teams can grow while gently helping you to see the blind spots We take both the joy and the justice seriously. We know that this work requires generational change. To sustain ourselves on this journey, it is important to celebrate and to be in joy and community.

We build this into the process. We offer different ways to care for yourself and your team on the journey, from resilience circles to somatic archaeology We celebrate the wins–and the fail forward moments. What matters is not that we get it perfect–what matters is that we engage in this work from a humble posture of learning and are willing to change and be changed.

JUSTICE SQUARED Learning and Action Journey? JUSTICE SQUARED teams will go on a transformation journey that includes five transformational leadership academies to build skills and relationship and five action periods between leadership academies to put the “how” into practice, supported by coaching, webinars, peer support, and virtual resources.

JUSTICE SQUARED Core teams will consist of five (5) multidisciplinary team members across healthcare and community: This core team will be asked to take the BEACON for JUSTICE Team Assessment and will use this tool throughout its journey. What Teams can Expect From JUSTICE SQUARED: A guided and structured journey to address structural racism within their healthcare system through the two shifts.

A team of coaches and mentors who will walk beside them, help them make progress, and connect them to additional resources. An online community of relevant technical assistance resources to help your local collective make progress and sustain themselves. A peer community made up of leading healthcare-community collaborations across the country.

Funding $300,000 over 2 years ($400,000 for safety net institutions). What JUSTICE SQUARED will be Expecting from You: To engage actively in the JUSTICE SQUARED journey, attending at least 80% of all leadership academies. To actively work with coaches and technical assistance supports.

To connect your extended team and local collective to online tools and resources to make progress and engage in joy and resilience activities. Active engagement and support of other teams during peer group activities. Coinvestment of $100,000 for non-safety institutions (see below).

Funding and Co-Investment We are asking healthcare organizations to co-invest with us in building a racially just healthcare organization. Why? Because we believe this work requires long-term commitment and shared investment to do this work.

We recognize that safety net institutions have already been demonstrating this investment through their core model. Teams will receive a grant of $300,000* over the two-year period ($400,000 for safety net institutions) through WE in the World to advance their collective leadership and systems change initiative.

Match for non-safety net institutions: We are asking healthcare organizations to co-invest about $100,000 in matching resources (a combination of financial and in-kind) to support these teams as part of demonstrating readiness and leadership commitment to engage in the process.

For safety net institutions and nonprofits with budgets under $5 million who are serving a disproportionately underserved population with significant health inequities, this match will be provided by JUSTICE SQUARED. For both types of institutions, we are looking for deep executive leadership commitment and active engagement of the entire core team in the JUSTICE SQUARED Journey.

For additional information, check the full Call for Proposals and Budget Guidance Document. * The grant opportunity outlined in this call for applications is contingent upon final funding confirmation from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for such grants. Awards for JUSTICE SQUARED will come directly from WE in the World as the national program office for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for this initiative.

The application process involves several steps and is divided into two phases. Once the application opens, WE in the World will host webinars to provide coaching and technical assistance for applicants designed to provide detailed information about program components, eligibility and team composition, application requirements, key dates, and answer questions. Webinars will be recorded and made available here.

In addition, coaching sessions will be provided to assist with specific application questions. Applications will only be accepted through the program application portal. Please note the key date of December 15, 2024, to register your team in SurveyMonkey .

While you will still be able to apply if you miss this step, registration will allow us to make sure these three members of your team are set up to fill out their parts of the application. PHASE 1 – FOR ALL APPLICANTS Registration in the application portal to indicate potential intent to apply by a subset of core team members (e.g., executive sponsor, healthcare and community co-leads) by December 15th, 2024.

This is highly recommended as it will allow the WE in the World team to offer additional support to these team members, who will each need to fill out a portion of the application. An application describing your full core team, your community, your healthcare organization, past experience tackling structural racism and health inequities, and motivation to engage in JUSTICE SQUARED to be submitted by January 15th, 2025.

The executive sponsor will need to prepare a formal nomination of the healthcare organization, the team, and a letter of support, and community and healthcare co-leads will each need to fill out a portion of the application. Submission of additional letters of support, also due by January 15, 2024: 1-2 letters of support from community organization(s) (beyond the community co-lead) are strongly encouraged.

A letter of support from a broader group at the regional or national level that is familiar with your work is highly encouraged. Finalists will be selected based on review of the above and will be invited to submit applications for PHASE 2 by Feb 19th, 2025. PHASE 2 – FOR FINALISTS ONLY!

Core team interviews with a panel of reviewers, including JUSTICE SQUARED Stewardship Council members, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation staff, and other racial and health equity experts, to take place between March 3rd and March 31st, 2025. Completion of a team self-assessment and action plan, using a special tool called BEACON for Justice, due by April 2, 2025. Submission of a budget by April 2, 2025.

Additional information requested based on Phase 1 submitted information, due April 2, 2025. Applicant Teams will be Chosen Based on the Following Criteria, as Determined by the JUSTICE SQUARED Stewardship Council. Commitment to a collective leadership effort - 20 points Diversity of core team at the interview.

Team roles and responsibilities. Valuing of collective leadership. Quality of team interaction.

Experience and motivation to advance collective leadership- 16 points Past examples of partnership with communities. Experience with addressing challenges and conflicts. Willingness to learn and change.

Ability to facilitate a trustworthy process. Organizational and team readiness to address structural racism through these shifts - 24 points Work done by the organization to address structural racism. Healthcare senior leadership response in the current context.

Support of senior leadership for the team. Connection of the work of the team as it relates to the shift they have chosen with the larger organizational strategy. Willingness to listen and to share data and stories about structural racism as it relates to the shift they are working on with the community.

Stability of the organization. Communities experiencing inequities feel the healthcare system is trustworthy - 20 points Communities experiencing inequities trust the healthcare organization. Shift was chosen with the community.

Trust and facilitation skills held by community co-lead and contributor. Ability of the community co-lead to bring other community members in. Accountability of the healthcare organization to the community.

Motivated to engage in the JUSTICE SQUARED process - 20 points Motivation to engage in JUSTICE SQUARED. Readiness to engage in an intensive collaborative. Willingness to listen and to share data and stories about structural racism as it relates to the shift they are working on with the J2 team and others in the JUSTICE SQUARED collaborative.

Willing to commit the time to not only attend leadership academies, but to fully engage in action period activities Share power and accountability across healthcare and patients/communities experiencing healthcare inequities.

Engage in a guided learning and action journey to change their healthcare organization by shifting: How we measure and account for racism (not just race);or How we remove racism from clinical, operational and administrative diagnostics and algorithms through a guided journey.

Build lasting change by shifting policies and practices and building trustworthy relationships between healthcare and the communities, grounded in joy, love, and justice. In addition, we will seek a balance of teams across healthcare organization type and size, geography, and populations served.

Call for Proposals Released Optional Webinar 1 – Overview of JUSTICE SQUARED Call for Proposals, Application Process, Timeline and Portal overview (all the info you need, in one place) Recording Link! Presentation Link! Optional Webinar 2 – Deep Dive: Forming an Effective Core Team What do we mean by collective leadership?

Structural racism? How can you form an effective core team to address structural racism in your healthcare organization? Recording Link!

Presentation Link! Optional Webinar 3 – Deep Dive: The JUSTICE SQUARED shifts What do we mean by measuring racism? What do we mean by removing racism from our existing clinical, operational and administrative [diagnostic] tools, measures, and algorithms?

Recording Link! Presentation Link! Optional Webinar 4 – Preparing your application Application portal review, scoring rubric review, assessment review: How to use Survey Monkey apply Getting your team registered Recording Link!

Presentation Link! Optional Webinar 5 – Deep Dive: Executive Sponsor Role Recording Link! Presentation Link!

Office hours and application drop-in: Closed Office hours and application drop-in: JUSTICE SQUARED shifts help – join here! Application portal help – Join here! Writing my application – Join here!

Forming your team – Join here Registration for core team leads planning to apply in SurveyMonkey Office hours and application drop-in: JUSTICE SQUARED shifts help – join here! Application portal help – Join here! Writing my application – Join here!

Forming your team – Join here Application Support by appointment Application Review Period – Phase I JUSTICE SQUARED Finalists notified Webinar 6 for All Finalists: Assessing Your Teams Key resource : Assessing the readiness of your team and organization using the JUSTICE SQUARED BEACON tool Facilitators: Soma, Steve & Kristen Office hours to develop budgets and additional application questions with support from WE in the World team (times released to finalists) Webinar 7 for All Finalists: Preparing Your Budgets Overview of Budget Preparation Slides link Key resource : expectations, fiscal sponsorship; vendor registration; payment structure; review of budget template – itemized budget; orientation packet and more time for Q & A.

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