Check out multiple funding opportunities just e-mailed to us by our community partner, Saving Our Legacy for African Americans For Smoke Free Safe Places – The SOL Project (http://www.thesolproject.com)
Asthma Preventive Services funding available
The California Department of Health Care Services awarded the Asthma Mitigation Program contract to The Center at Sierra Health Foundation. This statewide program will provide $12 million in funding and technical assistance for organizations that are providing asthma home visiting programs in California. Grants up to $500,000 are available for community-based organizations, local health departments, community-based health care providers or Medi-Cal managed care organizations that will work on specific culturally and linguistically appropriate asthma home visiting services, education and environmental mitigation.
Deadline: April 28, 2020 at 1 p.m.
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Innovation + Intersections Program (California Arts Council)
The Innovations + Intersections (I+I) program is rooted in the California Arts Council’s (CAC) understanding that the arts can provide innovative strategies to respond to society’s most pressing opportunities and concerns. The CAC has created this pilot grant category to support innovative projects that use arts and culture-based approaches to respond to systemic issues that affect Californians.
Deadlines:
LOI Submission Deadline: April 14, 2020
Finalist Application Deadline: July 22, 2020
Grant Activity Period: November 1, 2020-October 31, 2023
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Community and Economic Enhancement Grant Program
The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy announced the opening of their new Community and Economic Enhancement Grant Program. They are accepting concept proposals on a rolling basis. For more information and to download the concept proposal template, please visit the Conservancy’s Prop 68 webpage.
Deadline: None
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Health Center Program Grant Funding
Public and private non-profit health care organizations may apply to receive funding. The application package (also called application guidance or application instructions) includes detailed instructions, required forms and/or links to them, and complete information on program requirements. New Access Points Grants provide funding to support new service delivery sites that will provide comprehensive primary health care and access to oral and mental health services. Applicants can be existing grantees or new organizations that do not currently receive section 330 grant funds.Public and private non-profit health care organizations are encouraged to apply.
Deadline: No deadline listed
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RFA-MD-20-006
The purpose of the Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI) Program is to expand the national capacity for research in the health sciences by providing cooperative agreement support to institutions that offer doctorate degrees in the health professions or in a health-related science and have a historical and current commitment to educating underrepresented students, and for institutions that deliver health care, and provide clinical services to medically underserved communities.
Deadline: April 14, 2020
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SMUD’s “Powering Futures” Scholarships
The value of education and the impact it has on our lives, our families, and our communities is measured by the strength of our community and success of our society. We are proud to offer Powering Futures, a special program that awards scholarships totaling up to $60,000 each year. As many as 21 local Sacramento students may individually receive up to $5,000 in scholarships.
Scholarship details
We’re excited you’re interested in our “Powering Futures” scholarship. Applications will be accepted Feb. 24 – April 17, 2020. Read scholarship details below.
Minimum requirements
• Be a current high school senior or graduate; have earned a GED certificate; or currently be a postsecondary undergraduate student.
• Have a minimum GPA of 3.0, based on a 4.0 scale.
• Plan to enroll in an accredited 2 or 4-year college/university in the U.S. in the fall of 2020.
• Be a SMUD customer living in SMUD’s service area, or have a SMUD customer as a legal guardian.
Awards will be based on merit and financial need with a preference for students with a major relevant to SMUD. Not open to SMUD employees or their relatives.
Deadline: April 17, 2020
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California Advancing Wellness Grant Program
Grants for nonprofit organizations in California working in the areas of healthcare, healthy and safe neighborhoods, education and employment, and health policy. Grant making focuses on the health needs of traditionally underserved populations, including low-income individuals, people of color, youth, and residents of rural areas.
Deadline: None listed
