Title: Initiative to Reduce Avoidable Hospitalizations among Nursing Facility Residents

Award Amount: Between $5 million to $30 million

Award Period: 4 years

Eligibility: Applications will be considered from the following entities that demonstrate the capacity to adequately implement the types of initiatives sponsored by this program:

·         Organizations that provide care coordination, case management, or related services;

·         Medical care providers, such as physician practices;

·         Health plans;

·         Public or not-for-profit organizations, such as Aging and Disability Resource Centers, Area Agencies on Aging,  Behavioral Health Organizations, Centers for Independent Living, universities, or others; and

·         Integrated delivery networks, if they extend their networks to include unaffiliated nursing facilities

Applicants are required to submit a letter(s) from the State Medicaid director and Medicaid survey and certification director expressing support for the application and agreeing to engage in a memorandum of understanding upon selection.

Program Scope/Description: Under this program, CMS will select eligible organizations to test a series of evidence-based clinical interventions. The goal of these interventions is to improve the health and health care among nursing facility residents and ultimately reduce avoidable inpatient hospital admissions. Interventions will have the following objectives:

·         Reduce the frequency of avoidable hospital admissions and re-admissions;

·         Improve resident health outcomes;

·         Improve the process of transitioning between inpatient hospitals and nursing facilities; and

·         Reduce overall health care spending without restricting access to care or choice of providers

Link to Full Program Announcement: http://innovation.cms.gov/initiatives/rahnfr/

Application Deadlines:

·         Notice of Intent to Apply due April 30, 2012

·         Full Application due June 14, 2012

Award Amount:  Typical award range: $20,000 - $30,000

Program Scope: Grants will be awarded to nonprofits conducting direct service, advocacy, and education concerning elders, as well as training programs for professionals working with elders and research into the causes of and solutions for significant problems experienced by older adults.

Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit organizations throughout the United States that focus on advocacy, research, or continuing education and training related to older adults. Direct services requests will be considered from Missouri applicants.

Funding Cycles:

   Next funding cycle closes May 1

   Other funding cycles close February 1 and August 1

For additional information, click here

Title: Graduate Nurse Education Demonstration

Award Amount: Participating eligible hospitals will be paid for the reasonable costs attributable to the increased number of APRN students enrolled in partner Schools of Nursing relative to an established baseline. The payment under this Demonstration will reimburse hospitals only for the costs attributable to the clinical training component of the APRN degree requirements.

Award Period: 4 years

Eligibility: The organization eligible to apply for the GNE Demonstration is an “eligible hospital” as defined below that has a written partnership agreement with one or more applicable Schools of Nursing and two or more non-hospital Community-based Care Settings (CCSs).

·         Hospitals: An eligible hospital applicant means an individual hospital (as defined in subsection (e) of Section 1861 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x)) or a Critical Access Hospital (as defined in subsection (mm)(1) of that section) that has a current valid CMS Certification Number (CCN) and submits a Medicare Hospital Cost Report. Hospitals that are multi-campus hospitals, with one entity submitting a hospital cost report for multiple campuses, will be allowed to participate in the Demonstration. CMS will only make direct payments for up to five eligible hospitals under the GNE Demonstration.

For more information on eligibility requirements refer to the RFA – page 6.

Program Scope/Description: The purpose of the Demonstration is to increase the supply of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses in order to provide access to healthcare professional services for the increasing number of Medicare beneficiaries. Under the Demonstration, participating hospitals will receive reasonable reimbursement for the cost of providing clinical training to APRN students. Participating eligible hospitals will coordinate with academic and provider entities to provide clinical training to APRN students in the following four APRN specialties:

·         Clinical nurse specialist;

·         Nurse practitioner;

·         Certified registered nurse anesthetist; and

·         Certified nurse midwife

Link to Full Program Announcement: http://innovation.cms.gov/initiatives/gne/

Application Deadlines: May 21, 2012

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Title: Farmers’ Market Promotion Program (FMPP)

Award Amount: $5,000-$100,000 ($10 million total available for 2012)

Program Scope/Description:  Grant funding is available for marketing operations such as farmers markets, community supported agriculture and road-side stands. The grants aim to increase the availability of local agricultural products in communities throughout the county. They will also help strengthen farmer-to-consumer marketing efforts. 

Eligible applicant organizations include:

Eligible entities include (written proof of eligibility must be included in the application for all entities, such as official articles of incorporation from the IRS or state government):

Priority is given to initiatives in food deserts (http://www.ers.usda.gov/Data/FoodDesert/fooddesert.html) and low income communities.

Link to Full Program Announcement: http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/getfile?dDocName=STELPRDC5097653

Application Deadlines: May 21, 2012

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Title: Nurse Education, Practice, Quality, and Retention (NEPQR)-Interprofessional Collaborative Practice

Award Amount: Up to $500,000 a year to fund approximately 20 grantees

Award Period:  three (3) years of support

Eligibility: Eligible applicants are accredited schools of nursing, health care facilities, or a partnership of such a school and facility. Nursing school applicants must be accredited by a national accrediting agency or state approval agency.

Program Scope/Description:  For 2012, the NEPQR Program will solicit projects that create and/or expand Interprofessional Collaborative Practice (IPCP) environments where nurses and other professional disciplines join together to provide comprehensive healthcare services for patients and their families.  The goal of this solicitation is to strengthen nursing’s capacity to advance the health of patients, families and communities by supporting the development and implementation of innovative practice models that use collaborative interprofessional teams comprised of nurses and other health professionals.  Projects that (1) cultivate practice environments in which emergent nurse leaders have an opportunity to demonstrate leadership in interprofessional team building, collaborative problem-solving and care-coordination, (2) provide interprofessional clinical training opportunities for nursing students, and (3) demonstrate innovation in IPCP will be deemed highly competitive.

Match Requirement: Cost Sharing/Matching is not required for the NEPQR program.

Link to Full Program Announcement: 

https://grants.hrsa.gov/webExternal/FundingOppDetails.asp?FundingCycleId=2428200F-27D6-472D-9C94-D57EBA581FB4&ViewMode=EU&GoBack=&PrintMode=&OnlineAvailabilityFlag=&pageNumber=&version=&NC=&Popup=

 Application Deadlines: May 29, 2012

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Title: Childhood Obesity Prevention

Award Amount:

• Standard Grants not to exceed $1,000,000 a year for up to 5 years (3 awards expected)
• Conference and Food and Agricultural Science Enhancement (FASE) grants must adhere to the guidelines

Eligible applicant organizations include:

• College and Universities
• Land-Grant Institutions
• Hispanic-serving agricultural colleges and universities

Program Scope/Description:  The grant initiative services to generate new knowledge of the behavioral, social and/or environmental facts that influence childhood obesity and use this information to develop and implement effective family, peer, community and/or school-based interventions for preventing overweight and obesity and promoting healthy behaviors in adolescents (ages 15-19 years). Behavior should be defined in a broad sense to include individual patterns of behavior and how individuals respond to others and the environment.  All projects should address some aspect of food consumption. It is expected that the project team will have appropriate training and experience in a multiple disciplines. Nutrition expertise is essential.

Applications will only be accepted for integrated research, education, and extension projects. An Integrated Project includes at least two of the three functions of the agricultural knowledge system (i.e., research, education, and extension) within a project, focused around a problem or issue. A project is optimally integrated if the components complement each other. 

Match Requirement: None

Link to Full Program Announcement: http://www.nifa.usda.gov/funding/rfas/pdfs/12_afri_child_obes_prevent.pdf

Application Deadlines:  June 5, 2012

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Title: Community Economic Development Projects in collaboration with Healthy Food Financing Initiative

Award Amount: $800,000 maximum per project

Program Scope/Description:  This year, in coordination with the Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI), the CED program will provide up to $10 million of this funding to Community Development Corporations (CDCs) for projects designed to increase access to fresh, affordable, nutrition food to residents of food deserts by developing retail outlets (e.g., grocery stores, small retailers, corner stores, farmers markets) and by building or expanding healthy food infrastructure (e.g., enhanced supply chains, food hubs) that will make fresh affordable nutritious food available in these areas.  The initiative is seeking to fund projects that will implement innovative strategies for revitalizing communities and eliminating food deserts while achieving sustainable employment and business opportunities for low income individuals.

Eligible applicant organizations include:

To be eligible for the CED program, an applicant must be a community development corporation. To be a CDC, an organization must meet three conditions:

The organization must be a private, nonprofit with 501(c)(3) or non-501 (c)(3) status;

The organization must have articles of incorporation, bylaws. Or other official documents demonstrating that the CDC has a primary purpose of planning, developing, or managing low-income housing or community development activities; and

The Board of directors of the organization must have representation from community residents, business leaders, and civic leaders.

Note: The CDC designation does not need to be specified on any official documents as long as the three requirements are met.

Match Requirement: None

Link to Full Program Announcement: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/foa/view/HHS-2012-ACF-OCS-EE-0274

Application Deadlines: June 5, 2012

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Title: Primary and Behavioral Health Care Integration

Award Amount: Maximum of $400,000 per year

Award Period: Up to 4 years

Eligibility: Only qualified community mental health programs, as defined under section 1913(b)(1) of the Public Health Services Act are eligible to apply. Grants will not be awarded to for-profit agencies.

Program Scope/Description: The purpose of this program is to establish projects for the provision of coordinated and integrated services through the co-location of primary and specialty care medical services in community-based mental and behavioral health settings. The goal is to improve the physical health status of adults with serious mental illnesses (SMI) who have or are at risk for co-occurring primary care conditions and chronic diseases, with the objective of supporting the triple aim of improving the health of those with SMI; enhancing the consumer’s experience of care (including quality, access, and reliability); and reducing/controlling the per capita cost of care. Applicants should provide evidence of collaborative agreements with primary care agencies, settings, and/or entities when appropriate. Grantees are expected to serve at minimum of 200 clients in Year 1; 375 clients in Year 2; 475 clients in Year 3; and 600 clients in Year 4.                               

Link to Full Program Announcement: http://www.samhsa.gov/grants/2012/SM-12-008.pdf

Application Deadline: June 8, 2012

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Title: Farm to School Grant Program 

Award Amount: Up to $3.5 million available

Planning grants expected to range from $20,000-$45,000 (make up 25% of total awards)

Implementation grants are expected to range from $65,000-100,000 (make up 75% of total awards) 

Eligible entities must choose between a planning or implementation grant; only one application per entity is permitted.

Program Scope/Description:  The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act established a Farm to School program to assist eligible entities in implementing farm to school programs that improve access to local foods in eligible schools. Competitive grants can be used for training, supporting operations, planning, purchasing equipment, developing school gardens, developing partnerships, and implementing farm to school programs. The funding gives highest priority to funding projects that:

• Make local food products available on the menu of the eligible school;

• Serve a high proportion of children who are eligible for free or reduced price lunches;

• Incorporate experiential nutrition education activities in curriculum planning that encourage the participation of school children in farm and garden-based activities;
• Demonstrate collaboration between eligible schools, nongovernmental and community based organization, agricultural producer groups, and other community partners;
• Include adequate and participatory evaluation plans;
• Demonstrate the potential for long-term program sustainability;

Implementation grants are intended to help scale or further develop existing farm to school initiatives. Applicants will be well on their way to executing fully integrated programs, where cafeteria changes are supported and reinforced throughout the school learning environment.

Eligible applicant organizations include:

Planning grants:

Eligible schools: K-12 School Food Authorities (SFA) that participate in the National School Lunch or Breakfast Programs. K -12 nonprofit private schools, charter school and other that participate in the National School Lunch

Implementation Grants:

Eligible schools: K-12 School Food Authorities (SFA) that participate in the National School Lunch or Breakfast Programs. K -12 nonprofit private schools, charter school and other that participate in the National School Lunch or Breakfast Programs but are not associated with an SFA are also eligible to apply.

State and local agencies

Non-profit entities

Agricultural producers or groups of agricultural producers

Match Requirement: Applicants must provide at least 25% of the costs of the grant project (cash or in-kind), the Federal share of this grant cannot exceed 75% of the total cost of the project.

Link to Additional Information and Full Program Announcement:

http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/F2S/f2_grant_program.htm

Other:  Two webinars are scheduled to provide training on how to submit an RFA and address questions regarding the application process:

Thursday, May 15th, 1:00 EST Implementation Grants

Thursday, May 17th, 1:00 EST Planning Grants

Application Deadlines: June 15, 2012

Award Amount: Maximum $175,000 per year

Award Period: 3 years

Eligibility: The following entities are eligible to apply for this opportunity:

• Nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status;
• Small, minority, and women-owned businesses (non-profit only);
• Universities/colleges;
• Research institutions;
• Hospitals;
• Community-based and faith-based organizations;

Please note that any for-profit entities are not eligible for this opportunity.

Program Scope/Description: The purpose of the cooperative agreement is to develop and implement programs designed to increase adolescent immunization rates through healthcare provider partnerships. The intent of this announcement is to solicit applications from healthcare provider groups to provide strong, effective actions designed to increase adolescent immunization rates. Proposed activities should address areas found to be contributing to low coverage. These areas include, but are not limited to:

• Improving provider endorsement of recommended vaccines by providing strong recommendations to parents;
• Reducing missed opportunities, especially by administering all indicated vaccines during the same visit;
• Increasing parental awareness and acceptance of adolescent vaccines, including addressing myths and misconceptions;
• Implementing evidence-based practices to improve coverage such as: standing orders, changes in practice flow and procedures, use of Immunization Information Systems and “reminder-recall” systems               

Link to Full Program Announcement: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=168713

Application Deadlines:  June 15, 2012

Title: Increasing Adult Immunization Rates through Healthcare Provider Partnerships

Award Amount: Approximately $175,000 per year

Award Period: 3 years

Eligibility: The following entities are eligible to apply for this opportunity:

• Nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status;
• Small, minority, and women-owned businesses (non-profit only);
• Universities/colleges;
• Research institutions;
• Hospitals;
• Community-based and faith-based organizations;
• Please note that any for-profit entities are not eligible for this opportunity.

Program Scope/Description: The purpose of the cooperative agreement is to develop and implement programs designed to increase adult immunization rates through healthcare provider partnerships. The aim is to bring about measurable increases in the number of providers assessing vaccination needs for their patients and recommending vaccination for their patients. This announcement solicits applications from professional healthcare provider groups that predominantly see adult patients to improve medical provider knowledge about vaccines for adults and increase provider recommendations for vaccinations to their patients.

Link to Full Program Announcement: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=168714 

Application Deadline: June 15, 2012

SEARCHING FOR FEDERAL GRANT OPPORTUNITIES

It is anticipated that over $500 million be available for investment in community health, prevention and public health programs through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in FY11. Many of these opportunities may be in the areas of Primary Care or Patient Centered Medical Home;  Mental Health and/or Substance Abuse;  Healthy and Active Communities; Tobacco Cessation. Organizations should consider preparing concept papers around these ideas.

When funding is available and an agency is ready to accept applications, the agency will issue an official notice, known as a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), which will be available on Grants.gov. Grants.gov search features allow you to tailor your search, seeking opportunities that may fit your organization.