Upcoming Events
Freebies
Interesting Websites
Funding Opportunities
Upcoming Events:
2002 Healthy Carolinians Certificiation/Recertification Orientation
February 18, 2002 from 8:30 Registration, 9am - 1pm
Transmission
Public Health Training and Information Network Sites in
Beaufort, New Hanover, Fayetteville, Wilson, Raleigh, Winston-Salem, Catawba,
and Sylva.
Contact: Office of Healthy Carolinians (919) 715-4173
or register by emailing us at OHCtraining@netscape.net
16th National Conference on Chronic Disease Prevention
and Control
Cultivating Healthier Communities
February 27 - March 1, 2002
Sheraton Atlanta Hotel, Atlanta Georgia
Cost: $180 before January 31, 2002
Contact: Sharon Kelly (703) 538-1798 or visit
www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/conference
24th Annual Minority Health Conference
Social Determinants of Health: Assembling Pieces
of the Puzzle
March 1, 2002 at the Friday Center in Chapel Hill
Conference will explore the impact of social and environmental
factors on the health of minority populations by presenting the underlying conditions,
examining innovative strategies, and identifying priority areas for future research
and practice.
Contact: UNC- Chapel Hill (919) 966-4032
or visit website at www.sph.unc.edu/oce/mhc
North Carolina Community Assessment Overview
March 28, 2002 via the PHTIN System
Registration 8:30 am, Transmission 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Sites: Elizabeth City, New Hanover, Fayetteville,
Wilson, Raleigh, Chapel Hill, Winston-Salem, Hickory, and Sylva.
An introduction to the new Community Assessment Cycle and Guidebook
Contact: Margie Britnell, Community Assessment Educator, at (919)
733-4983 or register via email at ohctraining@netscape.net
7th Annual Latino Issues Forum
"El Foro Latino"
Saturday, April 6 & Sunday, April 7
NC School of Science & Math, Durham
North Carolina's Largest Annual issue-focused gathering for Latino advocates,
policy makers, business leaders, and all those interested in Latino affairs.
Local and national speakers, Round Table discussions, Workshops, Exhibit Hall,
Site Visits to local community organizations,
Concurrent youth forum for emerging leaders (ages 14- 21), Cultural entertainment,
and more.
Contact: El Pueblo, Inc. at (919) 835-1525 or visit website at www.elpueblo.org
American Indian Health Summit 2002
June 5-6, 2002
Holiday Inn, I-95 in Fayetteville, NC
Contact: NC Commission of Indian Affairs at (919) 733-5998 or vist their
website at: http://www.doa.state.nc.us/doa/cia/indian.htm
Freebies!
Manual: "Developing, Translating and Reviewing Spanish Materials"--
Recommended Standards for State and Local Agencies
http://www.dhhs.state.nc.us/dph/formsmanuals.htm
Interesting Websites
http://census.state.nc.us/
NC State Census Information at-a-glance. You can even create customized reports!
www.nasbhc.org
The website of the National Assembly on School-Based Health Care is dedicated
to promoting accessible, quality school-based primary health and mental
health care for children and youth through interdisciplinary and collaborative
efforts.
http://www.globalhealth.org/
This is the website of the Global Health Council working to promote better health
around the world by assisting all who work for improvement and equity in global
health to secure the information and resources they need to work effectively.
Funding Opportunities
Community Partnerships
Deadline: February 15, 2002
The Community-Campus Partnerships for Health Award is designed to recognize
exemplary partnerships between communities and higher educational institutions
that build on each
other's strengths to improve health professions education, civic responsibility,
and the overall health of communities through strategies such as promoting service-learning
in health professional education, conducting community-based participatory research,
and/or building
broad-based community partnerships. Partnerships may nominate themselves and
need not
be members of CCPH. Nominations are welcome from any country or nation.
Contact:
Stacy L. Holmes
Program Coordinator
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health
Tel: (206) 543-7954
Fax: (206) 685-6747
E-mail: slholmes@u.washington.edu
http://futurehealth.ucsf.edu/ccph/awards.html
Drug Prevention/ Alcohol
Deadline: March 12, 2002
Through its Save the Night program, Amica Mutual Insurance Company is offering
grants to high schools across the United States for planning safe, alcohol-free
post-prom and post-graduation parties. Amica created the Save the Night
program to assist students, parents, and teachers in taking the initiative to
plan and host safe celebrations in order to prevent substance abuse-related
tragedies. The application must include a student poem of 200 words or less
illustrating why teens should avoid drinking and driving, especially on prom
or graduation night. Selected schools will receive $1,000 toward the cost of
the school's post-prom or post- graduation party. Winners will also receive
a "how to" party planning guide and posters to spread the message
about the dangers of drinking and driving.
For complete guidelines and to submit an online application, see the company's
Web site.
Contact:
Amica's Save the Night Program
Patricia O'Hara Tel: (800) 622-6422 ext. 2100
RFP Link: http://www.amica.com/
Health Care Strategies/ Medicaid
Deadline: Various
Through the Medicaid Managed Care Program, a $60 million national initiative
of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
, the Center for Health Care Strategies provides training, technical
assistance, and grants to states, health plans, and consumer groups to help
strengthen publicly financed managed care.
The Medicaid Managed Care Program is making $11 million in funding available
to support innovation and to shape best practices in publicly financed managed
care. CHCS invites proposals under two complementary funding initiatives:
1) Model Demonstration Grants -- CHCS has funding available for up to nine model
demonstration grants of up to $700,000 each across three focus areas: managed
care for
children with special needs; managed behavioral and general health coordination;
and managed long-term care. Applicants must use the three-year model demonstration
grants to develop cross-stakeholder collaborations with states, health plans,
consumer groups, and provider organizations. Funding will be used for planning
and for demonstration sites. Applicants also must be able to provide 50
percent match funding from other resources, including federal funds or in-kind
contributions. Applicants that apply for model demonstration grants must demonstrate
statewide or regional commitment among stakeholders. (statement of Interest
form deadline:
February 15, 2002.)
2) Best Practices Grants -- CHCS will accept proposals of up to $100,000 from
state Medicaid and SCHIP agencies, health plans, consumer organizations, health
services researchers, and policy analysts for best practice projects. These
should identify or develop and test operationally relevant, innovative practices
that address one or more of CHCS' five quality aims. Policy studies funded in
this area may provide analysis of market trends or of federal, state, and health
plan policies, or may take the form of guides documenting best practices
in management and operations of Medicaid and SCHIP managed care. (Proposal
submission deadlines: April 1, 2002; October 1, 2002; June 1, 2002; December
1, 2002; August 1, 2002; and February 1, 2003.)
Contact:
Center for Health Care Strategies
1009 Lenox Drive, Suite 204
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
Tel: (609) 895-8101
E-mail: mail@chcs.org
http://www.chcs.org/grantinfo/mmcp.html
Physical Activity/Older Adults
Deadline: March 15, 2002 (Letter of intent)
Active for Life is a nonprofit program dedicated to research into the best
means of delivering
physical activity programs to large numbers of mid-life and older adults, and
to sustain such programs through existing community institutions. The Active
for Life National Program Office operates out of the Texas A&M University
System Health Science Center, School of Rural
Public Health, with funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Active
for Life plans to award as many as eight grants of up to $1.1 million each for
a four-year period to test the effectiveness of promising interventions designed
to promote physical activity in the general
population of mid-life and older persons at risk because of their sedentary
lifestyles. The program invites applications from local, state, or regional
entities with experience meeting the health and functional needs of populations
of adults age 50 and older. (Although applicants can be affiliated with a national
organization, funding will only be made to local, state, or regional offices.)
Preference will be given to organizations with management teams experienced
in interagency collaboration and with strong administration, training, and supervisory
practices.
Universities and research institutes are not eligible to apply under this initiative.
Contact:
Active for Life National Program Office
School of Rural Public Health
Texas A&M University System Health Science Center
University Park Plaza
1103 University Drive, Suite 100
College Station, TX 77840
Tel: (979) 458-4202
E-mail: activeforlife@srph.tamu.edu
http://www.activeforlife.info/
Policy Development/ Civic Involvement
Deadline: May 1, 2002
The Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy at Duke University has established
the Joel L. Fleishman Fellows in Civil Society with funding from the Atlantic
Philanthropies. The Fleishman Fellows Program is part of a larger Institute
initiative, the Program on Civil Society, which focuses on the changing public
policy roles of philanthropic foundations, in-governmental organizations, social
enterprises, and other organizations and participants in the nonprofit sector.
The Fleishman Fellows Program will provide a select group of leaders from non-governmental
organizations, foundations, and other civil society groups in the United
States and internationally with the opportunity to study in residence at the
Sanford Institute for four-week mini-sabbaticals. While in residence,
fellows will perform research and work with Institute faculty and other Duke
affiliates on issues relating to the development of civil society.
Applicants will be selected based upon their proposed research project and how
they intend to utilize Duke's resources to benefit their professional work in
civil society. Housing and program expenses are covered by the fellowship. In
addition, each fellow will receive a $6,000 stipend and will have access to
the library, research centers, and recreational facilities on the Duke campus.
For more information on the Fleishman Civil Society Fellows and the Program
on Civil Society, contact the program's offices or visit the program's Web site.
Contact:
Amy Hepburn, Program and Research Associate
Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy
Room #121, P.O. Box 90239
Duke University
Durham, NC 27708
Tel: (919) 613-7315
http://www.pubpol.duke.edu/centersandprograms.html
Community Cultural Development
Deadline: May 17, 2002
A program of the Rockefeller Foundation's Creativity & Culture Division, Partnerships Affirming Community Transformation (PACT) is designed to recognize and enhance the critical role that arts and culture play in fostering the health of low-income neighborhoods and communities of color. This highly competitive program supports projects undertaken by artists and other cultural professionals in collaboration with other community members to express identity, concerns, and aspirations through the arts and media, building cultural capacity, and contributing to social change.
In the 2002 funding round, grants will be given to a range of U.S.-based projects
in which community artists or teams use their artistic and organizing skills
to advance the development of an identified community, be it geographic
(e.g., a neighborhood or small town), a community
of interest (e.g., shipyard workers, victims of environmental racism), or any
other affinity (e.g., Latino teenagers,elders who use a senior center). Grant
amounts will range from $10,000 to $50,000 per project per year, depending on
scope and need. Funding requests may cover project periods ranging from twelve
months to three years. The grant application must be made by a tax-exempt organization
that is a partner in the process and which acts in a fiduciary capacity as the
formal grant recipient.
Contact:
PACT, Creativity & Culture Division
Rockefeller Foundation
420 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10018-2702
Tel: (212) 852-8286
http://www.rockfound.org/display.asp?context=3&collection=0&subcollection=0&DocID=482&SectionTypeID=16
Oral Health
Deadline: July 31, 2002
The mission of the ADA Health Foundation, the charitable arm of the American
Dental Association, is to enhance clinical dentistry and, in turn, the oral
health of the American public. The foundation accomplishes this mission by providing
grants for dental research, educational programs, scholarships, and access programs.
The ADAHF's Harris Fund for Children's Dental
Health is a permanent endowment fund dedicated to preventing dental caries and
other oral diseases of children. Under the auspices of the program, competitive
grants in amounts up to $5,000 will be awarded to applicants whose education
and promotion programs are designed to improve children's oral health through
community programs. Proposals seeking an amount of up to $5,000 in cash
will be considered. Eligibility is limited to community-based, not-for-profit,
oral health promotion programs in the United States and its territories.
Contact:
ADA Health Foundation
211 East Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611-2616
Tel: (312) 440-2544
http://www.adahf.org/childgrant.html
Crime Prevention
Deadline: Open
The Criminal Justice Initiative, a program of the Open Society Institute, seeks
to build a more open society by helping to break the cycle of imprisonment and
improve the administration of justice in the United States. The initiative is
currently accepting applications for the following funding programs:
1) The After Prison Initiative provides funding for advocacy efforts that facilitate
the successful community reintegration of former prisoners and prevent recidivism
and re-incarceration. Advocacy activities may include public education, media
campaigns, and organizing; policy-driven research to support such campaigns;
publicizing and institutionalizing successful re-entry programs; litigation
to challenge barriers to reintegration; grassroots organizing and coalition
building for alternative community justice solutions; and leadership development.
2) The Gideon Project Fair Administration of Justice provides grants in four
areas that affect both juveniles and adults in the criminal justice system:
advocacy that promotes increased overnmental support for the defense function
(may include public education and media projects,
grassroots advocacy, defender management training, and litigation challenging
systemic eficiencies in indigent defense); creation of effective networks for
training, oversight, and information-sharing among defense counsel on
the state or national level; expansion of the defense mission to encompass community
concerns about public safety and fair administration of justice; and death penalty
representation and reduction.
The Open Society Institute generally makes grants to tax-exempt organizations as described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. See the Criminal Justice Initiative's Web site for complete guidelines and contact information specific to each of these programs.
Contact:
Open Society Institute
400 West 50th Street
New York, NY 10019
http://www.soros.org/crime/
Respectfully,
Fiorella Horna-Guerra
Coordinator for Training and Resource Development
Office of Healthy Carolinians