Empowering Communities 2024

Toledo & Lucas County Grant Challenge

Accepting proposals until FRIDAY JUNE 14 at 11:59pm EST

TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY GRANT CHALLENGE 

The Empowering Communities Grant Challenge opportunity will provide funding for innovative solutions to unique community challenges that involve the social determinants of health in Toledo and Lucas County. The process consists of three stages: 

  • Request for Proposal (RFP) process 

  • Implementation Phase 

  • Assessment and Replicability 


FOCUS 
The CareSource Foundation invests in nonprofit organizations that focus on the social determinants of health—those conditions that have significant positive or negative impact on overall quality of life. They define it in terms of the broad areas of: 

  • Eliminating poverty/economic stability 

  • Access to health care services 

  • Addressing critical health trends to build or rebuild healthy communities 

  • Positive birth outcomes 

  • Domestic violence/child abuse 

  • Access to economic and job opportunities 

  • Sustainable housing solutions 

  • Population health issues 

  • Transportation disparities 

  • Mental and behavioral health 

  • Health and cultural literacy 


CRITERIA 
The Empowering Communities project must contain elements that meet community needs including: 

  • Innovative approach to a pressing community need; 

  • Engaged community with proven support of direction; 

  • Partnerships that will help drive the solution to fruition and/or ensure its success; 

  • Connect directly to the Social Determinants of Health focus; 

  • Proposed measures for success and potential for replicability; 

  • Requesting organization must be a member in good standing of OCDCA; 

  • Financial integrity that meets the standards of the OCDCA review team; 

  • Applicant’s past performance with OCDCA opportunities may be taken into consideration.