Invitation for grant requests in honor of National Health Center Week, 2010

As a nonprofit organization, Kaiser Permanente Colorado's mission is to improve the health of its members and the communities they serve. They invest in our communities because health is a human condition that affects us all. Kaiser Permanente recognizes that Safety Nets are essential community partners in the shared goal of improving the health of individuals and communities, and are committed to supporting them in a variety of ways including strategic grant making.

In celebration of National Health Center Week, they are announcing approximately half a million dollars ($500,000) in funding available for grants to specifically support Safety Net partners, federally qualified health centers and community funded health centers. Individual grants will range from $10,000 to $100,000, based on the project.

Although this is an open invitation program, organizations must apply for funding and demonstrate a need in one of the following four areas:

1. Quality Improvement
2. Capacity Building
3. Knowledge Dissemination
4. Community Integration

To apply, applicants will submit a Safety Net grant application by no later than September 6, 2010.

Safety Net clinics eligible for Safety Net grant funding:

• Federally qualified primary care Community Health Clinics
• Non-Federally qualified primary care Community Health Clinics
• Community Health Clinics Primary Care Associations
• Primary Care residency programs

Geographic reach for the grants must include, but are not limited to, these communities’ surrounding areas:

• Greeley
• Fort Collins
• Longmont
• Boulder
• Denver
• Colorado Springs
• Pueblo

If you have questions please feel free to contact Sylvia Kamau-Small at 303.344.7304 or sylvia.kamau-small@kp.org.