AMA Foundation and AmeriCares: Funding Opportunity

The AMA Foundation and AmeriCares have both released Requests for Proposals for two separate grant programs supporting free and charitable clinics. Both grant programs will provide two-year grants of $10,000 to clinics to implement the CDC's Diabetes Prevention Program.

Pre-diabetes is a preventable health condition that increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, heart disease and stroke. Estimates show that 79 million people in the United States have prediabetes, but less than ten percent are aware of their condition. The goal of these programs is to increase the identification of prediabetes among free clinic patients and improve their health-related outcomes.

Please note that while these programs are similar, they have separate application processes, implementation requirements and eligibility guidelines:

• AmeriCares Transforming Prediabetes Care Initiative grant application
• AMA Foundation's Healthy Communities/Healthy America grant application
• Chart comparison of both grant programs 

Interested clinics should carefully review both organizations' programs to determine which opportunity is the best fit for them. Clinics will only be accepted into one of these two programs. The deadline for submitting your application to both programs is September 22, 2014.