Contact
Diane Hagerman, Manager, Program Development
New Jersey Health Initiatives
856-225-6728
hagerman@njhi.org
2015 Call For Proposals: Applicant Information Session Wednesday, October 29th - Raritan Valley Community College
NJHI: Building a Culture of Health in New Jersey - Communities Moving to Action is intended to further the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's vision of building a Culture of Health in America by supporting communities across our state to take action to address the multiple factors that influence health: health behaviors, social and economic factors, clinical care, and the physical environment.
AGENDA
4:30 p.m. Welcome & Overview
5:00 p.m. Laying Out This Four-Year Program
5:30 p.m. Boundary Spanning Leadership Activities
6:00 p.m. Q & A
AWARDS
- Up to 10 New Jersey communities will receive grants
- Grants of up to $200,000 over four years
- Grantees (or their coalition members) must provide $35,000 in matching funding during the final two years of the grant
- Grantee community coalition representatives will receive full scholarships to attend the Boundary Spanning Leadership Institute (a value of $50,000 per coalition)
- Grants will begin on July 1, 2015
ELIGIBILITY
- Applicant organizations must be located in New Jersey.
- Applications for this initiative must represent a community coalition. For the purpose of this initiative, a community could be a town, township, municipality, city, county, tribe or tribal community, or a region (such as contiguous towns, cities or counties).
- Applicant organizations must be either public entities or nonprofit organizations that are tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and are not private foundations or non-functionally integrated Type III supporting organizations. The Foundation may require additional documentation.
- Examples of applicant organizations include, but are not limited to: local health and human service agencies, K-12 education, colleges and universities, hospital systems, faith based organizations, local government, government agencies or departments, nonprofits or other eligible entities interested in making lasting changes to create a Culture of Health in their community. While the applicant organization will be one entity, grant funding will be used to support coalition team members from multiple organizations, as well as work done by the full coalition.
Click here to download the complete CFP.
Click here for instructions on how to apply.