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Partnerships for Health Initiative
(New Funding Opportunity)
The Colorado Trust has announced a statewide funding opportunity under its new Partnerships for Health initiative. The five-and-a-half-year (2006-2011), $8.6 million effort will support up to 14 new or existing community health partnerships - consisting of local health departments, county nursing services, community-based organizations and other interested organizations, businesses and community members - to improve the coordination of health services at the community level. Under this initiative, each partnership will be asked to identify a Healthy People 2010 focus area important to its community, and will then develop and implement a coordinated plan to address that health issue.
The Request for Proposals for the Partnerships for Health Initiative is now available. Completed proposals are due to The Trust on November 17, 2005. To request that a print copy of this RFP be mailed to you, please call 303-837-1200.
An independent evaluation of this initiative is being conducted by TriWest Group of Boulder, under the direction of Jesús Sanchez, PhD. The purpose of the evaluation is to examine the process of building community partnerships and to identify factors that lead to increased coordinated health over the life of the initiative and beyond. In order to examine the sustainability of the partnerships, the evaluation will continue two years beyond the end of the initiative. In addition, Healthy People 2010 outcomes, as selected by grantees, will be tracked and linkages explored between the outcomes and the strength of the partnerships.
For additional information about the Partnerships for Health Initiative, contact Susan Downs-Karkos, Senior Program Officer, susan@coloradotrust.org. For information about the evaluation, contact Nancy Csuti, Director of Evaluation, nancy@coloradotrust.org.
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