The Caring for Denver Foundation is requesting proposals for Community-Centered Solutions & Care Provision.
Donor Name: Caring for Denver Foundation
State: Colorado
City: Denver
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/08/2022
Details:
The aim is to fund trusted community-based mental health and substance misuse supports that prioritize access, cultural relevance, connections, and collaborations.
Priorities
The foundation will prioritize funding for projects and programs that address Denver’s mental health and substance misuse challenges in at least one of the areas below:
- Inclusive Access: Help people access care and support in ways that make sense for them, in places they feel comfortable, and at times that fit their schedules, so they are better able to participate, learn, build skills, and address mental health and substance misuse issues.
- Attention to Fit: Ensure that when people seek care, they feel understood, connected, and respected by those providing care, primarily through culturally affirming care options. Also, ensure the mental health needs of those providing care are supported so they can be at their best as they help others.
- Care Over Time: Improve care transitions, making them easier and more seamless for individuals and families. The goal is to increase stability and minimize the starts and stops in mental health and substance misuse care.
Key Considerations
These considerations are based on additional feedback they gathered through their learning activities specific to Community Centered Solutions and Care Provision funding. Grant decisions will favor programs or projects that include any of the following elements:
- Focus on the strengths of participants
- Demonstrate partnership and trust with impacted communities
- Demonstrate experience working with under-resourced people including, but not limited to, people of color, older adults, individuals with disabilities, and those unhoused or likely to be unhoused.
- Support of those with severe and persistent mental illness
- A focus on substance misuse prevention and treatment
- Coordinate transitions between care, including but not limited to, crisis after-care supports and transitions from inpatient treatment
Eligibility Criteria
- Projects and activities supported by Caring for Denver’s grantmaking must serve or support only residents of the City and County of Denver (“City”). Caring for Denver’s general definition of residency is derived from the State of Colorado Medical Services Board Rule 8.607.1(F) around Areas of Service.
- Applicants can be any nonprofit organization designated by the IRS as tax-exempt under IRC Section 501(c)(3), or under other sections of the U.S. tax code or fiscally sponsored by a 501(c)(3) nonprofit entity. If an organization does not have a 501(c)(3), has a pending 501(c)(3), is not in good standing, and/or does not have at least one year of tax returns and financial statements, it will be required to work with a fiscal sponsor. Applicants may also be an Indian or Native American entity. Government-supported entities, including schools, museums, or libraries, and City and County of Denver or State of Colorado agencies are eligible to apply.
For more information, visit Caring for Denver Foundation.