Funding Opportunities
Purpose
What Grant Opportunities Are There?
Grant Writing Resources
Purpose
Medical Home Leadership Network teams and others working to improve services for children and youth with special needs often apply for grants from public and private funders to help fund their activities.
Grant Opportunities and Grant Writing Resources will link you to resources that can demystify and simplify the process from start to finish -- from identifying potential funders to designing an effective program to writing a strong grant application.
Medical Home Leadership Network teams are invited to contact Kate Orville, MHLN Co-Director, to explore ideas for additional sources of funding for team-related activities.
Note: Most funders require statistical data that demonstrates the need for a particular service. For links to good sources of Washington state and county-specific data, please see Data Links.
What Grant Opportunities Are There?
The Center for Children with Special Needs (Seattle)
Compiles a comprehensive list of current funding opportunities from state and national agencies as well as private foundations. You can sign up to be on their email listserve for grant opportunities relevant to children with special health care needs. Funded by the Department of Health CSHCN Program.
www.cshcn.org/resources/grantresources.cfm
National Center of Medical Home Initiatives for Children With Special Needs
Community Access to Child Health (CATCH) Grants
This grant program from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) supports pediatricians in planning or implementing a community-based child health initiative. Grants of up to $10,000 each are awarded each year on a competitive basis to pediatricians who want to 1) assess and document the needs of children in the community, develop collaborative partnerships for planning the initiative, and successfully prepare for implementation of a program (planning grant) or 2) implement a program (implementation grant). Strong community collaboration is critical to being funded.
www.aap.org/catch/funding.htm
Contact: Katie Milewski
American Academy of Pediatrics
Program Coordinator, CATCH
Division of Community-based Initiatives
(P) 847-434-4916
(F) 847-434-8000
E-mail: kmilewski@aap.org
- TIP: Remember, planning your application months in advance is the best way to create the partnerships and well-thought-out plan you will need for a strong application. Don’t wait until the last minute! The AAP suggests that applicants consult with their state CATCH Coordinator about their grant proposal. If the pediatrician applicant contacts Dr. Michelle Terry, Washington State CATCH coordinator, early enough (ideally a month or more before the application is due, but at least a few weeks before, please), she can give input to help strengthen your application. Dr. Terry is available for consultation at: mterry@u.washington.edu
Washington Council for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
www.wcpcan.wa.gov/temp_grant_process.asp.
Grants.gov Website
Comprehensive web site with information about finding and applying for all federal grants.
www.grants.gov
Health Resources and Services Administration
www.hrsa.gov/grants/
Maternal and Child Health Bureau
http://mchb.hrsa.gov
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
www.cfda.gov
The Federal Register
www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html
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Grant Writing Resources
Philanthropy Northwest
This website has a section designed for organizations looking for grants. Includes tips on grantwriting and a form that can be used as a boilerplate for proposals, as well as information on finding resources and technical assistance for grantseekers.
www.philanthropynw.org/grant/index.htm
The Grantsmanship Center
Offers excellent seminars and written publications on how to develop programs, write grant proposals, research funding sources and more.
www.tgci.com/
- Schedule of upcoming trainings (search by state)
http://tgci.com/gtpschedule.asp
- TIP: The Center’s outstanding guide to Program Planning & Proposal Writing (Expanded Version) takes you through each stage of the process and includes specific examples of what can make or break a grant proposal. 48 pages, $4. http://tgci.com/publications.shtml
The Foundation Center
The center collects, organizes, and communicates information on U.S. philanthropy; conducts and facilitates research on trends in the field; provides education and training on the grantseeking process; and provides print and electronic publications, five library/learning centers, and a national network of cooperating collections.
http://fdncenter.org/
- Find Washington State sites affiliated with the Foundation Center that house grant writing and funding resources. Includes Kennewick, Redmond, Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma and Wenatchee
http://fdncenter.org/collections/ccwa.html
A Pediatrician’s Guide to Proposal Writing
This a tool developed by the American Academy of Pediatrics to help pediatricians develop grant proposals for community-based child health programs. The guide contains information on the following: types of grant makers, proposal writing and the solicitation process, components of a proposal, common proposal writing mistakes, examples of proposals and budgets, and selected resources on fundraising and proposal writing.
www.aap.org/commpeds/tech.html
Grantmakers in Health
www.gih.org/
Chronicle of Philanthropy
http://philanthropy.com/
Guide Star
National database of non-profit organizations
www.guidestar.org
Finding the Funds You Need: A Guide for Grantseekers
Penn State Cooperative Extension. Focuses on grantwriting by small, not-for-profits.
http://cedev.aers.psu.edu/grantwriting/
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