Purpose

Grant Writing and Funding Community coalitions and advocates working to improve services for children and youth with special needs often apply for grants from public and private funders to help finance 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.

Grant Opportunities

For upcoming funding opportunities from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB), go to grants.gov and select “Forecasted.” Then within the “All Agencies” filter, select “Human Resources and Services Administration.” MCHB has many upcoming fiscal year funding opportunities.
Community Access to Child Health (CATCH): 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.
- 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 early enough (ideally a month or more before the application is due, but at least a few weeks before, please), they can give input to help strengthen your application.
Healthy Tomorrows: The Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children Program (HTPCP) supports community-based partnerships and collaborations aimed at promoting access to health care and preventive health services. HTPCP projects must represent a new initiative within the community or an innovative component that builds on existing community resources. Projects target disadvantaged children, youth and families (including racial and ethnic minorities) in rural and other underserved populations and address four areas: (1) Access to health care, (2) Community-based health care, (3) Preventive health care, and (4)Service coordination.
Grants.gov Website: Comprehensive web site with information about finding and applying for all federal grants.
Health Resources and Services Administration
Maternal and Child Health Bureau Funding Opportunities

Grant Writing Resources

GrantsMagic: Courses to Learn Grant Writing for your non-profit-both free and fee for service.
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.
The Grantsmanship Center: Offers excellent seminars and written publications on how to develop programs, write grant proposals, research funding sources and more.
Candid (formerly 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 grant seeking process; and provides print and electronic publications, five library/learning centers, and a national network of cooperating collections.
- Find sites in Washington State sites affiliated with the center that house grant writing and funding resources. Includes Kennewick, Redmond, Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma and Wenatchee.
Grantmakers in Healt h
Washington Foundations On The Web – Website posts a master list of foundations in Washington that maintain a web address.
Nonprofit Association of Washington – Trainings and events for nonprofit organizations including finding grants

For links to good sources of Washington state and county-specific data, please see Data Links.

31jan8:30 am4:30 pmWA State Autism Center of Excellence Certification Training Event Organized By: WA INCLUDE Collaborative - University of Washington, Institute on Human Development and Disability, Clinical Training Unit Event Type:TrainingIn-person or Online:Online

Event Details

University of Washington experts provide the Autism Center of Excellence (COE) trainings through a contract with the Health Care Authority (HCA). As of July 2024, we are contracted to provide 4 general trainings a year.

Purpose of the COE Training

To increase the number of qualified clinicians (COEs) across Washington State who can appropriately diagnose children and youth with autism who have Medicaid insurance.
To foster collaboration between providers and systems serving autistic children and youth and their families
Help children and families access needed services as appropriate, including writing a Medicaid/Apple Health prescription for Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA). COE required for Managed Care Organization (MCO) prescription approval.

Who is Eligible to Become a COE

The HCA determines which primary care and other clinicians can become COEs. Currently the list includes medical physicians working in primary care, specialty physicians, clinical psychologists, ARNPs and pediatric naturopaths. Physician Assistants (PA-C) whose supervising clinician is a COE are eligible as of Jan 1, 2023.

Who is Eligible to Attend the Training

Clinicians who serve patients with Washington State Medicaid insurance or support clinicians doing this work. We welcome others interested in learning more about autism who are providing care coordination, peer support, mental or behavioral health services etc. There are limited spots for out of state providers interested in learning more about this approach to training primary care providers to diagnose autism.

More information and registration

Registration

Time

(Friday) 8:30 am - 4:30 pm

Location

Online

Organizer

WA INCLUDE Collaborative - University of Washington, Institute on Human Development and Disability, Clinical Training UnitWA INCLUDE Collaborative- Interdisciplinary Network of Community Leaders with a focus on the Underserved and Disability Education -Improving systems of care by supporting education, training, and connections within a growing community of champions -Promoting quality of life and health equity within underserved communities at the intersection of developmental disability, mental health, and physical health -Increasing accessibility, variety, and amount of trainings and support for providers strained by high workloads -Creating and facilitating state-wide networks that empower local regional champions through access to expertise from each other and state partners -Embedding supports within schools, medical homes, mental health clinics, and communitieshttps://wainclude.org/

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