The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has released a grant opportunity that is intended to help CBOs partner with hospitals in pursuit of health equity.
Community Solutions for Health Equity
2020 Call for Proposals
Release Date: August 12, 2020 | Application Deadline: Wed, 7 Oct 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted that communities of color are disproportionately burdened by racist and oppressive systems—from health care to education to housing—with significant consequences to physical and mental health. The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on communities of color are evident in the health care system and are compounded by inequitable community systems.
Community Solutions for Health Equity is a program of RWjF launched in the summer of 2019. It is focused on elevating the voices of communities of color and other communities left out of discussions when local health care systems in the United States are creating policy. Racism and bias are often at the root of communities of color and other communities being excluded from policy considerations, often by design. This program attempts to address those issues directly: by supporting communities to identify a problem that negatively affects consumers; envision solutions; and partner with health care systems to implement them.