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Open Funding

Interact for Health awards competitive grants through Requests for Proposals and Requests for Applications. Organizations submit a proposal based on the requirements of the RFP or RFA. Interact for Health reviews the proposals and awards a limited number of grants to the organizations that best meet the requirements of the RFP or RFA.

Click the button below to begin the application process for any of the current open RFPs or RFAs listed below (unless noted).

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Community Office Hours

Please see below for the recordings and presentations from the RFP workshops. During the remaining Community Office Hours listed below, program staff will be available to answer any questions about the RFP or your proposed project. You are welcome to join at any point during the times listed and registration is not required. For in-person sessions, please join us for coffee at the location listed and for virtual sessions click the link to join.

Mental Health RFP Workshop (Click here to view the recording) or (Click here to view the presentation) March 16, 2023, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Advancing Health Justice RFP Workshop (Click here to view the recording) or (Click here to view the presentation) March 16, 2023, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Interact for Health (8230 Montgomery Rd Ste 300, Cincinnati, Ohio 45236)  March 21, 2023, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. 
Community Information Session 1 - Interact for Health Funding (Click here to join) March 27, 2023, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. 
Alreddy Coffee & Café (11083 Reading Rd., Cincinnati, OH 45241)  April 4, 2023, 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. 
Community Information Session 2 - Interact for Health Funding (Click here to join) April 14, 2023, 10:00 a.m. – noon
Velocity Bike & Bean (7560 Burlington Pike, Florence, KY 41042)  April 18, 2023, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.

 

Advancing Health Justice

The Advancing Health Justice RFP aims to support community efforts to advance health justice through community power building, policy and systems change and narrative change. This funding is intended to support community-generated ideas that tackle root causes and amplify community power. We are focusing efforts on people and communities who experience the greatest injustices in health outcomes. This includes Black and Hispanic communities, children and families living with lower incomes and rural communities. There are three funding tracks within this RFP: community power building, policy and systems change and narrative change. Grants are expected to range from $25,000 to $100,000. The total investment will be up to $1.5 million.

Advancing Health Justice Application Questions
(Click here to view the recording) or (Click here to view the presentation)

Deadline for application submission is May 9, 2023 at 5 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.

Mental Health Equity

The Mental Health Equity RFP aims to improve culturally competent care and access to mental health services and supports among our priority populations—Black and Hispanic, LBGTQ+, children and families with low incomes, and rural communities (including youth within those priority populations). Projects will be considered that address barriers and expand access to services and supports and/or improve cultural competency across the behavioral health continuum, from prevention through treatment and recovery.  Grants are expected to range from $25,000 to $100,000. The total investment will be up to $750,000.

Mental Health Equity Application Questions
Mental Health RFP Workshop (Click here to view the recording) or (Click here to view the presentation)

Deadline for application submission is April 25, 2023 at 5 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.

Amplifying Youth Voice in Mental Health

The Amplifying Youth Voice in Mental Health RFP aims to provide funding to youth-serving organizations to develop their organizational capacity to amplify youth voice to improve mental health services. Projects will be considered from youth-serving organizations that address mental health and well-being, including schools, treatment providers, summer programs, mentoring programs, after-school programs and other organizations with social-emotional development programming. Grants are expected to range from $25,000 to $50,000. The total investment will be up to $400,000.

Amplifying Youth Voice in Mental Health Application Questions
Mental Health RFP Workshop (Click here to view the recording) or (Click here to view the presentation)

Deadline for application submission is May 23, 2023 at 5 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.