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Community Health Care Collaborative Grant Program funding available

Announcement

The 2006 Legislature passed Engrossed Second Substitute Senate Bill (E2SSB) 6459 which established the Community Health Collaborative Grant Program to develop innovative health care delivery models that can be replicated throughout the state.

The bill authorizes the Washington State Health Care Authority to provide grants to eligible community-based organizations to support and enhance efforts of increasing access to appropriate, affordable health care for Washington residents, particularly employed low-income persons who are uninsured and underinsured, through local programs addressing one or more of the following:

1. Access to medical treatment
2. The efficient use of health care resources
3. Quality of care

Grant Awards

$1.4 million in grant awards of up to $250,000 for a two year period, as is set out by proviso in ESSB 6376  Section 213(12),  will be made to non-profit organizations (or governmental entities) that have $2 in matching funds for $1 awarded by the grant program.

Grant Timeline

• Rulemaking process pending (see Laws and Rules below)
• Application announcement November 1, 2006
• Notice of Intent (85 KB) due November 29, 2006
• Distribution of applications by November 30, 2006
• Applications due January 2, 2007 Extended to January 5, 2007 at 4 p.m. PST
• Letters of potential award February 28, 2007
• Pre-award site visits during February and March 2007
• Contracts sent out in March 2007
• Disbursements of funds pending site visit review begin April 2007
• Review of contractors’ progress quarterly
• Determinations made on second half of disbursement March 2008
• Disbursements of second half of funds begin April 2008

If you are interested in future Collaborative Grant Program opportunities, contact CHS.