Supporting School-Based Healthcare in Appalachian Ohio

Kelly Morman
740.753.1111
kmorman@ffao.org

This opportunity provides funding to nonprofits and public organizations working to address regional needs related to school-based healthcare in Appalachian Ohio. Funding categories include:

1. Collaboration grants - to share population health data with community stakeholders, leading to the future development of small-scale interventions focused on addressing health disparities
2. Implementation grants - to address the connections needed between formal and informal health system partners to implement school-based healthcare interventions in local communities in the following areas:
   • Services to children interacting with the foster care system
   • Access to dental care
   • Health professional shortage areas in the region
   • Food insecurity
   • Childhood obesity
   • Behavioral health
   • Childhood immunizations
   • Teen pregnancy and neonatal abstinence syndrome
   • Others based on relevant data

Eligible applicants are public and nonprofit organizations, including public schools, in the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio service area.

Estimated total program funding: $50,000

Awards are expected to range from $5,000 - $15,000. Requests up to $20,000 will be considered.

Links to additional guidance and the online application are available on the program website when applications are being accepted.