Community Benefit Initiative Reinvestment (CBIR) Grant - New Ideas Projects

The Community Benefit Initiative Reinvestment (CBIR) Grant supports innovative projects aimed at improving healthcare access for EOCCO members. Grants of up to $50,000 fund one-year initiatives that foster collaborations, enhance telehealth, and address health disparities. Eligible organizations include healthcare providers and community groups in Eastern Oregon. Successful projects may inspire replication in other regions, ultimately benefiting underserved populations and improving health outcomes across the service area.

NOTE: Applicants may be contacted for a brief technical assistance call to further discuss their idea before receiving an invitation. Organizations that are not invited to apply will be notified and, when possible, offered guidance on other funding opportunities that may be a better fit.
EOCCO Grants
EOCCO offers three separate grant programs to improve health and access to healthcare of Eastern Oregonians. These grant programs aim to fund services that are not already covered by health insurance. These grant programs are available to traditional healthcare providers, community-based organizations, early learning hubs, tribal governments, food banks and many other types of organizations serving EOCCO’s service area: Baker, Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Lake, Malheur, Morrow, Sherman, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa and Wheeler counties.
The Community Benefit Initiative Reinvestment (CBIR) grants fund one-year long projects (January through December) that aim to improve access to quality care. Applicants may apply for up to $50,000 and must be able to demonstrate how EOCCO members (also known as the Oregon Health Plan) directly benefit.
Projects should be ones that benefit EOCCO members or could be applied in other EOCCO service area regions should they prove to be successful. Areas of focus include but are not limited to:
Collaborations: Projects to create new collaborations across organizations, such as public health and primary care collaborations to improve challenging Incentive Measures.Telehealth and Broadband Capacity: Projects to expand access to care through telemedicine, new care modalities or other approaches.Workforce Strategies: Projects focused on recruitment, retention, and workforce efficiency.
Assessing and Addressing Health Disparities: Projects focused on increasing access to care to populations facing disparate health outcomes, e.g., LGBTQIA2S+, Latino/a/x, and immigrant and refugee communitiesEMT and SUD Collaborations: Projects to create new collaborations between EMT and SUD treatment services, e.g., supporting members accessing NEMT services for transport to SUD treatmentCoordination of Care for Pregnant Women: Projects to expand collaborations and support for noncovered services for pregnant women, e.g., temporary housing near medical facilities, NEMT, referrals to doula hubs or teams within a hospital/clinic. Note services cannot be a billable/covered service.