Improving Veteran Mental Health Grant

The Cigna Foundation is dedicated to enhancing veteran mental health through strategic partnerships with nonprofit organizations. This initiative targets the alarming issue of homelessness among veterans, with nearly 40,000 veterans without shelter nightly and 1.5 million at risk. By funding evidence-informed programs, the foundation aims to increase access to permanent housing, improve affordability, and provide essential wraparound services, ultimately fostering mental health stability and resilience within veteran communities.

NOTE: The RFA and full application are two distinct steps. First step: TheRFA link available on our website will direct you to the grant application portal to complete the RFA. Second step: If eligible and invited to submit a full application, you will receive an email with alink to access it. Please note the dates in the timeline for these steps.
We seek to collaborate with and support nonprofit organizations that leverage evidence-informed programs and services to help local veterans feel stable where they live and ultimately create positive impact on their mental health. Nonprofit partners must align to at least one of these grant program goals:
Increase permanent housing available for veterans.Improve affordability for housing for veterans through rental or mortgage assistance.Enhance the offering of wraparound services for veterans transitioning from shelters.

Eligibility

The organization is a registered 501(c)(3) charitable organization and within one of the specific subsections of the Internal Revenue Code (see FAQ).The budget narrative should reflect eligible expenses required for the specific grant request only. Salaries for staff members are allowable for related program implementation. Non-eligible expenses include fringe benefits, payroll taxes, general operating expenses, and administrative and indirect costs.Progress and impact measurement, including activity-tracking practices, outcome measurement and evaluation methodology,should be clearly articulated in the application.The measurement approach should include connecting howprogram outputs and activities related to housing stability result inlong-term, sustainable improved mental health among veterans. For example, for the grant program goal to enhance the offering of wraparound services for veterans transitioning from shelters, we’llseek to understand an aligned measure, such as number of veterans served by a program that delivers mental health treatment (or other wraparound services).Grantees awarded funding will be expected to complete a progress report (at 6 months) and final report (at 12 months/end of term).Additional details, including the link to the RFA, can be found on The Cigna Group Foundation website.Grant Program delivery must be in one of the following states (National organizations may be eligible with existing partnership/program delivery model for states listed):ArizonaConnecticutFloridaGeorgiaIllinoisMissouriNew JerseyPennsylvaniaTennesseeTexasWe consider proposals from U.S.-based organizations that are executing projects outside of the United States.