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Funding Amount

$65,000

Deadline

Rolling / Open

Grant Type

foundation

Overview

Spokane Collaborative - Policy Advocacy Funding Opportunity

Funder: Better Health Together (BHT) via the Spokane Collaborative

Status: Active as of April 2021

Geographic Scope: Spokane, Washington

Amount: $65,000 total available

  • Individual cap: $15,000 per organization

  • Joint applications can request more

  • Applications may be fully funded, partially funded, or denied

    • Background:
    In October 2019, the BHT Board allocated $500,000 for equity projects decided upon by Spokane Collaborative members. The Collaborative divided efforts into three focus areas with dedicated funding:

  • Reducing Family Violence & Trauma: $104,000

  • Improving Access to Affordable Housing: $116,000

  • Improving Access to Behavioral Health Services: $136,000

  • Holdback fund: $144,000 (for emerging needs)

    • After recognizing need for policy work to impact inequities, the Collaborative Connections Team (CCT) allocated $65,000 from the holdback fund for flexible policy-related equity efforts.

    Purpose:
    Provide flexible funding for policy-related equity efforts with a clear, nimble process for Collaborative member organizations to request funds. Recognizes that policy issues often move faster than collaborative deliberation.

    Eligible Focus Areas:

  • Reducing Family Violence & Trauma

  • Improving Access to Affordable Housing

  • Improving Access to Behavioral Health Services

  • Oral Health Equity (as of 2021)

  • Other equity-related policy issues aligned with Collaborative priorities

    • Eligibility:

  • Open to Spokane Collaborative member organizations with current-year MOU (Memorandum of Understanding)

  • Also open to: Community organizations not currently members who agree to participate in the Collaborative going forward

  • Must have signed 2021 MOU

    • What Projects Should Address:
    Policy-related equity efforts aligned with Collaborative's equity priorities:

  • Family violence and trauma reduction

  • Affordable housing access

  • Behavioral health services access

  • Oral health equity

  • Other community equity gaps

    • Contact:

  • Address: 157 S Howard, Suite 300 • Spokane, WA 99201

  • Email: [email protected]

    • Focus Areas & Funding Uses

    Fields of Work

    social-justicebipochousingmental-health

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