Sub: $1 million will be spent on advancing social justice and health equity
Centura Health is launching its annual Health Equity & Advancement Fund, a $1 million community grant program aimed at advancing social justice and health equity access across Colorado and western Kansas.
Longmont United Hospital is affiliated with Centura Health. Grants will range from $5,000 to $250,000 and be awarded to programs that serve diverse communities and/or populations, according to a Centura Health news release. The programs should emphasize diverse caregivers and collaborations with other partners to increase social impact, the news release states.
Submissions should integrate one or more principles in helping address healthcare equity issues with initiatives that focus on the following: help meet disproportionate unmet health-related needs, emphasize primary prevention and address underlying causes of health problems, contribute to a seamless continuum of care, build community capacity and address social determinants of health to improve health outcomes, the news release states. Initiatives should also demonstrate collaboration in communities.
“Our Health Equity & Advancement Fund was launched to support our commitment to Diversity and Inclusion across our communities and reaffirms our commitment to social justice, which lies in our mission and core values as a healing ministry,” said Dr. Oswaldo Grenardo, MD, SVP and chief diversity and inclusion officer at Centura Health in the news release.
“The events around racial justice in 2020 accelerated the work we are doing over the past few years to take more focused, impactful actions to address systemic racism and the issues surrounding health equity,” Grenardo said. “In our vision to make every community, every neighborhood, every life — whole and healthy, we are continually working to enable our associates and communities to inspire change.”
The grant application process opened June 8 and the deadline to submit is July 31, 2021. Applicants will be notified on funding selection between August 1 and September 1, 2021. Projects being funded will need to begin in Fall 2021 and be completed by June 2022.
Details on the application can be found on Centura’s website.
