Standard Grants

The Central Oregon Health Council is responsible for investing $12 million in the communities in our region between January 2020 and December 2024. These investments must directly impact our Regional Health Improvement Plan. Our priority areas each have a workgroup of community members who decide together how to invest the funds.

When there are specific unmet needs in our communities, the workgroups create grant opportunities, also known as Requests for Proposal (RFPs). These Requests for Proposal must impact one measure in the Regional Health Improvement Plan (for example, increasing high school graduation rates or decreasing food insecurity).

Click here to review the scoring matrix used for standard grants.

See instructions for applying for grants with access codes.

Please see the current open RFPs below for more details.


 

Preventative Dental Care

The Regional Health Improvement Plan (RHIP) Promote Enhanced Physical Health Across Communities: Oral Health workgroup is investing in programmatic efforts to increase the number of community members who engage in annual preventative dental care visits.

Central Oregon Health Council would like to announce 2 grant opportunities:

Decreasing Barriers to Preventative Dental Care

Helping Communities Access Preventative Dental Care

Future State Measures:

  • By December 2024, increase the percentage of PacificSource (Central Oregon CCO) Medicaid members, at any age, who received both an annual wellness visit by a Primary Care Provider and a preventative dental visit by a member of the Oral Health Care Team by 10% in each county.

Decreasing Barriers to Preventative Dental Care

We recognize the multitude of barriers that impact an individual’s engagement in preventative dental care. We encourage applicants to reflect upon obstacles they have encountered and create an approach that goes beyond traditional patient engagement and retention strategies.

To learn more about this opportunity, please click HERE.


Helping Communities Access Preventative Dental Care

People might delay or skip dental check-ups for many reasons. They might not understand why it’s important, feel anxious or scared, or not find culturally appropriate care. We want your ideas and programs to help overcome these barriers and encourage people to go to their preventive dental visits.

To learn more about this opportunity, please click HERE.


This grant opportunity is now closed.

If you have questions about this Request for Proposal, please contact Mary Burns, Program Manager at mary.burns@cohealthcouncil.org or 541-306-3523

Stable Housing Supports

The Regional Health Improvement Plan Stable Housing and Supports workgroup is investing in efforts that create and increase housing program resources and opportunities.  Housing supports are essential for promoting stable housing success by addressing financial barriers, preventing homelessness, supporting basic needs, improving health outcomes, and fostering overall well-being and economic stability for individuals and communities. 

Future State Measures:

  • By December 2024, decrease the combined severely rent and mortgage burdened households in Central Oregon by 2 percentage points to 13% (2019–2023, 5-year estimate from data.census.gov).
  • By December 2024, 50% of Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) holders will be able to find and lease a housing unit.

To learn more about this opportunity, please click HERE.

This grant opportunity is now closed.

If you have questions about this Request for Proposal, please contact Gwen Jones, Program Manager at gwen.jones@cohealthcouncil.org or 541-306-3523

Media Campaign to Reduce Public Stigma of People with Unmet Housing Needs

The RHIP Stable Housing and Supports Workgroup is accepting applications from organizations to create and implement a one- to two-year media campaign to reduce public stigma toward people with unmet housing needs.

Future State Measures:

  • By December 2024, the combined severely rent and mortgage burdened households in Central Oregon by 2 percentage points to 13% (2019–2023, 5-year estimate from data.census.gov).
  • By December 2024, 50% of Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) holders will be able to find and lease a housing unit.

To learn more about this opportunity, please click HERE.

This grant opportunity is now closed.

If you have questions about this Request for Proposal, please contact Gwen Jones, Program Manager at gwen.jones@cohealthcouncil.org or 541-306-3523

Mini Grant Opportunities

Mini Grants are for requests $5,000 or less that focus on a Regional Health Improvement Plan (RHIP) priority area.

Click here to learn more about mini grants.

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