RFP Open: Addressing Anti-Black Racism in California's Delivery System
The California Health Care Foundation (CHCF) is now accepting applications for quality improvement projects that address anti-Black racism in California’s health care delivery system. Through this request for proposals (RFP), CHCF hopes to accelerate implementation of such projects, learn from them, and contribute to building a knowledge base for clinical interventions that measurably improve the health outcomes and health care experiences of Black Californians.
CHCF intends to award five to eight grants of up to $150,000 for a two-year grant period. The deadline for applications is Wednesday, January 31, 2024. A one-hour informational webinar will be held at 1 PM (PT) on Friday, December 1, 2023. Register for the webinar.
The California Health Care Foundation (CHCF) is now accepting applications for quality improvement projects that address anti-Black racism in California’s health care delivery system. Through this request for proposals (RFP), CHCF hopes to accelerate implementation of such projects, learn from them, and contribute to building a knowledge base for clinical interventions that measurably improve the health outcomes and health care experiences of Black Californians.
CHCF intends to award five to eight grants of up to $150,000 for a two-year grant period. The deadline for applications is Wednesday, January 31, 2024. A one-hour informational webinar will be held at 1 PM (PT) on Friday, December 1, 2023. Register for the webinar.
SUMMARY OF PROPOSAL REQUIREMENTS
The proposed project must focus on improving clinical quality of care for Black patients and focus on the delivery of medical care; projects must also include another aspect of the NCQA Equity Quality Framework, equitable access, patient experience, structures of care, or social interventions.
Projects may be a new pilot program or an existing program that still needs exploration.
Interventions may be among Medi-Cal, Medicare, commercial insurance enrollees, or some combination.
Hospitals, clinics, Federally Qualified Health Centers, academic medical centers, and medical practices are encouraged to apply.
The project team must include at least one licensed medical leader.
The project must articulate a hypothesis about what works and have a plan to assess impact (progress or improvement in the desired outcomes) using either process measures tightly linked to outcomes or outcome measures.
All funds may be used for measuring impact if warranted.
Grantees must share a brief sustainability plan for projects that show promise.
Grantees must share their intervention approaches and findings with CHCF and other grantees and agree to have their work presented at the proper level of specificity in a CHCF publication.
Grantees will be asked to participate in a virtual kickoff meeting and one in-person convening per year in Oakland. CHCF will reimburse travel expenses.
Please direct questions about the RFP to Senior Program Officer Katherine Haynes at healthequityrfp@chcf.org.
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