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Diverse Advocacy and Consumer Engagement in Health Reform
Request for Proposals
Informational Webinar
June 23, 2016
Agenda
CT Health Presentation
• Welcome
• Who is CT Health?
• What Health Equity Means to CT Health
• What is Systems Change in Health Reform?
• Our Toolkit
Overview of RFP Grant Opportunity – 15 minutes
• Rationale & Objectives
• RFP Applicant & Criteria
• Grant Award & Time Frame
• Questions
Who is the Connecticut Health Foundation?
• Established in 1999, the Connecticut Health Foundation (CT Health) is
the state’s largest independent health foundation.
• Over the past 16 years, CT Health has awarded grants totaling over
$58M throughout the state.
• Our theory is that by investing in systems change, we will make a more
sustainable impact for more people.
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What is Health Equity?
Our Toolkit for Expanding Health Equity
Health Equity
Grantmaking
Leadership Development
Strategic
Communications
Public
Policy
Public Policy Research
and Advocacy
Strategic Communications
Talking points in speeches
Print & digital ads Media placements & op-eds
Sharing stories
Digital and social media
• Health Equity Focus
• 10 Classes
• 194 Fellows
• Over 70% Leaders of Color
Health Leadership Fellows Program
Diverse Advocacy and Consumer Engagement in Health Reform
Request for Proposals
Why CT Health Wants to Support Diverse
Advocacy & Consumer Engagement in Health
Reform
CT Health’s theory is that including the voices of consumers of color in health
reform will mean:
• The needs, values, and preferences of consumers affected by health
disparities are represented in opportunities to change the health care system
• Leaders of color are effective messengers for health equity in health reform
• Bridges between health care systems and consumers of color are built or
strengthened
RFP Program Objectives
Applicants must meet at least one (1) of the following objectives that
support the foundation’s goal to leverage opportunities to advance health
equity in reforming health care:
1. Advocate for increased and improved collection, stratification,
reporting, and use of race, ethnicity and language (REL) data from
existing commercial and public data systems (e.g. All Payers Claims
Database, Access Health Connecticut, Medicaid, commercial carriers,
state agencies, etc.) to identify and address inequities.
2. Commission high quality, credible policy analysis and use findings to
do two or more of the following:
a. Increase the knowledge base about a health issue amenable to
policy solutions
b. Evaluate outcomes or impact of current or future health policy
c. Stimulate public debate about a health policy issue to raise its
profile on the public agenda
d. Equip advocates
e. Provide decision support to decision-makers
RFP Program Objectives (con’t)
Places Where Important Health Reform
Decisions Are Being Made
• Access Health CT (Connecticut’s health insurance marketplace)
• State Innovation Model Plan (Process to transform the way health care
is delivered in the state)
• Department of Social Services (HUSKY/Medicaid)
• No Wrong Door (A system that will allow consumers to apply for health
insurance through different mechanisms and agencies, and then
seamlessly routes them to the health insurance program for which they
qualify)
• Accountable Care Organizations (a health care provider system)
RFP Applicant Criteria--Person of Color (PoC)
Led Nonprofit:
Nonprofit must meet at least 2 out of 3 criteria for being a PoC led
nonprofit:
• Led (e.g., executive director, CEO) by a person of color; and/or
• Governed by a board composed of a majority (51%+) of people of color
• Serves populations/communities of color
CT Health defines a person of color as someone who identifies as being
from one or more of the following groups:
• African-American/Black
• Latino/Hispanic
• Asian/Asian-American
• Native American
Grant Award and Timeframe
• CT Health will award 2 to 4 grants
• Grants will range from $25,000 to $50,000
• Grant period will be from October 3, 2016 – September 30, 2017
RFP Application: Key Dates & Grant
Information
Activity Date
Release of RFP Grant Application June 7, 2016
RFP Informational Webinar June 23, 2016
Application Deadline July 15, 2016 at 5:00 PM
Notification of Successful Award September 30, 2016
Grant Award Period October 3, 2016 –
September 30, 2017
QUESTIONS?
For more information contact:
Garrick Wong
Program Officer
Connecticut Health Foundation
garrick@cthealth.org
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