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The Portage Health Foundation (PHF) has undertaken a series of community health forums focused on the topic of mental and behavioral health (including substance abuse). The goals of these forums have been to develop collaborative input, prioritize healthcare needs, and build consensus toward innovative interventions and solutions to address the mental and behavioral health (MBH) needs within our communities.
Based on discussions held at these forums as well as information obtained from other community-based listening sessions, PHF has concluded that many of our MBH needs and solutions generally fall within four categories: (1) increased access to care; (2) early childhood intervention and prevention; (3) mobile mental health services; and (4) education and intervention programs for educators and service providers.
Therefore, PHF is seeking grant applications for programming or projects focused on one or more of these four areas. Total funding for this solicitation of RFPs will not exceed $100,000.00.
“The Portage Health Foundation has made a commitment to assess and invest in the mental and behavioral health needs of our community,” said Kevin Store, Executive Director of PHF. “We are pleased with the community input we have received and are excited to see what innovative responses are generated from this solicitation of RFPs.”
An important aspect to any request for funding made to PHF is that the application is collaborative in nature. This can be addressed, for example, by organizations working together on a project and/or multiple funding partners jointly supporting a program. Please contact PHF with any questions, ideas, or concerns regarding your grant proposal.
Applications are due no later than 3:30 p.m. on Friday, August 26, 2016. Interested parties may download an application from PHF’s website (www.phfgive.org); request a grant application packet by contacting 906.523.5920; or by stopping by PHF’s offices located at:
PHFoundation
400 Quincy Street – 4th Floor
Hancock, Michigan 49930
The Portage Health Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that receives and contributes charitable donations in order to support the health needs of the community through enhanced philanthropy and community collaboration in Baraga, Houghton, Keweenaw, and Ontonagon counties.
