$75K in Prizes. MENTAL Health Innovation Challenge July 2020

The Administration for Community Living (ACL) along with the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH), components of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), are offering up to $750,000 in prizes and an opportunity to reach up to 10 million Americans in the Mobilizing and Empowering the Nation and Technology to Address Loneliness & social isolation (MENTAL) Health Innovation Challenge. The goal of the challenge is to increase consumer awareness and use of technology tools that keep racial and ethnic minority populations, older adults, people with disabilities and Veterans socially engaged and connected to families, friends, communities and activities of interest.
Deadline for registration is July 15.

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Grant Opportunities. July 2020

Funding

Grief Reach Grants: Pandemic Relief Fund The National Alliance for Grieving Children and the New York Life Foundation will provide capacity building funds to organizations that offer support for COVID-19 pandemic-related childhood bereavement. Deadline is July 6, 8:00 pm ET. Learn More Implementing Sustainable Mental Health Practices in Low-Resource Settings to Achieve Mental Health Equity for Underserved Populations The HHS National Institutes of Health (NIH) encourages research focused on addressing suicide among Black children and adolescents. Deadline for LOI is July 25. Learn More Tribal Management Grant Program The HHS Indian Health Service (IHS) will assist Tribes and Tribal organizations with the enhancement and development of health management infrastructure and capability. Deadline is August 24.  Learn More Policy and Advocacy Grant The Tufts Health Plan Foundation supports health services and initiatives that address social determinants of health, particularly for older adults, in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island or Connecticut. Deadline for Letter of Intent (LOI) is July 24. Learn More HRSA Health Center Program Service Area Competition The HHS Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) supports access to comprehensive, culturally competent, quality primary health care services for underserved and vulnerable populations. Deadline is August 17. Learn More Supporting Tribes to Increase Commercial Tobacco Cessation The National Indian Health Board (NIHB) supports Tribal projects to increase commercial tobacco and electronic nicotine delivery systems cessation, as well as "quit smoking" attempts. Deadline is August 28. Pre-application webinar, August 5, 3:00 pm ET. Contact NIHB for the Application

Tribal Management Grant Program

The HHS Indian Health Service (IHS) will assist Tribes and Tribal organizations with the enhancement and development of health management infrastructure and capability.
Deadline is August 24. 

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Training: Medical Interpreter - Bridging the Gap

Workforce Development

Training: Medical Interpreter - Bridging the Gap

The Cross Cultural Health Care Program 64-hour, online training teaches foundational medical interpreter skills such as roles of the interpreter, interpreter code of ethics, medical terminology, interpreting in mental health and much more. This professional development opportunity also prepares participants to meet state and national testing requirements.
August 3-24, 12:00 pm ET.
Deadline for application is July 13.

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Training: Suicide Prevention Online Courses

Training: Suicide Prevention Online Courses

The Suicide Prevention Resource Center self-paced, online courses are designed for clinicians and other service providers, educators, health professionals, public officials and members of community-based coalitions who develop and implement suicide prevention programs and policies. Courses are available on counseling on access to lethal means, suicide prevention data, suicide prevention strategies and preventing suicide in emergency department patients. 

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HHS Indian Health Service (IHS), Elder Mental Health During COVID-19

Knowledge Center

Recommended Reading The fact sheet Elder Mental Health During COVID-19, created by the HHS Indian Health Service (IHS), provides caretakers with concise definitions and recommendations for elder care during a pandemic, such as how to meet medical needs and suggested activities including physical and cognitive exercises.

Fund for Environmental Journalism. July 2020

SEJ's Fund for Environmental Journalism Awards $76,760 in Story Project Grants in First Round of Rapid Response Grants 2020 The Society of Environmental Journalists' Fund for Environmental Journalism has awarded $76,760 for 22 new story projects selected through the first round of Rapid Response story project grants on a wide range of environmental issues and regions. Through these grants, SEJ will: ·    Fund Journalists: 33 professional journalists, photographers, and editors will receive stipends of up to $2,000 each. ·    Increase Representation: More than 60% of the funds were awarded to story projects focused on under-represented communities or diverse perspectives on environmental issues. ·    Support Local Stories: More than 80% of the story projects focus on a local or regional issue, ranging from Haiti's coastal fisheries to environmental health in Alaska's Arctic north. "As tens of thousands of journalists are laid off or furloughed, new funding for local environmental journalism on under-represented communities and undercovered issues is critical," says Meaghan Parker, SEJ's executive director. "Environmental challenges most severely affect our most vulnerable communities. But as the COVID-19 crisis exacerbates the media's ongoing financial crisis, those stories are even less likely to be told. Through our Rapid Response grants, we are seeking to help fill the gaps in coverage by directly supporting independent environmental journalism." For the last 10 years, SEJ's Fund for Environmental Journalism has helped foundation partners and individual donors support journalism projects that are editorially independent and independently juried. Support for the Rapid Response grants comes from The Hewlett Foundation, The Bullitt Foundation, Walton Family Foundation and other foundation and individual donors to the Fund for Environmental Journalism. "SEJ is extremely grateful to our generous foundation funders and to the individual donors who make the Fund for Environmental Journalism possible," said Parker. "Thanks to their investment, environmental journalists are able to keep doing what they do best: find and tell the world's stories." In response to the COVID-19 crisis, SEJ's Rapid Response grants are designed to support journalists' health and livelihoods by focusing on stipends rather than travel funds. A new simpler judging process maintains SEJ's independent jury process but with a faster turnaround from submission to award. "Many thanks to our volunteer judges for thoughtfully reviewing the high number of quality applications that we received," said Parker. SEJ is accepting applications for Round 2 of Rapid Response grants on a rolling basis. Topics eligible for consideration include: Climate or conservation in North America; oceans and coasts globally; water security in the United States; and the Mississippi River basin. Apply today. The recipients of the Fund for Environmental Journalism Rapid Response grants (Round 1): CLICK HERE FOR FULL PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS