Resilience, Innovation, Sustainability, & Equity (RISE) Grant Program Application 2025
The application is open until March 31, 2025.
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Grant Announcement
Grant Overview
The goal of the RISE Grant Program is to measurably improve the quality of and access to medical and behavioral health care for the GCHP Medi-Cal population in Ventura County.
The four strategic priorities for the grant program include:
- Improve access and connections to care for GCHP member populations and/or geographic areas of Ventura County where there are objective (statistically significant) unmet healthcare needs or access issues (e.g., pediatric care, where the average wait time for access exceeds objectively reasonable time periods).
- Bring care to GCHP members where they live, work, and/or go to school, through home-based care, community-based care, school-based care and worksite-based care, or otherwise addressing how care is organized or grouped for ease of use.
- Improve GCHP member health outcomes, experience, and education, including update of benefits and services that are culturally responsive and focused on health equity as measured by the State or Federal funding sources.
- Offer other alternative and/or non-traditional healthcare solutions or modalities intended to remove structural barriers to care, reduce healthcare costs, and/or otherwise improve access and/or efficiency concerns, including but not limited to transportation, mobile clinics, telemedicine and other technology driven initiatives.
The overall three-year grant program runs from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2028, and the initial grant period will be July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026. Applicants may apply for multi-year grants, but preference will be given to 12-month grants in the initial grant period.
Awards will be made for the grant period, and funds will be distributed to grantees annually on a quarterly payment schedule, provided the grantee has shown satisfactory performance and is in compliance with the conditions of the grant award.
Application Timeline Key Dates:
- Application Opens: January 22, 2025
- Letter of Intent Due: February 5, 2025
- Application Deadline: March 31, 2025
- Award Notifications: June 2, 2025
Application Support
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) will host two informational webinars and two open office hours sessions to assist prospective grant applicants with application drafting and review.
These offerings are optional and intended to support prospective applicants with submitting a robust and competitive application. Dates for the calls are:
- Informational Webinar 1: January 21, 2025 at 11 AM PT
- Informational Webinar 2: February 4, 2025 at 8 AM PT
- Office Hour 1: February 12, 2025 at 9 AM PT Click here to register
- Office Hour 2: March 6, 2025 at 11am PT Click here to register
Refer to our FAQ document for additional guidance.
Contact Information
For questions, contact IHI Project Manager Jose Ortega at jortega@ihi.org.
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