Below are two announcements of funding opportunities of interest to hospitals. Follow the corresponding links for more information.

On opioids: The Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (FORE) has released their first Request for Proposals (RFP) on improving access to appropriate opioid use disorder treatment and services for underserved and vulnerable populations. For more information, please visit FORE’s website.

On CDFIs: The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Capital Magnet Fund Program will fund certified CDFIs and certain non-profit organizations...

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell has announced the availability of $100 million from the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to support an estimated 150 new health center sites across the country in 2015. New health center sites will increase access to comprehensive, affordable, high quality primary health care services in the communities that need it most.

More information on this funding opportunity is available at http://www.hrsa.gov/grants/apply/assistance/nap/.

<em><img src="/Portals/5/NewsImages/Cantor.jpg" style="float: left; width: 127px; height: 193px; border-width: 3px; border-style: solid;" alt="Dr. Divya Cantor" />By: Divya B. Cantor, M.D., MBA, FACOG
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Senior Clinical Medical Director
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<p><em>Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Kentucky
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<p>As both a mother and a board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist with more than 20 years of clinical practice, I have specific and quality-focused viewpoints on the standard of care provided to moms and babies.
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KHA will host its Grant Writing 101 Workshop on July 22 at the UK Center for Rural Health in Hazard.

There are many opportunities to tap grant funding to help support or fund projects in hospitals. Grant applications can be extremely competitive and there is certainly an art to writing successful grants. The Kentucky Grant Writing 101 Workshop will help novices research, plan and write successful grants.

KHA is partnering with the Kentucky Office of Rural Health and Community and Economic Development Initiative of Kentucky (CEDIK) to provide the right grant training for your needs.

The flier, available at http://www.kyha.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/KHAGrantWriting101Workshop0714.pdf, provides an agenda, details and registration information.

For further information, contact Elizabeth Cobb at KHA (502-426-6220 or 800-945-4542 or via email...

Kentucky Hospital Association is partnering with the Kentucky Office of Rural Health, Community and Economic Development Initiative of Kentucky (CEDIK) to provide a Grant Writing Workshop Series.

There are many opportunities to tap grant funding to help support or fund projects in hospitals. Grant applications can be extremely competitive and there is certainly an art to writing successful grants. The Kentucky Hospital Association Grant Writing Workshop Series will help novices research, plan and write successful grants.

For details on this educational event, please view the brochure.

April 8 - Grant Writing 101: Designed for the Beginner or Intermediate Grant Writer April 29 - Grant Writing 201: Putting Your Knowledge to Work! For further information, contact Carol Walters at KHA (502-426-6220 or 800-945-4542 or via...