Equitable Health Outcomes FUNDING OPPORTUNITY
Engaging in Consumer Education and Feedback to Decrease Health Disparities - CLOSED
The shift to Medicaid managed care and new value-based care arrangements in the state could improve health outcomes for financially vulnerable residents or widen already steep racial and geographic disparities. To ensure that families with low incomes are not harmed as payment models change, the Trust will support efforts to educate residents and promote patient feedback and information sharing among stakeholders.
Steps to Apply
Overview
Goal
Utilize Medicaid reform and a value-based care environment to facilitate health improvement for financially disadvantaged North Carolinians.
Strategy
Support system change efforts that engage consumers with low incomes and build feedback loops to state agencies, health care providers, and payers to improve Medicaid and value-based systems of care.
Conduct broad-based communications, community education, and advocacy efforts that advance goals.
Timeframe for Applications
The Trust is not currently accepting applications for this funding opportunity.
Geographic Focus
Statewide
Documents & Resources
Next Steps
If you think you are a fit, assess your eligibility below and then contact us to apply. Or, view all funding opportunities here.
Details
The Trust aims to ensure that a strong infrastructure exists to educate residents, understand the experiences of Medicaid enrollees, and share information among stakeholders as the state shifts to managed care and pilots new approaches to addressing social drivers of poor health. Organizations engaging directly with underserved populations can inform them about their rights and options, as well as identify barriers faced by patients as new payment models are implemented. To inform systemic improvements it is important that patient experiences are shared regularly with stakeholders such as health care providers, insurers, state agencies, and nonprofits. These connections should form a robust feedback network where people are informed of changes in Medicaid and stakeholders hear about the challenges faced by enrollees accessing care. This feedback loop can spur fixes that facilitate health improvement for residents with low incomes.
The Trust may support several approaches to meeting this goal. Applicants could include, but are not limited to, advocacy or legal service organizations, groups with experience convening health care stakeholders, or other nonprofits with expertise in Medicaid and patient engagement.
Eligibility Requirements
Before applying, consider the following questions and requirements:
- Is your organization or work a good fit with the Trust?
- Are you located or operating in North Carolina?
- Does your work focus on improving quality of life and health for North Carolinians with low incomes?
- Do you primarily support populations experiencing poverty?
- These populations include: individuals living at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level; the uninsured; and those eligible for Medicaid and/or the free/reduced school lunch program.
Organizations the Trust WILL fund:
- Nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations
- Governmental entities
Organizations the Trust WILL NOT fund:
- Individuals
- Faith-based organizations without 501(c)(3)
- Type III supporting organizations
- Organizations providing pass-through funds to an ineligible organization
Eligible? Contact us to schedule a consultation.