[cultural-health] FW: UPDATE: Kaiser Permanente Northwest Oral Health Request for Proposal - Letter of Intent Due: March 15th by 5:00 P.M.

Wed Mar 2 08:33:37 PST 2011

Hello Friends and Colleagues,

Please be advised of the following RFP.  

Thanks, 

Ruth Nkemontoh
(971) 673-1240

-----Original Message-----
From: Community.Benefit at kp.org [mailto:Community.Benefit at kp.org] 
Sent: Wed 2/16/2011 3:54 PM
To: Community.Benefit at nsmtp.kp.org 
Subject: UPDATE: Kaiser Permanente Northwest Oral Health Request for Proposal  - Letter of Intent Due: March 15th by 5:00 P.M.

*******Please note, that Marion County is included in the KPNW Service Area
****

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 16, 2011

                        KAISER PERMANENTE NORTHWEST

          REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) ANNOUNCEMENT OPPORTUNITY FOR
                        ORAL HEALTH INITIATIVE FOR
            PREVENTION, ADVOCACY, ACCESS TO CARE, AND EDUCATION

PORTLAND, OR - The Kaiser Permanente Northwest Region (KPNW) is seeking
proposals from qualified community-based organizations, grassroots advocacy
groups, dental care providers, non-service networks, health centers, and
federally qualified health centers that best meet the qualifications and
geographical requirements of the KPNW Region. We invite proposals from
groups who are beginning to be involved in policy advocacy work as well as
those who have been doing this for some time and are willing and able to
take their work to the
next level.

KPNW has dedicated a minimum of $750,000 over a three-year period for this
initiative and intends to award a portfolio of five to eight grants in the
$30,000 to $50,000 range annually as a result of this competitive RFP.
Grant size will depend on experience, need, level of community support, and
a clear plan and ability to demonstrate outcomes. Projects maybe funded for
one year or up to three years. Grant awards will not exceed $50,000 per
year, up to a maximum of $150,000 over a three-year period. Multi-year
requests will be considered for up to three years (ending in 2014).
Subsequent years of continual funding will depend on adequate performance
in previous years.

KPNW is mandated by the IRS to support our service areas in both Washington
and Oregon. These counties include:
      Washington: Clark, Cowlitz, parts of Wahkiakum* and Skamania*
counties.
      Oregon: Clackamas, Columbia, Marion, Multnomah, Polk, Washington,
      parts of *Columbia,*Hood River,* Linn,* and *Benton counties.

*Organizations may email community.benefit at kp.org to verify that they
 located in a Kaiser Permanente service area.

KPNW Oral Health Initiative RFP will provide funding to assist regional
safety net partners in creating and implementing strategies to support oral
health initiatives that address the following four priority areas:
1.    Increase access to oral health care by removing barriers that exist
      in health services and/or prevention and educational initiatives.
2.    Policy improvements at the institutional and/or government levels
      that will improve oral health in the proposed area.
3.    Enhance oral health education and prevention messages and
      interventions targeting consumers, public health, and medical
      professionals (e.g., pediatricians, dentists, hygienists, health
      educators, parents, and guardians).
4.    Support the implementation of evidence-based solutions, best and
      emerging practices that seek to increase access to oral health care
      and create an innovative system, and partnership(s) for providing
      care.

To apply:
Step 1: Submit letter of intent via email, maximum length of two pages, by
5 p.m. PST on Monday, March 15, 2011. Please e-mail to
Community.Benefit at kp.org.
Step 2: Invited applications will be requested to submit a full
application. See full RFP for detailed instructions.

         Timeline and key dates        |                                         
 --------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------
 Tuesday, February 15, 2011            |Details posted on KPNW's Community       
                                       |Benefit website and sent via e-mail to   
                                       |community partners.                      
 --------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------
 Monday, March 15, 2011                |Deadline for receipt of letters of       
 5 p.m. PST                            |intent.                                  
 --------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------
 Tuesday, March 15-21, 2011            |Letters of intent reviewed by selection  
                                       |committee.                               
 --------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------
 Tuesday, March 29, 2011               |Invitations sent to selected candidates  
                                       |to submit full grant proposals.          
 --------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------
 Thursday, May 6, 2011                 |Deadline for receipt of invited proposals
 5 p.m. PST                            |                                         
 --------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------
 Friday, May 6-Thursday, June 16, 2011 |Proposals reviewed by selection          
                                       |committee.                               
 --------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------
 Thursday, June 23, 2011               |Grant recipients notified of awards.     
 --------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------
 Thursday, June 30, 2011               |Grant funding begins.                    

We encourage those interested to view the full RFP through: Click HERE .
 Or copy and paste:
http://info.kp.org/communitybenefit/html/our_communities/northwest/our_communities_8_a.html 

For program information contact:
Kaiser Permanente Northwest-Community Benefit
c/o Safety Net Partnership Committee
community.benefit at kp.org 
503-813-3575

(See attached file: 02.15.2011 Oral Helath LOI.doc)(See attached file:
02.15.2011 KPNW Oral Health Initiative RFP.doc)(See attached file:
02.15.2011 KPNW Oral HEALTH Press Release.doc)

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