Nonprofit organizations encouraged to apply for health grants
Northwest Community Healthcare is currently accepting applications for grants from not-for-profit community organizations within its service area.
The following five key priority areas have been identified as community health care needs and will be included in the Northwest Community Healthcare Fiscal Year 2019-2021 Implementation Plan:
• Access to health care for the under-resourced
• Behavioral health
• Obesity (including nutrition and physical activity)
• cancer
• Chronic disease (diabetes, heart/stroke, respiratory)
Implementation committees were formed to develop strategies, tactics and outcome measurements for each of the priority areas. The plan will be updated annually with results.
Northwest Community Healthcare invites not-for-profit community organizations within its service area to request donations of $500 to $10,000 by filling out an application. Service area includes: Arlington Heights, Barrington, Buffalo Grove, Des Plaines, Elk Grove Village, Hoffman Estates, Lake Zurich, Mount Prospect, Palatine, Prospect Heights, Rolling Meadows, Schaumburg and Wheeling.
Northwest Community Healthcare will consider donation requests from charitable organizations that align with the mission, values and needs of the communities it serves. (Individuals and political campaigns are ineligible.)
Applications will be accepted through July 31, 2018, and organizations will be notified by Oct. 1, 2018. Visit nch.org/communityservices to access the electronic application form.
Northwest Community Healthcare recently collected data through an online community survey, a key informant health survey, three focus groups and secondary data from a variety of sources to identify the current health care needs of the community. Based on those results, the implementation plan was formed and is now available for residents to view online at nch.org/chna.
Although the needs assessment is an Internal Revenue Service requirement from the Affordable Care Act, Northwest Community Healthcare has been assessing and meeting community health care needs for more than 20 years.
"This helps us fulfill our mission, address the most predominant needs and be good stewards of our resources," NCH Director of Community Services Karen Baker says.