Jackson Care Connect Community Health Improvement Plan
Grant Application 2025

The health and well-being of our community is of primary concern for Jackson Care Connect. The intention of this grant is to the support the quality of health for individuals within our community. In an effort to improve the lives of those we serve and to build the health of the community at large, we took part, along with our community partners, in a Community Health Assessment in 2024 and created a Community Health Improvement plan, with the support from Jefferson Regional Health Alliance

A Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) is a process and document that identifies strategies to support improved health of individuals and the community. The CHIP outlines prioritized health issues and ways to address them locally. One of the strategic goals of our CHIP is to support  community partners who are doing service work in our community. As a nonprofit, community-led health plan, we are committed to investing in the health of our members and the community at large. Jackson Care Connect is overseen by a local Board of Directors and informed by a Community Advisory Council. The Council will oversee the disbursement of the grant dollars.

Grant Guidelines and Process

Timeline:
Grants will be reviewed as they are received on a monthly basis, through November 30th, 2025, or until funds are exhausted. Applicants can expect to receive a funding decision within approximately 90 days from submission.   

Funding: All awards will be considered one-time grant dollars and are not intended for long-term programmatic support. Each grant application can request up to $20,000, although not all requests will be awarded the full amount. In the event that the full amount requested is not awarded, the goals outlined can be adjusted. Grant funds will be distributed in one cycle. Agencies are only eligible to receive one CHIP Grant per cycle. Projects are not eligible for fudning if they received a grant in the previous year's cycle.  

Application Process:

Fill out each section for completion:

Summary tab
Application questions tab
Budgets tab
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Definitions:

Listed below are some definitions that might be useful for applicants during the grant application progress. The purpose is to begin building a common language that we can share for better understanding and collaboration efforts. We recongize that health equity is a journey and that definition and languages will always be shifting and changing. 

Health Equity: Oregon will have established a health system that creates health equity when all people can reach their full health potential and well-being and are not disadvantaged by their race, ethnicity, language, disability, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, social class, intersections among these communities or identities, or other socially determined circumstances. Achieving health equity requires the ongoing collaboration of all regions and sectors of the state, including tribal governments to address:
The equitable distribution or redistributing of resources and power; and
Recognizing, reconciling and rectifying historical and contemporary injustices.
Diversity: is the awareness that people come from a wide range of experiences and identities that has shaped their lived experiences, and in many cases, can impact their access to health care based on those lived experiences.  Identities can include, but not limited to, race, gender identity, age, sexual orientation, disability, religion, culture.
Inclusion: The valuing, appreciation, and validating of individuals from all backgrounds and identities to ensure that they have the same opportunities to find belonging in the community.
Marginalized: Some individuals and groups experience greater barriers that impact their ability to engage in social, economic, political, and health, because of the identities and backgrounds they hold.
Health Disparities Compared to Health Inequities: though sometimes used interchangeably, disparity and inequity have different definitions.
health disparities are differences in health status and mortality rates across population groups, which can sometimes be expected, such as cancer rates in the elderly versus children;
health inequities are differences in health status and mortality rates across population groups that are systemic, avoidable, unfair, and unjust, such as breast cancer mortality for black women versus white women.”
Social Determinants of Health (SDoH): the environmental and social factors at play in our lives and our communities.
Bias: may be related to - but is not limited to: race, color, national origin, religion, gender and sex, gender identity and gender expression, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, family/parental status, income derived from a public assistance program, political beliefs, or reprisal orretaliation for prior civil rights activity.

Library Resources:

We have attached resources under the Library Tab to help provide additional information around the four Community Health Improvement Plan priority areas. You are also able to find this information in the links provided above. If you have any questions around the priority areas, please feel free to reach out for clarification.