PROJECT FUNDING

2023-24 Project Submissions – OPEN

The Region 3 Healthcare Coalition Alliance is announcing the opening of the Project Funding Process for the 2023-24 Fiscal Year. Members must complete the Project Submission Form Alliance Project Application no later than Wednesday, May 31, 2023.

  • All projects are on a reimbursement basis. Projects awarded must be completed and reimbursement requested by January 31, 2024. Failure to meet the deadlines may result in forfeiture of reimbursement.
  • Requesting agency must be a current member and located in one of the eighteen member counties of the Alliance:
    • Coalition for Health and Medical Preparedness (CHAMP) – Marion
    • Northeast Florida Healthcare Coalition (NEFLHCC) – Baker, Clay, Duval, Flagler, Nassau, and St. Johns
    • North Central Healthcare Coalition (NCFHCC) – Alachua, Bradford, Columbia, Dixie, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Lafayette, Levy, Putnam, Suwannee, and Union
  • Project must demonstrate relevance to the Coalition Alliance’s mission: Three coalitions working together to increase healthcare resiliency in North Florida.
  • Projects must address an identified healthcare delivery deficiency, gap or resource shortage.
  • Projects must align with and support one of the following 2017-2022 Health Care Preparedness and Response Capabilities:
    1. Foundation for Health Care and Medical Readiness,
    2. Health Care and Medical Response Coordination,
    3. Continuity of Health Care Service Delivery, or
    4. Medical Surge.
  • Projects that align with the specialty surge areas for pediatrics, burns, infectious diseases, radiation and chemical trauma events may receive higher priority.
  • Projects that benefit the region may receive higher priority.
  • Projects will not be considered if they supplant normal business expenses and/or core mission requirements of the applicant’s agency or organization.
  • Projects will not be considered if they violate any of the ASPR funding restrictions.
  • Decisions made on funding requests are at the sole discretion of the Region 3 Healthcare Coalition Alliance’s Board of Directors. The Alliance reserves the right to offer partial funding for a request.
  • Florida Department of Health Bureau of Preparedness will review and approve all project awards prior to notification of award. County Health Departments are not eligible to be a requesting agency.
  • The Healthcare Coalition’s 2023-24 Fiscal Year begins July 1, 2023, and ends June 30, 2024. Project award decisions may not be finalized until July 2023.

Resources:

2023-2024 Alliance Project Funding Protocol

Sample Project Submission Form 2023-2024

Awardee Checklist

Sample MOA

Please contact Leigh Wilsey with any questions at lwilsey@nefrc.org.