Grant cycle open for UCHealth YVMC Foundation

January 1, 2023 Shannon Lukens

By Shannon Lukens.

Applications are being accepted for the fourth annual grant cycle for the Community Health Benefit Fund for UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center’s Foundation. Up to $300,000 is available for any existing 501 (c) (3) in Routt and/or Moffat Counties. This year’s funding areas include access to health care, mental health, and substance abuse disorder. Submissions are due by the end of the month.

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Here’s more from UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center; Jan. 1, 2023.

Pre-applications may be submitted now through January 31, 2023 for the fourth annual grant cycle of UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center’s Foundation’s Community Health Benefit Fund. For the 2023 grant cycle, up to $300,000 is available to be invested in our communities. To qualify for the grant cycle, organizations must be an existing 501 (c) (3) and located within Routt and/or Moffat counties and align to the funding priorities. Organizations meeting these requirements may apply individually or together to reach a shared goal via an online application at yvmcf.org/chbf.

This year’s funding areas:

Access to health care
- Deliver comprehensive and culturally responsive access to:
  - Physical health care
  - Mental health care
  - Behavior health care
Mental health
- Develop and implement education and prevention resources as well as programs that promote inclusivity and equality
- Create programs that care equally for the mind and body
Substance use disorder
- Expand and strengthen resources to provide education, prevention and treatment of substance use disorders

Full grant proposals are due by February 28, 2023. Grant recipients will be notified in May 2023 if they are selected to receive a grant.

The amount available has continued to increase since the inaugural year – $275,000 in 2020, $325,000 in 2021 and $340,000 in 2022. Once grants are awarded in 2023, over $1 million will have been invested in nonprofits who are working to improve access to health care, mental health and substance use disorder.