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Director of Learning & Community Impact

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President

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Policy and practice must work in tandem to drive critical systems changes. The Think Bigger Do Good Policy Paper Series provides policy solutions to our nation’s most pressing behavioral health issues. Though public policy has broad and deep impacts for families and communities, public policy discussions often occur without those most affected at the table. 

This grant program supports local, small- and mid-size organizations that are working directly with communities to address issues that relate to, inform, and advance the policy discussions outlined in this series. Each grant cycle focuses on a different paper, or set of papers.

To learn more about the opportunity and access Frequently Asked Questions, click here.

To register for an informational session about the Policy Meets Practice grant opportunity, click here.

 

 

2022 Think Bigger Do Good Policy Paper of Focus

Policy Paper of Focus

The goal of this grant program is to reinforce strategies outlined in the Think Bigger Do Good Policy Paper, Enhancing the Capacity of the Mental Health and Addiction Workforce: A Framework. Recommendations are made on three levels – clinical, community, and individual.

For the purposes of this grant, we are seeking to support programs that expand the community behavioral health workforce by investing in peers and other nontraditional community workers. Community mental health workers can divert care from an overextended clinical workforce by delivering interventions that focus on prevention, recovery, mitigation, and/or harm reduction. Existing models that promote the benefits of situating mental, social, and spiritual support services within the community setting include community health workers/promotoras, peer support services, and other frontline public health workers.

These roles are described in further detail in the policy paper, Enhancing the Capacity of the Mental Health and Addiction Workforce: A Framework

To watch a webinar based on the paper, click here.

Goals

    • Invest

      in programs that connect important behavioral health policy issues to on-the-ground practice

    • Build

      capacity of local small- and mid-size organizations

    • Inform

      behavioral health policy discussion using lessons from real-world application

Grant Awards

$50,000 Grant Awards

In the second cycle of the Policy Meets Practice grant opportunity, four grants of $50,000 each will be awarded. The grant cycle will last one year.

Eligibility Requirements

  • Non-Profit Organization

    Is your organization recognized as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or does your organization have a Fiscal Sponsor?

  • Geographic Location

    Does your program serve communities located within the City of Philadelphia?

  • Small- or Mid-Size Organization

    Does your organization have a budget of $5 million or less?

  • Representative Leadership

    Is your organization’s leadership team and board representative of the community you work with?

  • Policy Meets Practice

    Does the program align with the recommendations made in the Think Bigger Do Good paper of focus, Enhancing the Capacity of the Mental Health and Addiction Workforce: A Framework by expanding the community behavioral health workforce? 

Grant Process

  • Select

    Scattergood Foundation will select a specific Think Bigger Do Good policy paper or set of papers of focus.

  • Submit

    Organizations submit applications for programming related to the policy issue of focus.

  • Staff Review

    Scattergood Foundation staff review and narrow applications.

  • Grantmaking Group Review

    Grantmaking Group will review applications and make selections for grant awards.

  • Award

    Awardees will be announced.

  • Convene

    Review team and grantees will convene semi-regularly to share about their programs and to discuss policy-related issues.

Timeline

  • Wednesday, March 13th, 2022

    Policy Meets Practice Grant Application Opens

  • Monday, April 18th, 2022 at 3pm

    Informational session about the application process

    *To register, click here.

  • Monday, May 16th, 2022 at 5pm EST

    Application period closes

  • June 2022

    Applicants notified of grant award status

    Grant awards released

  • July 2022-June 2023

    Grantees implement programs and participate in Community of Practice

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Please watch an informational session for potential applicants to learn about the 2022 Policy Meets Practice grant opportunity.

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The goal of this grant program is to reinforce strategies outlined in the Think Bigger Do Good Policy Paper, Enhancing the Capacity of the Mental Health and Addiction Workforce: A Framework. Recommendations are made on three levels – clinical, community, and individual.

For the purposes of this grant, we are seeking to support programs that expand the community behavioral health workforce by investing in peers and other nontraditional community workers. Community mental health workers can divert care from an overextended clinical workforce by delivering interventions that focus on prevention, recovery, mitigation, and/or harm reduction. Existing models that promote the benefits of situating mental, social, and spiritual support services within the community setting include community health workers/promotoras, peer support services, and other frontline public health workers.

These roles are described in further detail in the policy paper, Enhancing the Capacity of the Mental Health and Addiction Workforce: A Framework

To watch a webinar based on the paper, click here.

    • Invest

      in programs that connect important behavioral health policy issues to on-the-ground practice

    • Build

      capacity of local small- and mid-size organizations

    • Inform

      behavioral health policy discussion using lessons from real-world application

$50,000 Grant Awards

In the second cycle of the Policy Meets Practice grant opportunity, four grants of $50,000 each will be awarded. The grant cycle will last one year.

  • Non-Profit Organization

    Is your organization recognized as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or does your organization have a Fiscal Sponsor?

  • Geographic Location

    Does your program serve communities located within the City of Philadelphia?

  • Small- or Mid-Size Organization

    Does your organization have a budget of $5 million or less?

  • Representative Leadership

    Is your organization’s leadership team and board representative of the community you work with?

  • Policy Meets Practice

    Does the program align with the recommendations made in the Think Bigger Do Good paper of focus, Enhancing the Capacity of the Mental Health and Addiction Workforce: A Framework by expanding the community behavioral health workforce? 

  • Select

    Scattergood Foundation will select a specific Think Bigger Do Good policy paper or set of papers of focus.

  • Submit

    Organizations submit applications for programming related to the policy issue of focus.

  • Staff Review

    Scattergood Foundation staff review and narrow applications.

  • Grantmaking Group Review

    Grantmaking Group will review applications and make selections for grant awards.

  • Award

    Awardees will be announced.

  • Convene

    Review team and grantees will convene semi-regularly to share about their programs and to discuss policy-related issues.

  • Wednesday, March 13th, 2022

    Policy Meets Practice Grant Application Opens

  • Monday, April 18th, 2022 at 3pm

    Informational session about the application process

    *To register, click here.

  • Monday, May 16th, 2022 at 5pm EST

    Application period closes

  • June 2022

    Applicants notified of grant award status

    Grant awards released

  • July 2022-June 2023

    Grantees implement programs and participate in Community of Practice




Please watch an informational session for potential applicants to learn about the 2022 Policy Meets Practice grant opportunity.

  

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