Central Oregon Health Quality Alliance (COHQA) 2024 Grant Program
COHQA’s grant cycle has closed for 2024 and will reopen February 2025.
Grant Program
Every year, COHQA selects innovative quality healthcare initiatives to fund (up to $40,000) that improve patient and provider experience, improve population health, and reduce costs.
2024 Grant Program Timeline:
- Thursday, February 15, 2024 – Application opened
- Monday, April 15, 2024 – Application closed
- Friday, June 7, 2024 – Awards announced
- Friday, July 5, 2024 – Checks mailed. Start of 12 month 2024 grant program
We STRONGLY RECOMMEND that you meet with us before you complete an application. The purpose of this informal meeting is to:
- Discuss our funding priorities.
- Confirm eligibility.
- Provide more details about the application.
- Provide information about how applications are evaluated.
- Answer any questions applicants may have
We have found this helps save applicants time and effort, as well as strengthens their proposals.
You can schedule an appointment here: https://calendly.com/ppritchard_cohqa
Total Program Funding Budget: $200,000
Award Maximum per Applicant: $40,000
Grant Program priorities
Within the following priorities, we are especially interested in projects that focus on improving health outcomes for populations facing the greatest health disparities and inequities:
Provider-Led Health Care Innovation
Goal to implement intervention(s) specific to health care delivery systems, clinicians, and/or patients that focus on the Quadruple Aim of: Improved Quality, Reduced Cost, Improved Patient Experience, and Improved Provider and Staff Experience in the communities that COHQA serves.
Community-Led Health Care Innovation
Innovations to improve community health, health care, and patient or provider experience can and should come from the community itself. We encourage community members, as consumers of health care, to partner with health care providers to develop and implement fresh ideas to improve care delivery.
Clinical Integration and Multi-Sector Coordination
Implementation of intervention(s) that advance clinical and financial coordination and integration of stakeholders in the communities we serve.
Grant Program Funding Parameters
Members within the counties of Crook, Deschutes, Grant, Harney, Jefferson, Lake, Wheeler, Wasco, Sherman, Hood River, Skamania, and Klickitat: providers, clinics, or community organizations involved in health care improvement or community support. We encourage multi-stakeholder partnerships and collaborations.
- Personnel salaries
- Training
- Improved patient care processes, including program development and designated clinic time
- Data collection and analysis
- Computer software/hardware, if integral and in support of initiative
- General supplies, in support of initiative
- Patient care not otherwise reimbursable by government or private insurance coverage
- Indirect or overhead costs: Up to 10 percent of the total grant award
- Building or infrastructure remodeling
- Medical equipment and/or medical supplies
- Long term studies