Foster G. McGaw Prize for Excellence in Community Service

fostermcgaw@aha.org

The Foster G. McGaw Prize honors health delivery organizations that have demonstrated exceptional commitment to community service.

Applicants must meet the following criteria for excellence in community service:

• Leadership: Leads the community to better health and well-being by
  • Ensuring that regular community needs assessments are completed, community-wide planning is conducted, and that a scorecard is used to ensure accountability and progress
  • Demonstrating alignment between community health needs and the initiatives it creates
  • Demonstrating that all stakeholders are engaged in and committed to the organization's community health strategies, partnerships and collaboratives
• Partnerships: Collaborates with a broad range of community organizations to identify and address societal factors influencing health and improve access to high quality, safe and equitable health care; has a shared purpose and passion; and demonstrates strong community engagement, acceptance, and involvement.
• Breadth and Depth of Initiatives: The organization's community service initiatives:
  • Exceed the definition of acute medical and health care services
  • Result in improved access to care for historically marginalized communities
  • Address health and health care disparities that impact racially, ethnically and culturally diverse individuals
  • Address societal factors influencing health, including but not limited to economic development; nutrition/malnutrition; preventable non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, and barriers to clean water, sanitation and hygiene
  • Invest in advances such as telehealth and digital innovations to expand access to health service
  • Result in improved health outcomes

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Any health delivery organization that exhibits the award criteria is eligible to apply for the prize, including:

• Hospitals
• Health systems
• Integrated networks
• Self-defined community partnerships

The winning prize is $100,000. Finalists are awarded $10,000. Up to 4 programs or organizations may be selected.

A link to the application instructions is available on the program website when applications are being accepted.

Email the completed application in a single PDF file to fostermcgaw@aha.org.