Louisiana Community Health Grants

CommunityGrants@LouisianaHealthConnect.com

Louisiana Healthcare Connections provides grants for programs across the state of Louisiana that are designed to increase preventive care, create health equity, and improve health outcomes.

Priorities include:

• Address social determinants of health related to:
  • Food security
  • Job training and placement
  • Remediation of health harming environmental factors
• Create health equity and eliminate health disparities:
  • Underserved communities
  • Systematic barriers to care
  • Inclusion and cultural sensitivity
• Increase preventive care, with a special focus on:
  • Pediatric fluoride varnish
  • Childhood and adolescent immunizations
  • Cervical and colorectal cancer screenings
  • Screenings for sexually transmitted infections, specifically HIV and syphilis
  • Early prenatal care and Black maternal health
  • Diabetes management and support
  • Hypertension management and support
• Enhance Medicaid healthcare providers resources and skills to:
  • Leverage equity-based approaches to overcome health disparities
  • Foster cultural sensitivity and diversity
  • Integrate physical and behavioral healthcare

Eligible applicants are Louisiana based entities that serve the Medicaid population in the state, including:

• Nonprofit applicants that have 501(c)(3), 501(c)(19), or 509(a)(1) IRS designation
• Schools
• Hospitals
• Healthcare providers that are in-network with Louisiana Healthcare Connections

Investment Grants offer up to $50,000 for program or operational support and are awarded annually.

Impact Grants offer up to $2,000 for short-term organizational needs and are awarded quarterly.

A link to the online application is available on the program website.