What is community health fund

Do health centers get grants?

Health centers also receive state and local public health grants for preventive services such as:

funds to help support the cost of vision screening or services to screen and treat for communicable diseases.
In total, these other federal, state, local, and private grants and contracts account for 12% of all health center operating revenue.

What is the Community Health Center Fund?

The Community Health Center Fund provides billions in grant funding annually.
Centers rely on the Fund to cover the cost of uncompensated care and to increase the services they provide.
The Fund is authorized by Congress every few years, but the past three authorizations have not significantly increased the level of funding.

Will NACHC reauthorize the Community Health Center Fund?

NACHC is focused on passing a bill to reauthorize the federal Community Health Center Fund, which is set to expire on September 30, 2023, the end of the federal fiscal year 2023 (FY23).
The CHCF provides about 70% of federal funding for health centers and has ensured stable, multi-year base grant funding for 300 grantees since 2015.

How much is a Community Health Fund grant?

Grants are up to £5000

Application forms will be sent out on 9th June and the closing date is 1st July 2022 If you would like an application form email communityhealthfund@newcastle

gov uk Find out more about our Community Champions programme

×A Community Health Fund (CHF) is a mechanism whereby community members finance or co-finance costs associated with health services. CHFs aim to create sustainable health initiatives that expand and enhance health care services for those who need them most. CHFs also offer community members greater involvement in the management of the financing scheme and the organization of health services.

International organization

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is an international financing and partnership organization that aims to attract, leverage and invest additional resources to end the epidemics of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria to support attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals established by the United Nations.
This multistakeholder international organization maintains its secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland.
The organization began operations in January 2002.
Microsoft founder Bill Gates was one of the first donors to provide seed money for the partnership.
From January 2006 it has benefited from certain US Privileges, Exemptions, and Immunities under executive order 13395, which conferred International Organizations Immunities Act status on it.

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