Nine community organizations have been selected for funding from the Wisconsin Partnership Program at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health through its Community Impact Grant Program.
The Community Impact Grant Program provides two levels of grant funding designed to support community partnership initiatives that address the social determinants of health to improve health and advance health equity in Wisconsin’s rural, urban, and tribal communities.
The Level 1 Engage awards are designed for small to medium-sized organizations and provide up to $250,000 each over three years, matching teams with new academic partners or building on existing partnerships. Level 2 Accelerate awards are designed for larger organizations, provide up to $500,000 each over three years and require community-academic partnerships.
The Level 1 Engage grant recipients and initiatives are:
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First 5 Fox Valley for the initiative Advancing the Help Me Grow Model with Family-Engaged Developmental Modeling;
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Home for Good of Eau Claire Inc. for the initiative Empowering Families and Individuals Experiencing Housing Insecurity to Succeed through Tenancy Support Peer Mentorship;
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Mentoring Positives for the initiative The Positive Path through Madison’s Darbo Neighborhood; and
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Ukwakha Inc. for the initiative From Seeds to Table: Indigenous Culinary Partnership and Education.
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The Level 2 Accelerate grant recipients, initiatives, and academic partners are:
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CAP Services Inc. for the initiative Restoring Health and Health Equity in Central Wisconsin Housing with academic partner Katie Livernash, Extension Portage County, UW–Madison;
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Catholic Multicultural Center for the initiative Enhancing Access to Culturally Appropriate Mental Health Services for Immigrants and Refugees with academic partner Matthew Wolfgram, Ph.D., UW–Madison, College of Letters and Science;
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Forest County Potawatomi Community for the initiative Investigating Strategies to Remove Barriers that Exclude Indigenous Populations from Early Diagnosis and Intervention of Autism Spectrum with academic partner Liliana Wagner, Ph.D., UW–Madison, LEND Program, Waisman Center;
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Wisconsin Humanities for the initiative Community Powered Tribal Health Initiative with academic partner Arijit Sen, Ph.D., UW–Milwaukee; and
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Workforce Resource Inc. for the initiative Crisis Intervention to Facilitate Successful Transition to Adulthood with academic partner Tamara Kincaid, UW–River Falls.
