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Health in a New Key Partnership Grants

Together we can improve the health of our communities! SLHI is in search of community partnerships that:

• Connect people
• Define issues that will build healthy communities
• Develop innovative solutions for lasting change
• Foster individual and community assets
• Recognize opportunities and take action

If these qualities describe you and your community partners, we would like to talk to you about applying for an SLHI Health in a New Key Partnership Grant.

How to Get Started

First, read about our Goals and Philosophy, What We're Looking For and the principles and approach of Health in a New Key. They will provide you with background and significant insights into the mission of SLHI and how we work.

Second, start the grant application process through a conversation with SLHI staff. We'd like to hear your thoughts regarding the following questions:

1. How do you define your community?
2. What health-related issue do you want to address?
3. Who else in your community is interested and/or engaged with this issue?
4. What action do you want to take?
5. How does your proposed work lend itself to community- and strength-based strategies?
6. How will you know if you are successful?

Our best investments are collaborative efforts that may entail multiple meetings and/or discussions about the proposed plan prior to the submission of an actual proposal. If we find that there is a mutual fit, a formal proposal is then submitted by program staff to the SLHI Board of Trustees for their consideration twice a year -- in September/October and February/March. (How to Apply)

Remember -- talk to us before you submit a proposal. The SLHI Board of Trustees will consider only those proposals from organizations that have had prior discussion with program staff.

Begin your conversation today by contacting:

• Jane Pearson - Associate Director, Programs
• Elizabeth McNamee - Associate Director, Community Development