Focus Areas
Learn more about the three goal areas of the Health Foundation of South Florida to determine how your proposed project aligns with our grantmaking approach.
Access to Care
We are interested projects that:
- Pilot new collaborations and/or outreach tactics that will help inform enrollment efforts, both at local level as well as systems level.
- Support sustainable, scalable models supporting outreach and enrollment
Increase access to care, patient engagement, and/or improved health outcomes via digital health technology. - Support the expansion of alternate access points such as nurse-managed health centers and telehealth, while advocating for the appropriate reimbursement of these alternate models of care.
- Expand the capacity for safety net clinics, supporting them with infrastructure to assist with upfront technical and operational challenges.
- Advocate for and help to inform state and regional solutions that increase access, availability, and utilization of health care.
Health and Social Needs
We are interested in projects that:
- Facilitate connections and collaboration between stakeholders across the health care and social services sectors to address the social needs of low-income South Florida residents.
- Support the adoption of technology platforms, within a collaborative infrastructure, that allow for increased efficiencies in the referral of patients and clients in need of health and social services
- Support implementation, evaluation and scaling of social needs interventions, such as medical-legal partnerships and food pharmacies.
- Advocate for and inform health care financing and payment mechanisms for social needs interventions.
Thriving Communities
We are interested in projects that:
- Facilitate connections and collaboration between stakeholders across the health care and social services sectors to address the social needs of low-income South Florida residents.
- Support the adoption of technology platforms, within a collaborative infrastructure, that allow for increased efficiencies in the referral of patients and clients in need of health and social services
- Support implementation, evaluation and scaling of social needs interventions, such as medical-legal partnerships and food pharmacies.
- Advocate for and inform health care financing and payment mechanisms for social needs interventions.
Other Community Needs
Preference will be given to proposals that demonstrate the following criteria:
- An identified need is clearly demonstrated.
- Goals, objectives, and outcomes are realistic and measurable.
- Project budget fully explains how the Foundation’s funds will be used.
- Opportunities to collaborate with other community partners are identified.