From ruth.a.nkemontoh at state.or.us Wed Mar 2 08:33:37 2011 From: ruth.a.nkemontoh at state.or.us (Ruth A NKEMONTOH) Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2011 08:33:37 -0800 Subject: [cultural-health] FW: UPDATE: Kaiser Permanente Northwest Oral Health Request for Proposal - Letter of Intent Due: March 15th by 5:00 P.M. Message-ID: <4D6E00E1.D451.00C9.0@DHS.STATE.OR.US> Hello Friends and Colleagues, Please be advised of the following RFP. Thanks, Ruth Nkemontoh (971) 673-1240 -----Original Message----- From: Community.Benefit at kp.org [mailto:Community.Benefit at kp.org] Sent: Wed 2/16/2011 3:54 PM To: Community.Benefit at nsmtp.kp.org Subject: UPDATE: Kaiser Permanente Northwest Oral Health Request for Proposal - Letter of Intent Due: March 15th by 5:00 P.M. *******Please note, that Marion County is included in the KPNW Service Area **** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 16, 2011 KAISER PERMANENTE NORTHWEST REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) ANNOUNCEMENT OPPORTUNITY FOR ORAL HEALTH INITIATIVE FOR PREVENTION, ADVOCACY, ACCESS TO CARE, AND EDUCATION PORTLAND, OR - The Kaiser Permanente Northwest Region (KPNW) is seeking proposals from qualified community-based organizations, grassroots advocacy groups, dental care providers, non-service networks, health centers, and federally qualified health centers that best meet the qualifications and geographical requirements of the KPNW Region. We invite proposals from groups who are beginning to be involved in policy advocacy work as well as those who have been doing this for some time and are willing and able to take their work to the next level. KPNW has dedicated a minimum of $750,000 over a three-year period for this initiative and intends to award a portfolio of five to eight grants in the $30,000 to $50,000 range annually as a result of this competitive RFP. Grant size will depend on experience, need, level of community support, and a clear plan and ability to demonstrate outcomes. Projects maybe funded for one year or up to three years. Grant awards will not exceed $50,000 per year, up to a maximum of $150,000 over a three-year period. Multi-year requests will be considered for up to three years (ending in 2014). Subsequent years of continual funding will depend on adequate performance in previous years. KPNW is mandated by the IRS to support our service areas in both Washington and Oregon. These counties include: Washington: Clark, Cowlitz, parts of Wahkiakum* and Skamania* counties. Oregon: Clackamas, Columbia, Marion, Multnomah, Polk, Washington, parts of *Columbia,*Hood River,* Linn,* and *Benton counties. *Organizations may email community.benefit at kp.org to verify that they located in a Kaiser Permanente service area. KPNW Oral Health Initiative RFP will provide funding to assist regional safety net partners in creating and implementing strategies to support oral health initiatives that address the following four priority areas: 1. Increase access to oral health care by removing barriers that exist in health services and/or prevention and educational initiatives. 2. Policy improvements at the institutional and/or government levels that will improve oral health in the proposed area. 3. Enhance oral health education and prevention messages and interventions targeting consumers, public health, and medical professionals (e.g., pediatricians, dentists, hygienists, health educators, parents, and guardians). 4. Support the implementation of evidence-based solutions, best and emerging practices that seek to increase access to oral health care and create an innovative system, and partnership(s) for providing care. To apply: Step 1: Submit letter of intent via email, maximum length of two pages, by 5 p.m. PST on Monday, March 15, 2011. Please e-mail to Community.Benefit at kp.org. Step 2: Invited applications will be requested to submit a full application. See full RFP for detailed instructions. Timeline and key dates | --------------------------------------+----------------------------------------- Tuesday, February 15, 2011 |Details posted on KPNW's Community |Benefit website and sent via e-mail to |community partners. --------------------------------------+----------------------------------------- Monday, March 15, 2011 |Deadline for receipt of letters of 5 p.m. PST |intent. --------------------------------------+----------------------------------------- Tuesday, March 15-21, 2011 |Letters of intent reviewed by selection |committee. --------------------------------------+----------------------------------------- Tuesday, March 29, 2011 |Invitations sent to selected candidates |to submit full grant proposals. --------------------------------------+----------------------------------------- Thursday, May 6, 2011 |Deadline for receipt of invited proposals 5 p.m. PST | --------------------------------------+----------------------------------------- Friday, May 6-Thursday, June 16, 2011 |Proposals reviewed by selection |committee. --------------------------------------+----------------------------------------- Thursday, June 23, 2011 |Grant recipients notified of awards. --------------------------------------+----------------------------------------- Thursday, June 30, 2011 |Grant funding begins. We encourage those interested to view the full RFP through: Click HERE . Or copy and paste: http://info.kp.org/communitybenefit/html/our_communities/northwest/our_communities_8_a.html For program information contact: Kaiser Permanente Northwest-Community Benefit c/o Safety Net Partnership Committee community.benefit at kp.org 503-813-3575 (See attached file: 02.15.2011 Oral Helath LOI.doc)(See attached file: 02.15.2011 KPNW Oral Health Initiative RFP.doc)(See attached file: 02.15.2011 KPNW Oral HEALTH Press Release.doc) NOTICE TO RECIPIENT: If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are prohibited from sharing, copying, or otherwise using or disclosing its contents. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and permanently delete this e-mail and any attachments without reading, forwarding or saving them. Thank you. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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LaVeist, PhD, will be presenting as part of Oregon Public Health Week Message-ID: <4D6FE17C.D451.00C9.0@DHS.STATE.OR.US> Greetings Friends and Colleagues, Oregon Public Health Week 2011 runs from Monday, April 4th through Friday, April 8th. While the week will host many events, we are pleased to announce that Thomas A. LaVeist will be one of the guest speakers participating in this year's Oregon Public Health Week speaker series. Mark your calendars as this is an event you won't want to miss! "It*s the Skin You*re In: Why African Americans Live Sicker and Die Younger" Thomas LaVeist, PhD, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health April 7, 2011 3 - 4 p.m., reception to follow Oregon Convention Center and live stream To find out more details and download the week's schedule of events go to www.healthoregon.org/phweek. Enjoy! Ruth Nkemontoh Communications Office of Multicultural Health & Services Oregon Health Authority 800 NE Oregon St., Suite 550 Portland, OR 97232 Email:ruth.a.nkemontoh at state.or.us Phone: (971) 673-1240 FAX: (971) 673-1128 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: PHWeekFlyerLaVeistFINAL.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 1345904 bytes Desc: not available URL: From ruth.a.nkemontoh at state.or.us Fri Mar 4 16:40:53 2011 From: ruth.a.nkemontoh at state.or.us (Ruth A NKEMONTOH) Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2011 16:40:53 -0800 Subject: [cultural-health] Office of Multicultural Health and Services Newsletter March 4, 2011 Message-ID: <4D711615.D451.00C9.0@DHS.STATE.OR.US> March 4, 2011 Greetings Friends and Colleagues, Thank you for the important role you play in promoting health and well being in Oregon's diverse communities. The Office of Multicultural Health and Services' staff look forward to another wonderful year of serving you through sharing information from across the country and the state of Oregon. In turn, we hope you will continue to share this with your community and professional networks. * Tip: If you would like to jump down to a specific page on the pdf newsletter, you can do so by simultaneously pressing the "ctrl" and "f" keys. A box will appear where you can type in the page or posting you would you like to skip down to. These topics may be of interest to you: 1. Department of Human services and Other Contract and Funding Opportunities (pg 1-2) 2. State and Other Employment Opportunities (pg 3-5) 3. Student Fellowships, and Conferences (pg 5-6) 4. Community Events (6-7) 5. Conferences, Forums, Seminars, Training's and Workshops (pg 8-14) 6. Health Resource Updates and Other Information (pg 14-20) 7. Call for Submissions, Presentations, Abstracts, Collaboration and Participation (pg 20-23) Follow this link to the Newsletter: http://oregon.gov/OHA/omhs/newsletter/index.shtml View the current Diversity Calendar http://oregon.gov/OHA/omhs/calendar/index.shtml If you wish to submit information to include in our newsletter, please provide the original announcement, a website or link to the information you wish to share, and a contact name and number. All information received by five in the evening on Wednesday will be included in Friday's newsletter. Items received after Wednesday at five in the evening will be included in the following week's newsletter. Enjoy! Ruth Nkemontoh Communications Office of Multicultural Health & Services Oregon Health Authority 800 NE Oregon St., Suite 550 Portland, OR 97232 Email:ruth.a.nkemontoh at state.or.us Phone: (971) 673-1240 FAX: (971) 673-1128 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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In turn, we hope you will continue to share this with your community and professional networks. * Tip: If you would like to jump down to a specific page on the pdf newsletter, you can do so by simultaneously pressing the "ctrl" and "f" keys. A box will appear where you can type in the page or posting you would you like to skip down to. These topics may be of interest to you: 1. Department of Human services and Other Contract and Funding Opportunities (pg 1-2) 2. State and Other Employment Opportunities (pg 3-5) 3. Student Fellowships, and Conferences (pg 5-6) 4. Community Events (6-7) 5. Conferences, Forums, Seminars, Training's and Workshops (pg 8-14) 6. Health Resource Updates and Other Information (pg 14-20) 7. Call for Submissions, Presentations, Abstracts, Collaboration and Participation (pg 20-24) Follow this link to the Newsletter: http://oregon.gov/OHA/omhs/newsletter/index.shtml View the current Diversity Calendar http://oregon.gov/OHA/omhs/calendar/index.shtml If you wish to submit information to include in our newsletter, please provide the original announcement, a website or link to the information you wish to share, and a contact name and number. All information received by five in the evening on Wednesday will be included in Friday's newsletter. Items received after Wednesday at five in the evening will be included in the following week's newsletter. Enjoy! Ruth Nkemontoh Communications Office of Multicultural Health & Services Oregon Health Authority 800 NE Oregon St., Suite 550 Portland, OR 97232 Email:ruth.a.nkemontoh at state.or.us Phone: (971) 673-1240 FAX: (971) 673-1128 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Questions can be directed towards PCGC at providence.org Thank you, Ruth Nkemontoh (971) 673-1240 Our MissionAs people of Providence,We reveal God*s love for all,Especially the poor and vulnerableThrough our compassionate serviceOur Core Values Respect Compassion Justice Excellence Stewardship Dear Community Colleague, The Providence Community Grants Council (PCGC) invites innovative and thoughtful grant proposals that seek to improve the health of all Oregonians and address community needs. We are seeking proposals in the focus areas outlined below. We encourage your agency to review the attached application for suitability and eligibility and submit your proposal by replying to this email by Tuesday, April 12th, 2011: PCGC at providence.org. Providence Community Grants Council Focus Areas * Spring 2011 Access to Behavioral Health Services: Behavioral Health (Mental Health and Substance Use) services that are community-based, accessible, affordable, culturally competent and may include medication access and management. ? Projects will address the need for behavioral health services among low-income, vulnerable and underserved persons living in Oregon and Southwest Washington. Special priority is given to programs for diverse populations, programs or services located in defined, low-income and/or isolated communities. ? Potential Services/Programs: Services can include mental health treatment and/or counseling and substance use treatment and/or counseling. Case management that extends or coordinates treatment programs or focuses on complex, high need persons will also be considered. Programs should be accessible and affordable for diverse or low-income persons and may address medication access and management. Regards, Priscilla Lewis Carrie Smith Co-Chair Co-Chair Providence Community Providence Community Grants Council Grants Council ***Completed grants are due to the PCGC email by 5:00 pm, April 12th, 2011*** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 2011 PCGC GRANT App BH MH.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 251472 bytes Desc: not available URL: From ruth.a.nkemontoh at state.or.us Fri Mar 25 17:37:38 2011 From: ruth.a.nkemontoh at state.or.us (Ruth A NKEMONTOH) Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 17:37:38 -0700 Subject: [cultural-health] Office of Multicultural Health and Services Newsletter March 25, 2011 Message-ID: <4D8CD2E2.D451.00C9.0@DHS.STATE.OR.US> March 25, 2011 Greetings Friends and Colleagues, Thank you for the important role you play in promoting health and well being in Oregon's diverse communities. The Office of Multicultural Health and Services' staff look forward to another wonderful year of serving you through sharing information from across the country and the state of Oregon. In turn, we hope you will continue to share this with your community and professional networks. * Tip: If you would like to jump down to a specific page on the pdf newsletter, you can do so by simultaneously pressing the "ctrl" and "f" keys. A box will appear where you can type in the page or posting you would you like to skip down to. These topics may be of interest to you: 1. Department of Human services and Other Contract and Funding Opportunities (pg 1-2) 2. State and Other Employment Opportunities (pg 2-4) 3. Student Fellowships, and Conferences (pg 4-5) 4. Community Events (6-7) 5. Conferences, Forums, Seminars, Training's and Workshops (pg 7-13) 6. Health Resource Updates and Other Information (pg 13-19) 7. Call for Submissions, Presentations, Abstracts, Collaboration and Participation (pg 19-22) Follow this link to the Newsletter: http://oregon.gov/OHA/omhs/newsletter/index.shtml View the current Diversity Calendar http://oregon.gov/OHA/omhs/calendar/index.shtml If you wish to submit information to include in our newsletter, please provide the original announcement, a website or link to the information you wish to share, and a contact name and number. All information received by five in the evening on Wednesday will be included in Friday's newsletter. Items received after Wednesday at five in the evening will be included in the following week's newsletter. Enjoy! Ruth Nkemontoh Communications Office of Multicultural Health & Services Oregon Health Authority 800 NE Oregon St., Suite 550 Portland, OR 97232 Email:ruth.a.nkemontoh at state.or.us Phone: (971) 673-1240 FAX: (971) 673-1128 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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