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2009-2010 Grant Competition
Continuing its mission to promote bioscience-based economic development and to promote
public health, the Health Sciences & Services Authority (HSSA) of Spokane County
has announced a request for proposals (RFPs) in its third grant competition this
year. The Woodworth Collaborative Health Services Delivery Challenge Grant is named
after Roger Woodworth, Vice President, Avista Utilities, and recognizes his outstanding
leadership and service in the inaugural year of HSSA and his suggestion for this
challenge grant. In this 2009-2010 grant competition, the HSSA will award up to
a total of $100,000 in one or more matching grants to an organization that can:
- Demonstrate a commitment to coordination, cooperation and collaboration that
durably increases the efficiency of health service delivery in Spokane County;
AND
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Match the amount of the grant sought with an equal amount of funding, none of which
may be previously sourced from HSSA and no more than half of which can be in-kind.
To read the RFP in its entirety, please click here.
Key Dates
Key dates for the Woodworth Challenge grant are:
- RFP Posted Date: May 1, 2010
- Letter of Intent Due by 12 noon: May 15, 2010
- Proposal due by 4 pm: June 15, 2010
- HSSA Board review: June 15 –July 15, 2010
- Award announcement date: August 4, 2010 (Board Meeting, or sooner)
- Earliest funding start date: Upon completion of Grant Agreement
Review Process
A subcommittee of the HSSA Board will evaluate and score each proposal based on
individual merits. To assist its evaluation, the subcommittee may, at its sole discretion,
seek outside expertise. All reviewers are subject to the HSSA’s confidentiality
policy. Once all proposals are scored, they will be ranked and awards made by the
HSSA Board as provided herein.
HSSA reserves the right to invite applicants for a personal interview or to require
a site visit as part of the review process.
Names of reviewers will not be made available to applicants. Applicants and their
representatives may not contact reviewers regarding submitted applications. Any
such contact or attempt to contact may result in the disqualification of that applicant's
proposal from the competition.
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