OHA Announces Funding Opportunity for Community-Based Organizations

PORTLAND, Ore.—Oregon Health Authority’s (OHA) Public Health Division has released a new funding opportunity for community-based organizations (CBOs). The Public Health Equity Request for Grant Applications (RFGA) is open now and will close Dec. 1, 2023, at 3 p.m.

The Public Health Equity Funding opportunity recognizes the essential role that CBOs, including faith-based organizations and advocacy groups, play in guiding and supporting culturally and linguistically responsive public health work. This funding opportunity will keep health equity, community strengths and community-led priorities at the forefront of public health work. CBOs understand the communities they serve and can create solutions that respond directly to the input and concerns of their communities.

Areas of funding

This funding, totaling up to $10.25 million, will be flexible, allowing CBOs to develop work that best addresses the needs of the community within specified program areas. OHA’s Community Engagement Team will work with CBOs and programs within the Public Health Division to engage community on long-term public health efforts in the following program areas, rooted in health equity:

Climate adaptation.
Communicable disease prevention.
Public health emergency preparedness.
Domestic wells.

Funding prioritization

Through this RFGA, OHA aims to accomplish geographic and population priorities. This includes applicants located in communities receiving fewer financial resources among existing Public Health Equity CBOs. Although not exclusively, OHA is specifically seeking applicants that are located in rural communities; have a mission or program serving people with disabilities (including CBOs with leadership staff or board members who identify as having disabilities); or have a mission or program that addresses the public health needs, concerns and priorities of people with disabilities.

Additionally, OHA invites grant applications from local CBOs that serve communities of color; Tribal communities; disability communities; immigrant and refugee communities; undocumented communities; migrant and seasonal farmworkers; LGBTQIA2S+ communities; faith communities; older adults; rural communities; houseless communities; and others.

Community partners that receive OHA Public Health Equity funding are ineligible to apply.

RFGA informational webinars

OHA’s community engagement team and program staff will offer RFGA informational webinars and application technical assistance sessions in English and Spanish now through Nov. 27. All webinars will feature the same content.

Registration links for informational webinars and application technical assistance sessions:

Visit the Request for Grant Application website to view program activities eligible for funding and to apply: