Innovation Grants in Community Health

Overview

<p>On an annual basis, Vitalyst Health Foundation undertakes a grant process to catalyze collaborative innovations that impact health and resiliency through transformational systems and policy change. Innovation Grants Goals:<br>•Increase community capacity to identify and address issues affecting community health, well-being and access to care. •Strategically leverage infrastructure, systems design and policies to improve health where we live, learn, work, pray and play. •Improve the environmental, social, behavioral and health infrastructure conditions that impact determinants of health and enable Arizonans to be healthy and resilient.<br>•Create a sustainable solution to the problem being addressed that endures after the term of the grant funding. Think of our Innovation Grants as an opportunity for communities to develop and test new and varied solutions to systems-level challenges. Community Innovation is “a breakthrough in addressing a community issue that is more effective, equitable or sustainable than existing approaches.” Community Innovation:<br>1) Meaningfully engages key stakeholders. 2) Willingly shares ownership and decision-making among partners. 3) Creatively uses existing community resources and assets. 4) Openly uses an ongoing process to test and implement solutions.</p>