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Healthy Community Grants

Aetna and the Aetna Foundation will award up to $4 million for philanthropic initiatives focused on the following health care issues:

1. Community-based initiatives that increase access to quality health care and improve overall wellness in the following areas:
   
   
   • Depression, including early treatment and diagnosis to help reduce the incidence of disabilities due to mental health issues
     
     
   • Diabetes, including obesity and other disease management
   
   Proposals must incorporate and/or demonstrate impact on one or more of the following:
   
   
   • Expansion of primary caregiver role
   • Community care delivery (for example, promotoras, visiting nurse, mobile clinics, etc.), with special emphasis on elder populations
   • School-based implementation
   • Integrated care delivery (for example, medical with behavioral and/or oral)
   • Enhancing access to health information
   • Delivery of culturally sensitive care
   • Increasing racial and ethnic health equality
   
   
2. Aetna believes a culturally diverse nursing workforce is essential to meeting the health care needs of the nation's population. Further, we recognize that nurses are significant contributors to the provision of health care in this country.
   
   This proposal category seeks initiatives that provide training and education for nursing. Preference will be given to programs that incorporate one or more of the following:
   
   
   • Training and education for professionals in the nursing field (health care science education, certified nursing assistants, graduate nurses);
   • Efforts to reduce barriers to the nursing shortage; and
   • Programs focused on clinical experiences/mentorship (professional/personal development, leadership development and cultural competency).

Grant requests ranging from $25,000 to $50,000 will be considered. Please refer to the closing dates located on the Apply For A Grant page.

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Healthy Community Outreach Program

Awards will be granted to nonprofit organizations to support grassroots efforts which increase awareness on critical health initiatives through health walks, health fairs and health education outreach. Grants up to $25,000 will be considered. Please provide all levels of event sponsorships on your application. Funding decisions will be made throughout the year.

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Healthy Community Sponsorship Program - Invitation Only

NOTE: Your organization must already have been invited by an Aetna representative to apply for these grants.

 The Aetna Foundation does not provide contact information

Aetna and the Aetna Foundation will award grants to nonprofit organizations who have already discussed the possibilities with a local Aetna Representative. You must include the name of a local Aetna Representative within the application. Funding decisions will be made throughout the year.

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Healthy Community General Support Grants - Invitation Only

NOTE: Your organization must already have been invited by an Aetna representative to apply for these grants.

 The Aetna Foundation does not provide contact information

Aetna and the Aetna Foundation will award grants in the following areas to nonprofit organizations who have already discussed the possibilities with a local Aetna Representative. You must include the name of a local Aetna Representative within the application. Funding decisions will be made throughout the year.

Arts and Culture:
Awards will be granted to nonprofit organizations whose main mission is to support arts and culture. In addition to providing enjoyment, the arts add immeasurably to a community's quality of life and economic development. Due to the variety of organizations and events, please provide all levels of event sponsorship in your grant application.

Economic Development:
Awards will be granted to nonprofit organizations whose main mission is to improve neighborhood economic strength and revitalize neighborhoods.

Education:
Awards will be granted to nonprofit organizations whose main mission is to provide academic or cultural enrichment opportunities for students.

Health:
Awards will be granted to nonprofit organizations whose main mission is to enhance the quality of health care or address disabilities and chronic diseases that impact participation in the work force.

For example:

• Chronic disease management programs, including depression;
• Health prevention, screening and early detection efforts;
• Initiatives to increase access to care, including integration of mental health into primary care practice;
• Initiatives to enhance long-term employment capabilities by addressing underlying chronic disease or disability, including mental health;
• Programs addressing racial and ethnic disparities.

Human Services:
Awards will be granted to nonprofit organizations whose main mission is to provide human service programs that focus on serving the basic human, physical and emotional needs of clients.

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