In 2019, the North Central Accountable Community of Health (NCACH) awarded $450,000 to local and regional health initiatives across Chelan, Douglas, Grant, and Okanogan Counties. The funding was allocated using a community investment process developed by the Coalitions for Health Improvement, called the CHI Community Initiatives Funding. The process opened to applicants in July 2019 and eight finalists were awarded.

NCACH’s Governing Board has allocated an additional $450,000 for a second cycle of the community investment process in 2020. Following the first completed cycle of the community investment process, an evaluation was conducted, which indicated some process improvements could be made.

This survey is intended to help us understand what is important to the three Coalitions for Health Improvement (CHI) as we make improvements to the CHI Community Initiatives investment process in 2020. 

The North Central Accountable Community of Health (NCACH) is accepting applications from partners who are interested in implementing projects under the Medicaid Transformation to Address the Opioid Use Public Health Crisis in one or more of the following counties: Chelan, Douglas, Grant, and Okanogan Counties.

This funding opportunity is open to community partners located in Chelan, Douglas, Grant, and Okanogan Counties who are interested in Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) prevention, treatment, overdose prevention, and recovery support services, especially to low-income populations.

Individual award amounts will vary based on the scope of proposed project but will generally range from $2,500 - $10,000. NCACH is seeking responses from a broad range of partners from throughout the region, including but not limited to community-based organizations, social service agencies, educational institutions, law enforcement agencies, and clinical partners.

To date, NCACH has awarded $252,188.43 to fund 28 projects, including medication take-back boxes, naloxone take-home kits and education, an opioid resources texting platform hosted by WA-211, and much more.

To learn more and apply, please visit https://ncach.org/opioid-project

• For updates in Chelan and Douglas Counties: https://www.cdeoc.org/ 
• For updates in Grant County: http://granthealth.org/2019-novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov/
• For updates in Okanogan County: https://okanogancountycovid19.org/
• For updates from Colville Confederated Tribes: https://www.colvilletribes.com/novel-coronavirus?p
• For updates across Washington State: https://coronavirus.wa.gov/
• For national updates: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/index.html