Grants of up to $20,000 to Colorado nonprofit organizations for activities that improve the health and wellness of older adults. Funding is intended for programs, projects, and general organizational expenses. Qualifying government agencies collaborating with nonprofits may apply. Priority will be given to projects that serve low-income, isolated, chronically ill, functionally impaired, and other hard-to-reach seniors. Preference will be given to returning or existing grantees.

The Comprecare Fund supports community-based projects that focus on helping older adults maintain their health through self-help and lifestyle changes. Organizations that have a wide potential reach and influence in the field of optimal wellness for seniors in Colorado are encouraged to apply. The fund has adopted a broad definition of optimal wellness, and any project that addresses wellness will be considered. Each individual community can decide its focus for wellness.

Priority will be given to projects that seek to serve hard-to-reach seniors. These seniors face the greatest barriers to accessing the components of healthy living—physical activity, good nutrition and management of chronic health problems.

The Comprecare Fund is pleased to offer two types of flexible funding support:

• Project & Program Support: The onus is on the applicant to use both existing quantitative and qualitative data to demonstrate the need(s) and opportunities in their community that they wish to address. The applicant may apply for funds for evidence-based programming.
• General Operating Support: The Comprecare Fund will consider providing grants for general operating support to organizations when:
• The majority of population(s) served by all of the organizations’ programs and services are a strong fit with the Fund’s target population (i.e., Colorado seniors who are older, low-income, isolated, have a chronically illness and/or are underserved).
• There is a clear strategic agreement between the applicant and the Fund on outcome objectives that align with the intent of the Fund that focuses on optimal wellness of seniors. In other words, 80%-100% of the applicant’s everyday work must be focused on senior wellness and care.
• Applicants are already doing exemplary behavioral health care work (i.e., organizations are well established) in their communities and can demonstrate their successes.

Proposals should include the following:

• Engagement of community residents, programs, agencies, and key stakeholders who can increase access  to wellness and strive to improve outcomes for seniors.
• Demonstrated need(s) of seniors in their community via quantitative and qualitative data.
• Provide evidence that the organization is collectively prepared to tackle wellness with evidence-based interventions.
• Provide mechanisms to demonstrate measurable outcomes and an increase to accessing treatment.