In addition to Caring for Colorado’s responsive grantmaking, the foundation also funds special, long-term initiatives that are designed to address specific health issues with well-defined health outcomes as the goal. Some of these initiatives are unique to Caring for Colorado while others are funded in partnership with state and national funders. A description of current Caring for Colorado special initiatives follow:
Special Initiatives
Special Initiatives
Health Care Safety Net
September 5, 2012Caring for Colorado Foundation's Safety Net Funding Opportunity seeks to strengthen the capacity of safety net clinics, and thereby communities, to provide high quality primary care to underserved populations.
Partners Investing in Nursing
September 4, 2012Care and Career Transitions: Innovations in Home Health Care – The Missing Link
Cavity Free at Three
September 3, 2012The mission of Cavity Free at Three is to eliminate early childhood caries in Colorado’s children.
Oral Health Improvement Project
September 2, 2012In 2002, Caring for Colorado embarked upon a 10-year, $10 million effort to: strengthen Colorado’s oral health safety net; promote oral disease prevention projects for children; and improve health policies so that people can gain access to oral health care.
Advancing Colorado’s Behavioral Health Care
September 1, 2012In 2003, the Mental Health Funders Collaborative commissioned TriWest Group to conduct an assessment and critical analysis of the public and private mental health systems in Colorado.