Roadmaps to Health Prize

[from Philanthropy News Digest] The Roadmaps to Health Prize, part of the County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, a collaboration of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundationand the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute that aims to show what communities can do to create healthier places to live, learn, work, and play, seeks to recognize and honor the efforts and accomplishments of United States communities working at the forefront of population health improvement.

The program is open to all communities in the U.S., large and small, urban and rural. The prize is rooted in the idea that every community is on a unique journey toward better health and that communities' stories of success are as diverse as their populations. Judges will assess each community individually, looking for tangible signs of improvement relative to current health status and available resources.

The award is a place-based prize that will honor whole communities. Only one prize will be given per community, so collaboration on applications within communities is strongly encouraged. For the purposes of the prize, "community" is defined as one of the following: town, city, county, region (such as contiguous towns, cities, or counties), and tribe or tribal community.

Applicant communities will select a local entity to submit the application and serve as the primary contact application on their behalf. These "community-designated contact organizations" may be formal or informal entities within a community; examples include but are not limited to businesses, coalitions, government agencies, hospitals or healthcare organizations, local foundations, public health departments, schools, or social service agencies.

Each applicant community also will be asked to designate a local governmental or tax-exempt charitable nonprofit entity to accept the $25,000 cash award that comes with the prize, should it win, on its behalf. The community-designated contact organization may serve this role, if eligible. Up to six communities will be honored with the prize in early 2013. Visit the Roadmaps to Health Web site for complete program information and application materials.

Contact: Link to Complete RFP