Grants

EOCCO offers three separate grant programs to improve health and access to healthcare of Eastern Oregonians. These grant programs aim to fund services that are not already covered by health insurance. These grant programs are available to traditional healthcare providers, community-based organizations, early learning hubs, tribal governments, food banks and many other types of organizations serving EOCCO’s service area: Baker, Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Lake, Malheur, Morrow, Sherman, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa and Wheeler counties.

2025 Available Grant Programs

Community Benefit Initiative Reinvestment (CBIR)

The Community Benefit Initiative Reinvestment (CBIR) grants fund one-year long projects (January through December) that aim to improve access to quality care. Applicants may apply for up to $50,000 and must be able to demonstrate how EOCCO members (also known as the Oregon Health Plan) directly benefit.

CBIR New Ideas applications are now open. Applications must be submitted to https://tinyurl.com/EOCCOCBIRapp by March 31, 2025, by 5pm PT.

New Ideas Application – Now accepting applications: This application allows applicants to propose novel ideas focused on the topic areas outlined in the application form. Previous topic areas have included workforce strategies, new programs to engage EOCCO members, and new ideas to integrate or improve clinical services to members. This application reopens every six months.

Download the New Ideas Application here:

New Ideas Application (fillable pdf)
Data and Budget Template (Excel)

Other types of CBIR Applications will be open in Summer 2025. This includes:

Transformation Application: These projects are aimed at specific incentive measures and opportunities for continuing projects from previous grant cycles. EOCCO is accepting applications focused on these topics below:

Health Information Technology
Social Needs Screening Implementation
Access to Primary Care Services
Kindergarten Readiness for 0-6 year olds
Wellness and Preventative Care for 7-1 year olds
Continuing Current Projects

Public Health Department Application: This application allows public health department to propose projects to improve the health and wellbeing of EOCCO members and their communities

Community Benefit Initiative Reinvestment Technical Assistance Requirement

All grant applicants are required to obtain free technical assistance (TA) as they develop their proposal. TA will ensure applications meet program requirements, improve the quality of the applications, and improve the likelihood of being selected for funding. This may come in the form of reviewing and editing a draft application, meeting over zoom to discuss the application, or email exchange of questions about the application.

Register for the following Technical Assistance webinar to learn more about the New Ideas application and answer general questions.

Tuesday, March 18, @ 12-1pm PT Register here

Please contact the CBIR TA team at EOCCOGrants@eocco.com to receive one-on-one TA.

Past Community Benefit Initiative Grant Summaries

This includes Local Community Health Partnership (LCHP), Transformation, and New Idea projects.

Health Related Social Needs- Community Capacity Building Funds (CCBF)

As part of the Oregon Health Plan’s (OHP or Medicaid) Health Related Social Needs (HRSN) benefit to offer climate devices and services, nutrition services and housing supports to members experiencing a qualifying life transition, EOCCO will be granting Community Building Funds (CCBF) to eligible community partners. For 2025, EOCCO will award up to $3,532,424.

For the 2025 cycle, EOCCO is prioritizing the following categories:

Housing Benefit Providers
Outreach and engagement providers
Partners who can engage in high volume benefits delivery

CCBF Application

Applications for 2025 CCBF funding open on April 1, 2025. EOCCO’s window for accepting applications is April 1, 2025- May 30, 2025, Organizations can review the 2025 CCBF Application preview at the links below:

All applicants are required to obtain free technical assistance.

Timeline

April 1 – May 30: Technical assistance is available to all CCBF applicants

April 1 – May 30: Application window

No applications submitted after May 30, 2025, at 5:00 PM will be considered.

September 30: Anticipated award notification date

EOCCO will be responsible for reviewing applications, awarding funding, and monitoring use of the funds.

Technical Assistance

CCBF applicants are required to obtain free technical assistance as they develop their proposal. Register for one of the following Technical Assistance webinars to learn more about the CCBF application and answer general questions.

Please contact EOCCOGrants@eocco.com for 1-on-1 technical assistance.

Readiness Assessment

EOCCO has developed a survey to help organizations determine their level of readiness to start the grant application or help them identify if they qualify and what they can use grant dollars for. To take the survey, click here.

Becoming an HRSN Provider

To find more information on becoming an HRSN Provider, please visit the EOCCO Become an HRSN Provider resource page.

HRSN supports vulnerable populations access resources to stay healthy during and after life transitions. The HRSN benefit includes:

Climate Devices (launched March 2024)
Housing Services (launched November 2024)
Nutrition Services (launched January 2025)

All CCBF grantees must intend to contract with EOCCO as an HRSN service provider. The CCBF grant provides new opportunities for EOCCO to partner, coordinate care, identify needs, and track access for housing, climate and nutrition services. Community-based organizations (CBO), social service agencies, and housing and food providers will play an important role in providing services to eligible OHP members.

Resources and Contact Information

For information or assistance, please email EOCCOGrants@eocco.com.

For more details about HRSN, visit the EOCCO Health-related social needs page.

Supporting Health for All through Reinvestment (SHARE)

The SHARE application is designed to provide funding to projects addressing Social Determinants of Health and Equity (SDOH-E). SDOH-E projects include housing, transportation, food, utilities, safety, education, community health, and more. Funded projects should plan to launch Fall 2025.

There are two grant categories within SHARE:

SHARE: Any organization who is a SDOH-E partner organization delivering services or programs and/or supports policy and systems change in EOCCO’s service area. Examples of SDOH-E partner organizations include nonprofit social and human service organizations, culturally specific organizations, public health authorities and more. Applicants may apply for funding between $15,000-$250,000. Proposed projects should be completed within 1-3 years depending on the size and scope of the project.

Download the SHARE Application and budget template below:

SHARE applicants are required to obtain free technical assistance as they develop their proposal. Register for one of the following Technical Assistance webinars to learn more about the SHARE application and answer general questions:

Please contact EOCCOGrants@eocco.com for 1-on-1 technical assistance.

Local Community Health Partnership (LCHP)

Each year EOCCO earmarks a portion of funding for the 12 designated LCHPs to project serving their communities that meet OHA defined SHARE requirements. Each LCHP has a dedicated funding amount based on EOCCO members served in each county. LCHP projects should be designed to be 1-year long with the possibility to apply for an extension.

If you have questions, please reach out to the CBIR TA team at EOCCOGrants@eocco.com.