Partnership Invites 30 Full Proposals Through Community-Academic Partnership Fund

The Wisconsin Partnership Program (WPP) received a strong response to its 2011 Request for Partnerships (RfP) through the Community-Academic Partnership Fund. This year, applicants filed 94 notices of intent and letters of interest by the June 10, 2010 deadline.

Following a technical and content review, the Oversight and Advisory Committee (OAC) invited 30 proposals - 10 implementation grants and 20 development grants - to submit full applications. 

The Community-Academic Partnership Fund supports collaborations that blend the skills and knowledge of nonprofits or local or state government with the expertise of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health to address key health issues facing the state.

The 30 invited proposals best adhered to the Wisconsin Partnership Program's priorities as laid out in the Request for Partnerships, which was released in April. In addition, these projects incorporated the strongest evidence base, solid evaluation plans, and attention to sustainability and dissemination issues.

Below is an alphabetical list of the proposals that were invited to proceed, along with the applicant agency. The Oversight and Advisory Committee of the Wisconsin Partnership Program expects to make award decisions in December.

Implementation Grants (Up to $400,000 for three years)

• Bringing Healthy Aging to Scale: Improving Wisconsin's Capacity to Implement and Sustain Evidence-Based Prevention Programs for Older Adults, Greater Wisconsin Agency on Aging Resources and Wisconsin Institute for Healthy Aging
  
  
• Increasing Cultural Competency among Nurses in Wisconsin Indian Country, Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council, Inc.
  
  
• Infant Vitality Project, Silver Spring Neighborhood Center, Inc.
  
  
• La Crosse Fruit and Vegetable Partnership, La Crosse County Health Department
  
  
• Mobilizing Effective Partnerships to Reduce Risky and Problem Alcohol Use, Health First Wisconsin (formerly SmokeFree Wisconsin)
  
  
• OWI Court Pilot, Dane County Department of Human Services
  
  
• Partnerships in Parenting Using Social Marketing, Juneau County Health Department
  
  
• Preserving Infant and Child Health, Children's Health Alliance of Wisconsin
  
  
• School Community Partnership for Mental Health, Milwaukee Public Schools
  
  
• Wisconsin Obesity Prevention Network, Wisconsin Partnership for Activity and Nutrition (WI PAN)

Development Grants (Up to $50,000 for one to two years)

• A Community-based Intervention for Women with Postpartum Depression Living in Poverty: From an Efficacy to Effectiveness Trial, Dane County Department of Human Services
  
  
• Cashton Community Wellness Program, Scenic Bluffs Community Health Center
  
  
• Community Coalition Building: Obesity Prevention, Bayfield County Health Department
  
  
• Community Investment in Health: Developing the Lindsay Heights Wellness Commons, Walnut Way Corp.
  
  
• Connecting Regionally to Prevent Youth Alcohol Use, Alliance for Wisconsin Youth - Southeast Region
  
  
• Family Table Cooking Clubs, West Central Wisconsin Community Action Agency, Inc.
  
  
• Family Visitor Program, Parent Resource Center of Taylor County
  
  
• Healthy Kids Healthy County, Green County Health Department
  
  
• Improving Rock County's STI Rates, Rock County Health Department
  
  
• Lindsay Heights Corner Store Produce Wholesaler, Fondy Food Center, Inc.
  
  
• Lower Extremity Sports-Related Injury Prevention in Rural Junior High and High School Female Athletes, Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative
  
  
• Men's Health Partners Grant, City of Milwaukee Health Department
  
  
• Meta House Replication Project: Pilot Study of Regional Collaboration for Women and Children's Lifelong Health Improvement, Racine Interfaith Coalition
  
  
• Milwaukee Latino Mental Health Initiative, United Community Center
  
  
• NURTURE - Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies in Rural Wisconsin, Wisconsin Women's Health Foundation, Inc.
  
  
• Oneida County Striving to be Healthy, Oneida County Health Department
  
  
• Polk County Behavioral Health Access Audit, ABC for Rural Health, Inc.
  
  
• The Intersectionality of Employment and Health Status for African American Males, Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board
  
  
• Wisconsin Adolescent Health Care Communication Program Evaluation, Wisconsin Alliance for Women's Health
  
  
• Wisconsin Healthcare Workforce Data Collaborative, Wisconsin Healthcare Workforce Data Collaborative