LFP Grantmaking

The success of Robert Wood Johnson foundation Local Funding Partnerships (LFP) is a tribute to the dynamic new ideas brought forward by local grantmakers. Working with partners from both inside and outside of the health sector, local funders can build collaborations with organizations that typically do not work closely together – including established and emerging community groups, social service agencies and public entities.

Numerous LFP projects have been profiled by the U.S. Department for Health and Human Services' Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ) INNOVATIONS EXCHANGE. Here are the most recent:

• "Community-Wide Collaboration Provides School-Based Mental Health Services to Students and Families in Impoverished, High-Crime, Urban Neighborhoods" posted 9/2/2009
  Connecting with Care LFP Matching Grant: 2006–2010
  
  
• "Puppetry Theater Production Leads to Desirable Attitudes & Better Decisions Related to Nutrition & Physical Activity Among Elementary School Students" posted 10/28/09
  EXTREME Health Challenge LFP Matching Grant: 2005–2009
  
  
• "Comprehensive, Shelter-Based Clinic Enhances Access to Oral Health Services for Homeless in Los Angeles" posted 10/28/2009
  Oral Health Care for the Homeless in the Skid Row Area
  LFP Matching Grant: 2000-2003
  
  
• School-Based Transition Program Connects High-Risk Adolescents to Mental Health and Support Services, Leading to Improved Academic and Familial Functioning  posted 12/23/09
  Brookline Resilient Youth Team (BRYT) LFP Matching Grant: 2004-2009
  
  

FYI
Grantmakers in Health article about Local Funding Partnerships:

Collaborating Where Health Happens, February 2009