Three funding opportunities open July 1 for Healthcare-Associated Infections

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June 30, 2022

On July 1, 2022 the Washington State Department of Health’s Healthcare-Associated Infections / Antimicrobial Resistance (HAI/AR) program will launch a request for applications for additional funding to support programs of local health jurisdiction and COVID-19 prevention and response activities.

There are three funding opportunities available through the Strengthening HAI/AR Program Capacity (SHARP) grant and Nursing Home & Long-term Care Facilities Strike Teams (NH Strike Teams) grant. The funding will support local health jurisdictions (LHJs) in their development and implementation of HAI/AR programs, if not already established. The funding could also be used to help increase capacity for more community projects and collaborations in jurisdictions with existing HAI/AR programs, as well as COVID-19 prevention and response activities in skilled and non-skilled nursing facilities.

The funding period will be September 1, 2022 through July 31, 2024 for the SHARP grant and September 1, 2022 through July 31, 2024, or 12 months after federal announcement of the end of the public health emergency (whichever comes first), for the nursing home Strike Teams grant. Additional details are available on the LHJ Application for HAI/AR and COVID-19 Funding page.

These funding opportunities will provide more than $1.7 million in funding across LHJs that receive funding:

SHARP: $1.1 million in direct funding through consolidated contracts for projects maintaining or implementing HAI/AR programs
NH Strike Teams: $675,000 in direct funding through consolidated contracts for projects aiding in the maintenance or implementation of COVID-19 prevention and response activities in skilled and non-skilled nursing facilities:
NH Strike Teams (SNF): $375,000 for COVID-19 prevention and response for skilled nursing facilities
NH Strike Teams (non-SNF): $300,000 for COVID-19 prevention and response for non-skilled nursing facilities (Adult Family Homes and Assisted Living Facilities)

While not required, cross-jurisdictional partnerships are acceptable and require only one application to be submitted per partnership.

Applications are required to include program plans, budgets, and justifications for each funding opportunity applied for.

You will be able to enter, leave, and re-enter as many times as needed until the application is fully submitted.

This application opens at midnight on July 1, 2022 and closes at 11:59 p.m. on August 26, 2022. Awarded LHJs will be notified on September 21, 2022 and consolidated contracts will be disbursed October 31, 2022.

If you have any questions or comments, email HAIAR Special Projects Unit Supervisor Bonita.Campo@doh.wa.gov or Grants & Contracts Specialist Samantha.Delmer@doh.wa.gov.