The New Jersey Inclusive Healthy Communities (IHC) grant program has announced its latest Request for Proposals (RFP) for grants to local governments and nonprofit organizations to advance policy and systems change through the inclusion of people with disabilities to build healthy communities.
Step 1: Learn more about the program
Step 2: Review RFP
Carefully review the Request for Proposals (RFP).
Step 3: Attend a virtual workshop (recommended)
Step 4: Submit Letter of Intent (required)
Step 5: Submit questions (optional)
If you have questions about the RFP, please submit them to ihc@ejb.rutgers.edu and write “IHC RFP Questions” in the subject line.
All questions and answers will be posted below within approximately three business days of receipt. The question-and-answer period will end on February 21, 2025, at 5pm EST. No questions will be accepted after this time.
Step 6: Submit completed proposal (required)
The following documents will help you prepare your application:
Application Checklist (Word)
This is a checklist of all the items you are required to submit with your application. Please note: your application will not be accepted for consideration unless it is complete!
Narrative Questions in Application Portal (Word)
This is a preview of the narrative questions you will be required to enter in the application portal.
Budget Template (Excel)
Budget Template Instructions (Word)
This a copy of the Excel template (and instructions) you will be asked to use for submitting your proposed budget.
Step 7: Review award announcements
The schedule for award announcements and appeals has not been determined. Please check back soon.
Questions and Answers
If you have questions about the RFP, please submit them to ihc@ejb.rutgers.edu and write “IHC RFP Questions” in the subject line. All questions and answers will be posted below within three business days of receipt. The question-and-answer period will end on February 21, 2025, at 5pm EST. No questions will be accepted after this time.
No questions have been submitted yet. Please check back soon.
Additional Resources
Disability Profile Snapshot Tool
- Disability Profile Snapshot Tool, an interactive web tool creates a profile of disability within New Jersey geographies. Select a county and a municipality and then click on the “Available Reports” icon to access your Disability Profile Snapshot. Developed by NJAES Office of Research Analytics, Rutgers University.
Tool Kits, Websites, Fact Sheets
- Five Steps for Inclusive Communication: Engaging People with Disabilities, NACCHO (fact sheet)
- Planning Accessible Meetings and Events, Disability & Philanthropy Forum (resource webpages)
- RespectAbility, Ensuring Virtual Events are Accessible for All (tool kit to ensure accessible virtual events)
- What is Disability Justice? Disability & Philanthropy Forum (resource webpages)
- ADA/Inclusion Consulting Firms, Organizations and Technical Assistance Providers, Rutgers Bloustein School (pdf)
- New Jersey State Independent Living Centers, NJSILC (website)
- NCHPAD’s On-line Learning Platform, National Center on Health Physical Activity and Disability (website)
- Planning Inclusive Healthy Community Resources, Rutgers Bloustein School (pdf)
- New Jersey Division of Disability Services (website)
Videos
- “At your service,” Storyline Motion Pictures and Mid-Atlantic ADA Center (video)
- Etiquette of Engaging People with Disabilities (disability sensitivity training video), District of Columbia Office of Disability Rights (odr.dc.gov)
- Person First Language, Texas Center for Disability Studies
- 30th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, NJ Department of Human Services, Division of Disability Services
- Reaching People with Disabilities through Healthy Communities, National Center on Health, Physical Activity and Disability (NCHPAD)
- Commit to Inclusion, National Center on Health, Physical Activity and Disability (NCHPAD)