PROVIDERS: Grants Available to Improve Access at Your Practice for People with Disabilities

Date: 03/22/19

Sunrise, Florida

Sunshine Health is excited to announce the availability of grant funds for Sunshine Health participating providers to remove physical and programmatic disability access barriers at your practice.

Equal access to quality healthcare and services that are accessible for our members with disabilities and their companions is a priority for Sunshine Health; and we recognize that some of our partnering providers may not always have the financial resources to make their practices more accessible (such as purchasing an accessible exam table or scale, renovating your bathrooms, or supplying materials in braille).

We invite our providers to apply for a grant from the National Barrier Removal Fund (BRF), which is jointly administered by Sunshine Health, Centene Corporation, and the National Council on Independent Living (NCIL). In addition to receiving funding to remove disability access barriers, grant recipients also get tailored training and technical assistance from NCIL, local Centers for Independent Living (CILs), and Sunshine Health. In exchange, grant recipients must implement the disability access modification(s) they received funding for, and provide a picture and/or success story after the modification(s) are made.

For more information about how to apply, please read this FAQ (PDF) and the Request for Proposal (PDF). Applications are due before 5 p.m. ET on Friday, April 26, 2019.

If you have any questions about the Barrier Removal Fund or RFP, please contact Tim Fuchs at: tim@ncil.org or 1-202-207-0334 or toll-free at 1-844-778-7961.