FUNDING PRIORITIES AND FUNDERS
The FQHC Telehealth Consortium is actively addressing racial, healthcare, and digital inequities by building a robust and sustainable telehealth infrastructure capable of reaching and improving the health of the Commonwealth’s most under-resourced patients.
PHASE 2 FUNDING GOALS
Funding the Future of Healthcare
The Consortium seeks to raise $12M toward its Phase II goals. Below are four major funding areas that can be customized to achieve shared goals with funders.
Telehealth Transformation Initiative
A program to fully integrate sustainable telehealth into primary and behavioral health care at all Consortium member sites. The initiative funds a project manager and provider champion at individual local FQHCs.
Telehealth Navigator Initiative
A community-facing initiative to recruit and train Telehealth Navigators that support patients in engaging with telehealth. The program will build a skilled workforce from the communities it serves.
Connected Care Initiative
The Connected Care Initiative leverages a $3M FCC grant for technology, connectivity, training, patient engagement, and evaluation. The program supports behavioral health and substance use treatment via telehealth through expanded access to broadband in our communities.
Measurement, Evaluation, and Dissemination
We will utilize analytics, including data segmented by race and ethnicity, to measure telehealth use across Consortium members. We will also conduct independent research and evaluation of the impact of telehealth initiatives on access, quality, and health equity. The Consortium will also produce tools to share our knowledge and insights, most notably the FQHC Telehealth Playbook.
CONSORTIUM FUNDERS
Funding for the Consortium was seeded through a lead gift from The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation and supported to date through the generosity of the following funders:
- Anonymous Foundation
- Beacon Health Options
- CareQuest Institute for Oral Health
- Essex County Community Foundation
- Federal Communications Commission administered COVID-19 Telehealth Program funded by the CARES Act
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation
- Barbara and Amos Hostetter
- The Klarman Family Foundation
- Landry Family Foundation
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services
- The Paul and Phyllis Fireman Charitable Foundation
FQHC members are deeply grateful to the funders who have made this Consortium and its accomplishments possible. With $5.8M more to raise to reach our $12M goal for Phase II, we welcome your interest and support.
PHASE 1 FUNDING ACCOMPLISHMENTS
The Consortium raised $5M during Phase I to support its mission of bridging the digital and health equity divide.
We helped 35 FQHCs provide remote primary and behavioral health care to thousands of patients during the COVID pandemic.
We distributed 1,500 cell phones
and other remote patient
monitoring devices
Our work helped member health
centers capture 65% of their
pre-COVID revenue.
We developed a maturity model and assessment tool to help member health centers assess their current telehealth capabilities, identify strengths and barriers, and develop plans to advance and implement a sustainable telehealth model.
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