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Mental Well-being Program <br />Frequently Asked Questions <br />Q: Are current grantees eligible to apply to the same program? Or for a different <br />program? <br />A: Yes, as long as the proposal aligns with the intent of the grant. And, if applying to the same <br />grant program, the proposal needs to be different than what is currently being funded. <br />Q: What is the deadline to submit the 2024 Program application? <br />A: Mental Well-being: Before 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Friday, March 5, 2024. <br />Q: When will applicants be notified of their status as approved or declined? <br />A: Mental Well-being: on or before May 31, 2024. <br />Q: Do you fund 12 -month applications? <br />A: No. The Mental Well-being grant program will award three- and four-year (36 or 48 months) <br />grants to nonprofit organizations. <br />Q: How many proposals do you expect to receive? How many will you fund? <br />A: We do not have an estimate of how many proposals we will receive. The Florida Blue <br />Foundation has approximately $1.7 million for the funding of the 2024 Mental Well-being <br />initiative. <br />Q: What is the decision-making process of selecting applications for funding? <br />A: A review committee made up of internal and external individuals who are knowledgeable <br />and/or experts in this funding area make recommendations to the Foundation. The Foundation's <br />Board of Directors has the final approval for all recommended applications. <br />Q: For budgeting purposes, can you please provide an estimate of the numbers of days <br />and nights spent at each of the events: Community Health Symposium & Sapphire <br />Awards and at a potential annual program meeting? <br />A: Community Health Symposium and Sapphire Awards -- This is a two-day event typically held <br />in Orlando. We recommend estimating the hotel cost at $250 per night and registration at $150. <br />Remember to also add in transportation cost. There is no limit to the number of attendees from <br />your organization. It is recommended that, at a minimum, the person who is managing the day- <br />to-day operation of the program attend. <br />Other meetings -- Meetings in subsequent years are not set in stone and sometimes they are <br />scheduled in conjunction with the Community Health Symposium and Sapphire Awards or at <br />another time during the year that may be scheduled at a central location. The schedule <br />generally allows for closer organizations to be able to travel back and forth in one day. FBF Feb. <br />2024 <br />141 <br />