National Endowment for the Arts

Description

Creative Forces®: NEA Military Healing Arts Network (Creative Forces) is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA or Agency) in partnership with the U.S. Departments of Defense (DoD) and Veterans Affairs (VA) and state and local arts agencies. The mission of Creative Forces is to improve the health, well-being, and quality of life for military and veteran populations exposed to trauma, as well as their families and caregivers, by increasing knowledge of and access to clinical creative arts therapies and community arts engagement. The purpose of this Program Solicitation is to select an organization (Cooperator) to manage and provide administrative support for Creative Forces’ CAPACITY component, particularly through providing content and knowledge management services and additional stakeholder support for the initiative’s clinical and community partners via the National Resource Center (NRC) Website, an online platform owned by the NEA.This Cooperative Agreement resulting from this Program Solicitation can start no earlier than October 1, 2022 and may extend for up to 24 months.An organization may submit only one proposal under this program solicitation.An organization may not receive more than one NEA award for the same costs during the same or an overlapping period of performance.

Who can apply

• State governments
• County governments
• City or township governments
• Special district governments
• Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
• Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
• Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than higher education)
• Private institutions of higher education

Contact

NEA Web Manager
webmgr@arts.gov