Reinvestment Fund defines mid-sized cities as those with populations between 50,000 and 400,000. All total, more people live in poverty in these mid-sized cities than in larger metropolitan areas.
According to Reinvestment Fund President and CEO Donald Hinkle-Brown, the organization is collaborating with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to “help dozens of mid-sized cities think big about ways they can improve health in their most underserved neighborhoods.”
Cities interested in applying should have a team that includes five cross-sector leaders representing, at a minimum, the public sector, community development and finance, and an academic or health-related anchor institution. The last two team members should represent the sectors appropriate to the challenge the city seeks to address — be it access to quality jobs, affordable housing and nutritious food, or reducing crime rates and environmental hazards.
In addition to the monetary award, winning cities chosen by the Reinvestment Fund will also receive guidance from a mentor to get them through the process of studying the problems they want to solve and designing forward-thinking solutions.
Letters of intent must be submitted by Jan. 29. To learn more, click here.
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