NEA NEAPS2404: 2024 Creative Forces NEA Military Healing Arts Network (Clinical Component)
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An organization may submit only one proposal under this program solicitation.
Creative Forces®: NEA Military Healing Arts Network (Creative Forces) is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts (Agency or NEA) in partnership with the U.S. Departments of Defense (DoD) and Veterans Affairs (VA). 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 the Clinical component of the Creative Forces program (the Clinical Program) through a cooperative agreement. Activities will advance health and well-being at Creative Forces Clinical Sites.
In brief, the Cooperator will:
• Administer the Clinical Program activities, including: Creative Arts Therapies programs and non-clinical arts engagement activities at Clinical Sites; telehealth delivery programs; and expansion to additional clinical sites and/or new target populations during the cooperative agreement’s period of performance.
• In consultation with the NEA's Office of Research and Analysis (ORA):
o Execute research efforts to improve understanding of the impacts and benefits— physical, social and emotional—of these innovative treatment methods.
o Conduct Evaluation and Performance Measurement on the Clinical Program activities to understand and articulate the impacts of Creative Arts Therapies and community arts engagement activities for military and veteran patient populations, their families, and staff.
The NEA expects to award one Cooperative Agreement of up to $5,000,000, contingent upon the availability of funds. This Cooperative Agreement does not require a cost-share/match.