Program Associate - Health

The Delaware Community Foundation (DCF) seeks an energetic, resourceful and strategic professional to join our organization at an exciting time of transformation and growth. Reporting to the Vice President for Community Impact, the selected candidate will work to ensure resources invested in the community have maximum benefit toward improving quality of life. The Program Associate is responsible for supporting the programmatic activities of the DCF with a particular emphasis on grantmaking related to health outcomes, and including efforts to engage with the community as well as serve donors. This is a unique opportunity for a person who has a passion for service, demonstrated excellence in project management, and is excited to contribute creatively and strategically to the DCF’s vision of expanding opportunity for all Delawareans.

The Health Portfolio includes two important grant initiatives: BluePrints for the Community and Healthy Communities of Delaware (HCD).
• In 2007, Highmark Delaware established BluePrints for the Community, a grant program to help address the issues faced by Delaware's uninsured and underserved populations. The program was established as a fund at the DCF. Since its inception, the grant program has awarded over 89 grants, totaling more than $12 million.
• Healthy Communities Delaware, established in 2019, is a collaboration among the University of Delaware Partnership for Healthy Communities, the Delaware Division of Public Health, and the DCF. Its goal is to create healthy, safe and vibrant communities through alignment, investment and impact.