Dear friends and colleagues –

I’m pleased to announce the release of two RFP’s on behalf of the Creative Forces: NEA Military Healing Arts Network. Please feel free to pass onto your networks.

Request for Proposals

RFP: Creative Forces: Military Healing Arts Partnership Synthesis and Summary Report Creative Forces Community Engagement Local Summits

The intent of this contract is to develop a synthesis and summary report of the major themes, findings and recommendations emanating from the Creative Forces community engagement summit effort. Nine local summits have been held in 2017/2018 at the Creative Forces clinical sites in FL, WA, CA, TX, CO, AK, NC, and National Capital Region (VA, MD, DC). Each summit was documented, and its findings and recommendations for action steps summarized in a localized final report. The synthesis and summary report will condense the major themes and findings from each summit to develop an overall profile of community engagement work taking place as well as planned at the Creative Forces Network sites that is meeting the needs of the Creative Forces target population.

Application Close Date: May 14, 2018

Target Start Date: May 18, 2018

RFP: Creative Forces: Military Healing Arts Network Combat Veterans/Military and Veteran Family Resilience Literature Review and Needs-Assessment Report

The intent of this contract is to conduct a military and veteran family resilience and needs assessment report for the National Endowment for the Arts’ Creative Forces: NEA Military Healing Arts Network to inform efforts to improve the well-being and quality of life for these target populations via arts engagement support delivered by the community located in and around Creative Forces clinical sites. The report will aggregate knowledge from multiple fields of study to improve capacity of Creative Forces clinical and community programs that seek to improve support for service members, veterans and families confronting the signature wounds of our most recent wars; traumatic brain injuries and their associated psychological health issues.

Application Close Date: May 15, 2018

Target Start Date: May 21, 2018

Marete Wester

Senior Director of Arts Policy and the

National Initiative for Arts & Health in the Military

Americans for the Arts

1 East 53^rd Street, 2^nd Floor

New York, NY 10022

212.223.2787, ext. 1105 | cell: 908.208.8559

mwester@artsusa.org