The Community Health Commission of Missouri (CHCM), in partnership with Deaconess Foundation, is accepting proposals for the 2026 Seniors Community Revitalization & Development Fund, also called the Seniors Community Fund. The program is designed to strengthen public-health system infrastructure for residents age 55 and older and supports projects or initiatives addressing transportation, safety, and health-navigation support.
Funding: The current 2026 application states that the fund was launched with $350,000 and is accepting proposals for up to $30,000 per organization/project/initiative.
Deadline: September 30, 2026 at 11:59 PM. The current Deaconess funding page and live 2026 application publish the date and clock time but do not state a time zone, so Atlas does not infer one.
Eligibility and geography: Prospective applicants must serve seniors in one or more of the listed service areas: St. Louis City, St. Louis County, St. Charles County, Jefferson County, or Franklin County in Missouri, or Madison, Monroe, or St. Clair County in Illinois. The live 2026 form states that an applicant without 501(c)(3) tax status may apply with a fiscal sponsor. If fiscal-sponsor assistance is needed, applicants are directed to CHCM.
Priority uses: The application identifies three priority areas: transportation, including access to health and non-health destinations; safety, including measures that improve actual and perceived neighborhood/home safety; and navigation support, including staff or programming that makes social and health services more transparent, understandable, and accessible for seniors. Applicants must explain how funds will be used, provide a detailed budget narrative, describe intended impact, and answer change/impact questions. A separate budget upload is optional.
Eligible and ineligible costs: The controlling 2026 public materials do not publish a categorical eligible-cost or ineligible-cost schedule. They require the proposed use of funds to align with the listed priorities and require a detailed budget narrative. Atlas therefore does not assume that telehealth equipment, connected examination devices, clinical hardware, capital items, or other specific technology costs are allowable without funder confirmation.
Match/cost share: No mandatory non-Federal match or cost-share requirement is published in the current Deaconess funding page or live 2026 application.
Submission method and forms: Applications are submitted through the official online Formsite application linked from Deaconess Foundation’s Funding Opportunities page. The live 2026 form requests organization/project information, primary and secondary contacts, service area and demographics, priority-area selection, a 250-word use-of-funds narrative, a 250-word detailed budget narrative, impact/change questions, and prior-funding history. The older 2025 preview-questions PDF remains posted for reference, but Atlas treats the live 2026 form as controlling for the current cycle.
Registrations, procurement rules, qualifications and references: This is a grant, not a state procurement. No MissouriBUYS registration, vendor bidding rules, bidder bonding, formal references requirement, or solicitation number is published for the 2026 cycle. Applicant-controlled tax status, fiscal sponsorship, project details, budget, and other representations must be supplied and verified by the applicant.
Contacts: Program questions are directed to Velva Hollimon, Community Health Commission of Missouri Chief Operating Officer, at vhollimon@chcmissouri.org. Technical application support is available at granthelp@deaconess.org.
Potential Missouri applicants: Organizations serving older adults across the five Missouri counties may qualify if their project fits the stated priorities. Aging Ahead is a geographically relevant example because it serves older adults in St. Louis, St. Charles, Franklin and Jefferson counties and provides Community Options specialists who connect older adults and caregivers with health and social services. St. Louis Health Equipment Lending Program is another relevant example and was a prior Seniors Community Fund grantee; it is a Missouri 501(c)(3) that provides free home medical equipment across the St. Louis region. Eligibility and project-specific fit must still be independently confirmed before any pursuit or outreach.
Atlas fit: Atlas Opportunity Score: 84/100. N9+ Fit: 52/100 conditional. A legitimate N9+ concept could exist where an eligible senior-serving organization uses guided remote physical examinations, vital-sign capture, and telehealth-enabled clinical encounters as part of a clearly defined health-navigation/access project. However, the fund does not expressly list telehealth technology or equipment as an eligible cost, so Atlas will not represent N9+ allowability as confirmed until the funder verifies it. QC Healthcare Fit: 10/100 conditional. Dr. Miltie, LLC is not treated as a verified direct applicant; the safer structure is an eligible nonprofit, public entity, or fiscally sponsored initiative with Dr. Miltie participating only as a legitimate technology or grant-support partner if the applicant’s project and the funder’s rules permit it.