Verified September 13, 2026. Legacy Foundation and Crown Point Community Foundation are accepting applications for the Lake County Emergency Response Grant to address needs caused by the August 11, 2026 storms in Lake County, Indiana. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis while funding remains.
Funding and deadline
The Community Response Pathway provides grants from $2,000 to $10,000 for grassroots and community led response. The Coordinated Recovery Pathway provides grants up to $75,000 for larger organizations and coordinated recovery strategies. This is a genuine rolling opportunity, so there is no fixed application deadline, clock time, or time zone to infer.
Eligibility
Applicants must be eligible nonprofit or public entities. Proposed activities must directly relate to disaster relief, response, or recovery from the August 11, 2026 Lake County storms, benefit impacted individuals or communities, use funds for reasonable and appropriate disaster relief expenses, and not knowingly duplicate assistance available through insurance, FEMA, another funder, or another disaster relief program.
Supported recovery needs
The official guidance identifies immediate safety and access needs, housing stabilization, essential household and basic needs, navigation and benefits access, and coordination and unmet needs identification. Essential needs expressly include food, water, household supplies, prescriptions, medical needs, utility related needs, and other supports necessary for daily stability during recovery.
Match, application materials, and procurement
The controlling public page does not publish a universal mandatory match or cost share requirement. Applications are submitted through the online grant portal linked by Legacy Foundation. The public page does not enumerate a complete portal only form or attachment inventory and does not establish general allowability for medical technology, connected clinical devices, telehealth equipment, software, subscriptions, implementation, training, or outside vendor costs.
N9+ and vendor fit
Atlas Opportunity Score: 91/100. N9+ Fit Score: 42/100 conditional. A legitimate applicant led role for the Nonagon N9+ device and platform could exist only where an eligible applicant documents a storm related medical access disruption or unmet clinical access need and the funder confirms that the proposed technology and vendor costs are allowable, reasonable, and nonduplicative. The public guidance does not preapprove N9+, QC Healthcare, telehealth technology, or clinical equipment, so Atlas will not force a technology fit.
This is not a direct procurement or direct applicant opportunity for Dr. Miltie or QC Healthcare.
Next action
Maintain publication and monitor availability. Advance ORIGINAL outreach only if a specific Lake County organization has a verified August 11 storm-related project, applicant eligibility and cost allowability are confirmed, a verified business Contact is available, Email_Opt_Out is not true, no authoritative permanent hard bounce exists, and CRM, Deal, Atlas_Email_Queue, and authoritative send-history deduplication gates all clear. Attachments are optional and, when used, must belong to the correct organization and opportunity.
Authoritative source: Legacy Foundation — Apply for Grants.