Quality of Life
QOL Priority Issues
New!! Quality of Life Grant is now $15,000.00 Priority Issues for 2023
Quality of Life Faculty Community-Based Applied Research Grants are awarded for proposals which fall under one or more of the following 6 categories: Autism; Criminal Justice; Children and Families; Adult General; Elderly Services; and Foster Care. Within these 6 categories are several top priority issues indicated by our community partners and/or obtained via countywide reports, which are currently significantly impacting Broward, Dade, and Palm Beach County residents. See below for QOL's 2023 Broward, Dade, and Palm Beach Counties priority issues:
- Obesity
- Affordable House
- Elderly Services
- Access to Health & Human Services
- Child Abuse Prevention
- Delinquency Prevention & Diversion
- Unemployment
- Mental Health
- Maternal Health & Infant Mortality
- Veterans Reintegration
- School Class Size
- Autism
- Transition Skills/Programming
- Family Strengthening
- Proposals submitted to the Children and Families category are selected based on funding priorities identified by the Children’s Services Council of Broward County.
- Children's Services Council Funding Goals
- Proposals submitted to the Foster Care category are selected based on the funding priority identified by ChildNet.
- Broward Sheriff's Office Funding Priority
Criminal Justice: Broward Sheriff's Office, Priority Issues
* Diverting youth from the criminal justice system
* Reducing gun violence/violent crime
* Programs that assist the homeless/mentally ill
* Crime prevention