The Creative Forces Community Engagement Grant, a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Mid-America Arts Alliance, seeks to improve the health, well-being, and quality of life for military service members and veterans exposed to trauma, as well as their families and caregivers, through arts-based community engagement projects. The grants support non-clinical programs taking place in healthcare, community, or virtual settings that engage military-connected individuals through experiences of art or art-making to promote creative expression, social connectedness, resilience, and independence and adaptation to civilian life. Supported programs have involved a range of arts activities, including visual, written, and performing arts offered through single events, drop-in programs, and ongoing engagement led by artists or creative arts therapists. Nonprofit organizations and state, local, and tribal government entities that have at least three years of experience in presenting and producing arts-based projects or programming for military communities are eligible to apply.
Applications are due January 15, 2025.