Cooperative Agreement 90CSSG0080

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living awarded a cooperative agreement to Monitor My Health Inc. totaling $1,055,671 on August 1, 2026, under the Empowering Older Adults and Adults with Disabilities through Chronic Disease Self-Management Education Programs (CFDA 93.734).

Monitor My Health Inc., a Connecticut-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit, will expand statewide capacity to deliver the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP/Tomando Control de Su Salud) and integrate the Program to Encourage Active, Rewarding Lives (PEARLS) to improve behavioral health among older adults aged 60+ and adults with disabilities. Over the three-year period of performance (August 1, 2026, through July 31, 2029), the recipient will train 60 new CDSMP peer leaders, two master trainers, and 30 PEARLS leaders (30 percent bilingual); deliver CDSMP to 2,800 participants with a targeted 74 percent completer rate (2,072 completers) and PEARLS to 560 participants with a targeted 74 percent completer rate (414 completers); screen 90 percent of participants for social needs with 75 percent successful referrals; achieve an 85 percent reduction in depressive symptoms among PEARLS completers and 75 percent improved self-efficacy among CDSMP completers; and establish 20 memoranda of understanding with statewide community-based organizations and 10 sustainable referral pathways with healthcare providers. Work is performed in Connecticut.