The San Juan Basin Public Health was awarded a $911,847 project grant from the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration under the National Organizations of State and Local Officials program. The grant will support a LOCAL COMMUNITY-BASED WORKFORCE TO INCREASE COVID-19 VACCINE ACCESS initiative from July 31, 2021 through December 31, 2022. The purpose of this initiative is to assist state and local authorities in improving public health and addressing...
The Health Resources and Services Administration awarded a $1,000,000 project grant to Fresno Building Healthy Communities through the National Organizations of State and Local Officials program. The grant will support LOCAL COMMUNITY-BASED WORKFORCE TO INCREASE COVID-19 VACCINE ACCESS in Fresno, California from July 2021 through July 2023. Specifically, Fresno Building Healthy Communities will utilize the funding to deliver COVID-19 vaccination access and outreach services through a local...
The Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant to the Los Angeles County - University of Southern California Medical Center Foundation, Inc. doing business as The Wellness Center. The grant was awarded under the National Organizations of State and Local Officials program (CFDA 93.011) on July 31, 2021 for a period ending July 29, 2023. The grant funds will support a local community-based workforce to increase COVID-19...
The Corporation for National and Community Service awarded $381,698 under the AmeriCorps Seniors Senior Demonstration Program (CFDA 94.017) to Civic Ventures' Encore.org program. The funding will support the Encore Intergenerational Vaccine Corps initiative to address urgent COVID-19 vaccination needs in four California counties. Through this May 28, 2021 project grant, Encore.org will recruit, place, and support 325 volunteers, including 250 older adults through RSVP and 75 younger volunteers...
The Prime Healthcare Foundation - Southern Regional, LLC received a $994,198 Project Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the National Organizations of State and Local Officials (NOSLO) program. The grant will support a LOCAL COMMUNITY-BASED WORKFORCE TO INCREASE COVID-19 VACCINE ACCESS initiative located in Riverdale, GA from July 31, 2021 through July 31, 2023. As the NOSLO program aims to build public health...
This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases (ELC) program (CFDA 93.323), aims to enhance vaccine uptake and community-based public health approaches in border and rural regions. The $1,050,000 award to the University of Arizona will fund a 5-year project (9/30/2024 - 9/29/2029) focused on community-based participatory research to increase vaccine coverage across the...
This federal Project Grant award of $2,065,719, provided by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 - Minority Health and Health Disparities Research), aims to develop and optimize a community-based behavioral intervention to increase COVID-19 and influenza vaccination rates among African American/Black and Latino (AABL) persons in New York. The study, led by a collaborative team from New York University and the Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation,...
The Tufts University School of Medicine will provide a Community Health Worker Training Program titled "Community Health Workers Engaging in Integrated Care" (COHERE) through this $4,999,888 Project Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Professionals. The three-year grant period began on September 15, 2022. The program aims to increase diversity among community health workers and improve healthcare...
The Indiana Department of Health has been awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the HIV Prevention Activities Health Department Based program (CFDA 93.940). The 3-year award, effective September 1, 2024, will fund the REACH (Rural Re-Engagement and Care Using CHWs for Persons with HIV) program, which aims to improve HIV care services in Indiana's rural communities. The REACH program employs a community health worker (CHW)...
The Young Women's Christian Association of San Antonio, Texas (YWCA San Antonio) received a three-year, $6 million project grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Professionals under the Public Health Training Centers Program (CFDA 93.516). Through its RESET program, YWCA San Antonio will expand the public health workforce in San Antonio/Bexar County by recruiting and training 60 new community health...