Project Grant G3242640

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...

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...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 - Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) will fund a research study to increase RSV vaccine uptake among Latino older adults. The $2,058,402 award to the Regents of the University of California, San Francisco aims to adapt a community-based "Motivate, Vaccinate, Activate" intervention, including CHW counseling and text message nudges, to address trust, knowledge, and...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 - Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) provides $2,065,719 to New York University to conduct a community-based behavioral intervention study. The goal is to increase COVID-19 and influenza vaccination rates among African American/Black and Latino persons, populations that have experienced disparities in vaccination uptake. The study will test the impact of four intervention...

The Indiana Department of Health was 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 funding will support the implementation of the REACH (Rural Re-Engagement and Care Using CHWs for Persons with HIV) program, which aims to improve HIV care services in rural Indiana communities. The REACH program will employ a community health worker (CHW) home-based...

The National Council On Aging, Inc. was awarded a $150 million project grant from the Administration for Community Living under the Special Programs for the Aging, Title IV, and Title II, Discretionary Projects program (CFDA #93.048). The grant will support the COVID-19 AND INFLUENZA VACCINE UPTAKE INITIATIVE FOR OLDER ADULTS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES through May 18, 2024. Under this initiative, the National Council On Aging will provide $150 million in funding to 26 sub-awardees across the...