Cooperative Agreement HPPWH120091

This $360,000 Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Director under the Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310) will enable Northwestern University to adapt and pilot test the EMPOWER strategy. EMPOWER is a technology-enabled, primary care-based health literacy intervention to empower cisgender women with increased vulnerability to HIV to make informed decisions about pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). The project aims to: 1) adapt the EMPOWER...

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $632,775 Project Grant under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to the University of Georgia Research Foundation. The grant aims to develop and pilot test the EMPOWER (Enhancing and Motivating PrEP Options among Women through Empowerment and Resilience) telehealth intervention to optimize pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake and persistence among African American women in the southern United States. The project...

The Department of Labor's Women's Bureau awarded a $700,000 Project Grant (CFDA 17.700) to Health Resources in Action (HRIA), a Boston-based 501(c)(3) public health institute, to lead the National Association of Community Health Workers (NACHW) Fostering Access, Rights and Equity (FARE for CHWs) project. The project coordinates a national advisory team and state anchor organizations in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and North Carolina to prevent and mitigate gender-based violence and...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), provides $477,502 to The Johns Hopkins University to conduct research on women's sexual and reproductive health (SRH) empowerment in Burkina Faso. The key products and services to be delivered include: Evaluating short- and long-term changes in SRH empowerment and identifying predictors of these changes using...

This federal Project Grant award of $3,000,000 from the Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Grants for New and Expanded Services under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.527) supports Community Health Center, Incorporated (CHCI) in implementing the "Women in Transition" (WIT) program. The WIT program combines three key elements: 1) a pre-release Women's Risk Needs Assessment to identify support needs for successful...

The Department of State Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs awarded a $202,800 project grant to Empower Peace, Inc. under the Public Diplomacy Programs for Afghanistan and Pakistan federal grant program (CFDA 19.501). The purpose of this grant is to identify and train promising young women leaders ages 18 to 25 years old in Pakistan in leadership development, gender equity, and personal growth through a country-specific Women's Workshop program. The one-year project period runs from...

This Project Grant award, totaling $140,000.00, was provided by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Director under the Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310). The grant aims to refine and pilot test a multi-level, culturally relevant HIV prevention and wellness intervention designed to increase HIV testing by addressing intersectional stigma among Chinese immigrant female sex workers (FSWs) in New York City. The intervention, called "INSPIRE", will have...

The Empowerment Resource Center (ERC) was awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant under the Minority HIV/AIDS Fund (MHAF) program (CFDA 93.899) by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The 3-year grant, effective September 30, 2024, will support ERC's Integrated Care Partnership (ICP) Program to improve access to evidence-based, culturally appropriate mental health and substance use disorder interventions, services, and treatment for underrepresented racial and ethnic minority adults in...

The Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded a $277,155 Project Grant to Wepower under the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) federal grant program (CFDA 19.500). The grant will support Wepower's "SPEAK OUT - PROMOTING WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND WOMEN'S INVOLVEMENT IN POLICY DECISIONS IN ISSUES OF PEACE AND SECURITY" project from October 1, 2021 through March 31, 2023. The project will promote political, economic, and social engagement in the...

The Department of State Bureau of African Affairs awarded a $389,600 Project Grant to Women Fighting Aids in Kenya from May 16, 2022 to May 31, 2023 under the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Programs (PEPFAR, CFDA 19.029). The grant will support Women Fighting Aids in Kenya's delivery of services to combat HIV/AIDS in Kenya as outlined under the PEPFAR objective of providing support for HIV/AIDS treatment, care, and prevention activities internationally. Based on the program...