The federal Project Grant award of $445,500 was provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families under the Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) Program (CFDA 93.060). The grant funding supports educational initiatives delivered by Sunset Park Health Council, Inc. (doing business as Family Health Centers At NYU Langone) to teach adolescents strategies for voluntarily avoiding non-marital sexual activity. The project aims to empower youth to...
The City of New York Board of Education has been awarded a $450,000 Cooperative Agreement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Cooperative Agreements to Promote Adolescent Health through School-Based HIV/STD Prevention and School-Based Surveillance program (CFDA 93.079). The funding will support the implementation of the "What Works in Schools" program model and the collection of Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) and School Health Profiles data in...
The City of New York, through its Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (Health Dept), has been awarded a five-year Cooperative Agreement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) Prevention and Control Grants program (CFDA 93.977). The $160,000 award, spanning September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2029, will support the implementation of a comprehensive approach to sentinel and enhanced surveillance of sexually transmitted infections...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Bureau of Primary Health Care's Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program, awarded a $1.2M federal project grant to the Bedford Stuyvesant Family Health Center Inc. in Brooklyn, NY. The grant aims to expand mental health and substance use disorder services, as well as integrate behavioral health within the center's primary care offerings. Key initiatives include recruiting and training additional mental health providers,...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $252,276 Project Grant to the Sunset Park Health Council, Inc. (doing business as Family Health Centers At NYU Langone) located in Brooklyn, NY. The grant, provided under HRSA's AIDS Education and Training Centers (AETC) Program (CFDA 93.145), is for the purpose of enhancing the healthcare workforce's capacity to provide high-quality HIV prevention, care, and treatment services. The...
The federal Project Grant award R34MH136914, provided by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under the Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310), aims to refine and pilot test a multi-level HIV prevention and wellness intervention designed to increase HIV testing among Chinese immigrant female sex workers (FSWs) in New York City. The $140,000 award to New York University School of Medicine will be used to conduct a feasibility study of the "Initiative for Chinese Sex Workers to...
The Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration awarded a $101,093 Project Grant under the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Dental Reimbursement and Community Based Dental Partnership Grants program (CFDA 93.924) to the New York City Health & Hospitals Corp's Wood Hull Mental and Health Center. The grant partially reimburses the costs of providing oral health services to low-income individuals living with HIV/AIDS. As the parent organization of the awardee, New...
The federal Project Grant award of $445,500.00 from the Administration for Children and Families under the Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) Program (CFDA 93.060) supports the Sodus Central School District's "Optimal Health Initiative" in Wayne County, New York. This three-year grant, running from September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2027, will fund the district's evidence-based educational efforts to teach adolescents strategies for voluntarily avoiding non-marital sexual...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) Federal Grant Program, awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant to the Brooklyn Plaza Medical Center, a non-profit healthcare organization in Brooklyn, New York. The grant, with a performance period from September 2024 to August 2026, will fund the expansion and enhancement of behavioral health services for underserved and vulnerable populations...
The federal Project Grant award of $1,000,000 from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program is intended to accelerate cancer screening services provided by the Sunset Park Health Council, Inc. (doing business as Family Health Centers At NYU Langone) in Brooklyn, New York. The two-year grant, running from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2026, will support the expansion and enhancement of comprehensive, culturally competent,...
WYCKOFF INITIATIVE FOR SEXUAL HEALTH (WISH) PROGRAM, A COLLABORATIVE PROJECT TO INCREASE ACCESS TO QUALITY COMPREHENSIVE SEXUAL HEALTH SERVICES AND STIGMA-FREE STI CARE IN BROOKLYN, NY