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 (CFDA 93.940) federal grant program. The award, effective September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2027, will fund the implementation of the REACH (Rural Re-Engagement and Care Using CHWs for Persons with HIV) program. REACH aims to improve HIV care services in Indiana's rural communities by employing a...
Hamilton County, Ohio will use a $739,322 project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to develop coordinated prevention and intervention strategies for youth and families impacted by opioids. The Hamilton County Addiction Response Coalition will deliver culturally competent, evidence-based prevention, intervention, and treatment services to African American and Hispanic residents in Cincinnati. These services...
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health awarded a $600,000 Project Grant (CFDA 93.137 Community Programs to Improve Minority Health) to the Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc. to implement the "Inverting the Burden of Navigating Health and Social Services with Community Resource Hubs: A Metro-Wide Patient-Centered Social Needs Referral Network" project. The project aims to improve hypertension control and address food insecurity and other...
The Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Minority Health awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Community Programs to Improve Minority Health (CFDA 93.137) program to the Cambridge Public Health Commission, doing business as the Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA). This 4-year grant aims to address health inequities and improve health outcomes for racial and ethnic minorities in CHA's service area by increasing access to high-quality healthcare. Specifically, the project will...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1,800,000 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to the Hamilton County Health Department in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The grant funding will be used to expand behavioral health services, including mental health and substance use disorder treatment, for the homeless population in Chattanooga and the surrounding Hamilton County area. Key services to be provided...
This Project Grant award of $738,000 from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 - Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) supports a feasibility and effectiveness study of an interdisciplinary, anti-racist, structurally competent, and culturally responsive assessment model called the Recovery & Empowerment After Community Trauma (REACT) Clinic. The REACT Clinic provides trauma-informed psychological and psychiatric assessment, social...
The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) was awarded a $900,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812) program. The grant will fund the Education Medication Support Project (EMS) to improve substance use disorder treatment and recovery outcomes for adults in reentry from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025 in Cincinnati, OH. Working with project partners Addiction...
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) awarded a $1,270,897 Project Grant under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) program to establish the Research and Engagement for Action on Climate and Health (REACH) Center. The REACH Center is a multi-institutional partnership that leverages expertise in public health, medicine, public policy, earth and atmospheric sciences, and environmental justice to research the health and equity impacts of climate change mitigation and...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $1,500,000 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to Four County Comprehensive Mental Health Center Inc. (doing business as 4C Health), a non-profit hospital organization based in Rochester, Indiana. The 5-year REACH (Rural Enhancement and Access for Consumers Experiencing Homelessness) project aims to: 1) increase...
This Project Grant award of $1,200,000 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Minority Health under the Community Programs to Improve Minority Health (CFDA 93.137) program aims to implement community-level innovations to improve diabetes health outcomes among the Hispanic/Latino population in Bexar County, Texas. The "Pathways Project" will expand a sustainable collaborative network, including organizations like The Health Collaborative and Community...