Cooperative Agreement NU62PS924519

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Minority HIV/AIDS Fund (CFDA 93.899) program, awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant to Centerstone of Florida, Inc. on September 30, 2024. The grant will fund a 3-year "Syndemic Approach to Prevention at Centerstone (SAP-C)" initiative to address disparities related to HIV, viral hepatitis, STIs, substance use, and mental health conditions among racial/ethnic minority communities, with a focus on Black female identities in 5...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Minority HIV/AIDS Fund (MHAF, CFDA 93.899) program, awarded a $1,199,913 Project Grant to the Mississippi Public Health Institute (MSPHI) to implement the Helping Empower, Advocate, and Reach the Delta (HEARD) program. The HEARD program aims to increase engagement in care for adult Black females, including cisgender, transgender, nonbinary, and genderqueer/fluid individuals, who are living with or at high risk for contracting...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), awarded a $3,400,000 Project Grant under the Minority HIV/AIDS Fund (MHAF) program to JSI Research & Training Institute Inc., a non-profit organization in Boston, MA. The grant, with a performance period from September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2028, will support comprehensive healthcare services that address a syndemic approach to improving HIV-related health outcomes for...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 - Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) provides $1,079,375 to Rutgers, The State University to conduct a mixed-methods study on social ecological and integration factors associated with HIV prevention behaviors among Latino/x sexual minority migrant men in the U.S. The study aims to (1) identify social ecological factors linked to sexual risk, HIV testing, and PrEP...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) provides $898,186 to Spotted TECH LLC, a woman-owned small business in Louisiana, to develop and validate an innovative home-based, mail-in CD4 count test for people living with HIV (PLWH). The primary objective is to create the "CD4-LINK" kit, which will allow PLWH to self-collect a dried blood spot sample and mail it to a lab for CD4 count...

This Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Director under the Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310) provides $360,000 to Northwestern University to adapt and pilot test a technology-enabled, primary care-based strategy to empower cisgender women with increased vulnerability to HIV to make informed decisions about pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). The key products and services to be delivered under this 2-year award include: Developing an...

This Project Grant award, funded by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research (CFDA 93.307) program, supports research to understand and address disparities in contraceptive access and utilization through telemedicine among low-income and marginalized populations. The $2,352,877 grant, awarded on July 13, 2024, will allow the primary awardee, Ochin, Inc., a nonprofit health IT collaborative, to leverage...

The Indiana Department of Health has been awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) HIV Prevention Activities Health Department Based program (CFDA 93.940). The program, titled "REACH: Rural Re-Engagement and Care Using CHWs for Persons with HIV," aims to improve HIV care services in rural Indiana communities by employing a Community Health Worker (CHW) home-based approach. The key activities include re-engaging persons living...

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a five-year, $710,187 Project Grant (CFDA 93.242) to Research Triangle Institute (RTI International) to adapt and evaluate the Comprehensive Adherence Resource and Empowerment Support (CARES) intervention for increasing pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) adherence and continuation among adolescent girls and young women in South Africa and Zimbabwe. The key objectives are to: 1) adapt the CARES intervention to incorporate injectable PrEP and...

This Project Grant award of $1,600,000 from the Department of Health and Human Services under the Minority HIV/AIDS Fund (CFDA 93.899) program will support Abounding Prosperity, Inc. (AP, Inc.) in delivering a comprehensive suite of services in Dallas County, Texas to advance equity in health outcomes for Black female individuals, including cisgender, transgender, nonbinary, and genderqueer/fluid identities. Key program activities will include: 1) resource mapping and strategic planning, 2)...