Cooperative Agreement U79SP023012

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $750,000 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to the National Latino Behavioral Health Association (NLBHA). The five-year grant will fund the "Connecting Our Voices" program, which implements evidence-based substance abuse prevention strategies targeting youth...

This Project Grant award of $1,000,000 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program aims to reduce racial/ethnic disparities related to mental illness, substance use disorders, and HIV/STI/HCV infection and care among Hispanic men who have sex with men (MSM) in New York City. The 5-year "Entre Nosotros" program, which began on...

The Casa PALS-Promotores Amplificando La Sabiduria project, funded by a $600,000 Project Grant 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, will address social determinants of health and leading health indicators related to drug overdose deaths and suicide among Latino populations in Massachusetts. The 4-year program, implemented by the minority-owned and woman-owned non-profit...

This $683,125 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) supports the expansion of the Center for Latino Health Research Opportunities (CLARO) at the University of Miami and Florida International University. The grant aims to train early-stage investigators, particularly from underrepresented minority groups, in equitable implementation science to accelerate the implementation of...

The Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families (ACF) awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Social Services Research and Demonstration (SSRD) program (CFDA 93.647) to the Latin American Association, Inc., a minority-owned non-profit organization based in Atlanta, Georgia. The grant, titled "INSPIRA - Pathway to Success", will support the organization's work in serving Latino immigrant communities through comprehensive social services. The...

This Project Grant award from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), under CFDA Program 93.865 Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research, aims to develop and evaluate a culturally and linguistically adapted treatment program for Latino young adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and co-occurring mental health conditions. The $132,033 award will fund a research plan to: 1) finalize the Iniciando! LA ADULTEZ treatment...

The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) awarded a $242,905 Project Grant under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to the San Diego State University Foundation. This new 5-year T32 doctoral training program, called ALIADOS, will focus on training a diverse cohort of doctoral students in Latino health disparities research and multi-level prevention interventions. The program aims to: 1) identify, recruit, and retain...

This Project Grant award in the amount of $275,766 from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA #93.307 - Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) supports the development of a proof-of-concept for HealthYU-Latinx, a technology-based solution designed to improve health literacy for Latinx secondary school students and their families. The funding will enable the creation of a web/mobile-based, self-paced curriculum featuring animated videos, live...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307), provides $1,097,280 to the Regents of the University of Michigan to develop and pilot a culturally tailored intervention for Latinx adolescents from mixed-status families. The intervention aims to: (1) increase youth discussions of mental health needs with caregivers, (2) reduce stigma around mental health...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), provides $616,742 to the New York Blood Center, Inc. to conduct a 1.5-year study examining the impact of geographic mobility on pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and HIV care outcomes among Latino gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) in New York City. The research aims to characterize patterns of geographic mobility and determine how...