Cooperative Agreement U87DP001256

This Project Grant award of $1,573,294 from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 - Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) will fund a 4-year mixed methods study to identify effective school-based health center (SBHC) models and practices nationally. The study aims to: 1) describe current trends in SBHC staffing and healthcare delivery practices, 2) conduct qualitative research to understand barriers and facilitators to equitable care in SBHCs,...

This Project Grant award from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), aims to advance understanding of the short- and long-term impacts of School-Based Health Centers (SBHCs) on student health care utilization and outcomes. The $556,806 award, granted on April 2, 2025, will support a study by Northwestern University that uses difference-in-difference models...

This Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $1,577,585.00 and effective July 1, 2025, was provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) (CFDA 93.092). The award recipient, Child Trends, Incorporated, will develop and implement sexual health education and youth development initiatives targeting youth between 10 and 19 years old, with a focus on pregnant...

The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $701,887 Project Grant under the School Safety National Activities (CFDA 84.184) program to Metropolitan State University of Denver (MSU Denver). The grant will fund an innovative model of higher education and learning communities teaming up for healthy youth ("I'M HEALTHY") over a one-year period from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025. As part of this project, MSU Denver will provide an immersive...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) is funding the "Advancing Health Equity Through Park Afterschool Programs" research project at Florida International University (FIU). The project aims to improve mental health and social-emotional outcomes for youth in underserved communities by enhancing the capacity of park afterschool program (ASP) providers to deliver evidence-based...

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...

The Seattle University project "Achieving Optimal Childhood, Adolescence and Young Adulthood (A-OCAY): An Integrated, Holistic, and Community-Engaged Model for Interprofessional Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training in the Evergreen State" is funded through a $584,858 Project Grant awarded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants program (CFDA 93.732). The project aims to increase the...

This Project Grant award of $572,036, provided by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) through the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), will fund research to investigate the effects of parents' participation in public work programs (PWPs) on children's health and education in select low- and middle-income countries. The project will leverage existing data from six large-scale public works...

The University of Montana's Center for Children, Families and Workforce Development will lead the Montana Rural Youth Behavioral Health Pathways (MT-RYBHP) program, a $400,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Rural Health Care Services Outreach, Rural Health Network Development and Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement program (CFDA 93.912). The MT-RYBHP initiative aims to enhance...

This Project Grant award, provided by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants program (CFDA 93.732), will support the Youth Mental Health - Holistic Outreach for Promoting Equity (Y-HOPE) Initiative at California State University, Sacramento. The $1,199,982 award will recruit, train, and deploy 69 graduate-level school counselor trainees to serve in high-need, high-demand public school districts in Sacramento...