This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Labor Women's Bureau (CFDA 17.700 - Women's Bureau) provides $700,000 to Equal Rights Advocates, Inc. (ERA) to assist marginalized and underserved women workers impacted by gender-based violence and harassment (GBVH) in the workplace. The key products and services funded under this 20-month project (September 2024 to May 2025) include: Developing updated resources and educational materials on overcoming GBVH in the construction...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Labor Women's Bureau (CFDA 17.700) provides $700,000 to Justice for Migrant Women (J4MW), a nonprofit organization, to address gender-based violence and harassment (GBVH) faced by migrant and rural women workers in Ohio and southern Michigan. The funding will support the following key activities: Community organizing and direct outreach to provide 3,000 migrant women workers with know-your-rights education and training on responding to...
This Project Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Professionals provides $749,100 to Ochsner Clinic Foundation under the Public Health Training Centers Program (CFDA 93.516) from September 15, 2022 to September 14, 2025. The funding will support Ochsner Health System's expansion and enhancement of its existing community health worker (CHW) training program and apprenticeship in Louisiana. Key deliverables...
Arizona State University was awarded a $5,999,868 Project Grant from the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Professionals to launch a Community Health Worker Training Program. The grant was awarded on September 15, 2022 under the Public Health Training Centers Program (CFDA 93.516) to develop and deliver a standardized, certified curriculum to train 200 community health workers. The two-semester training program will include...
This Project Grant award, funded by the Healthcare Systems Bureau of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493), provides $1,548,000.00 to Communityhealth NFP, a non-profit healthcare organization in Chicago, Illinois. The grant supports the renovation and expansion of Communityhealth's clinic space to accommodate the growth of its community health worker program. The project aims to increase capacity for community health...
The Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU) received a $460,233 Project Grant from the Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants program (CFDA 93.732). The grant, titled "FDU STRONG", aims to train 108 Community Health Workers (CHWs) to support children and families impacted by opioid and substance use disorders in medically underserved communities. The project will...
This $1,784,993 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas program (CFDA 98.001) supports a five-year Community Health Worker-Led Participatory Learning and Action initiative in Nigeria. The award, effective from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2029, will be implemented by the non-profit organization Family Health International (FHI 360). The project aims to strengthen community health systems and...
The Institute for Public Health Innovation (IPHI) was awarded a $6 million Project Grant from the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Professionals under the Public Health Training Centers Program (CFDA 93.516). The grant will support IPHI's Community Health Worker Academy initiative to develop the community health worker workforce and address health inequities in Washington D.C. and surrounding counties through September 2025....
This federal Project Grant award of $1,126,000.00 from the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Healthcare Systems Bureau (CFDA 93.493 - Congressional Directives) will fund the "Community Care Maternal Mobile Health Unit" project implemented by Greater Columbia Accountable Community Of Health (also known as Greater Health Now or GHN), a non-profit organization. The project aims to deliver maternal healthcare and wrap-around services to underserved women and children in the...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program to the Cahaba Medical Care Foundation, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in Alabama. The grant will fund an expansion of the organization's behavioral health services, including the addition of 4 FTE licensed independent clinical social workers, 2 FTE behavioral health consultants, and 1...
The Health Resources in Action (HRIA) organization was awarded a $700,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Labor's Women's Bureau (CFDA 17.700) to implement the NACHW Fostering Access, Rights and Equity (FARE for CHWs) project. The project aims to prevent and mitigate gender-based violence and harassment (GBVH) for 5,000 community health workers (CHWs) and 400 CHW employers across Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and North Carolina. Key activities include awareness building, in-person and online GBVH training sessions, and coordinating direct services and referrals for 500 CHW survivors of GBVH. The project will also develop a free repository of GBVH resources and a CHW train-the-trainer toolkit. Fifty CHW GBVH survivors will be empowered to expand access to GBVH awareness, education, referrals, and resources beyond the project period. The grant period runs from September 30, 2024, through May 6, 2025.