Project Grant 90AK0069

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families has awarded a 3-year, $750,000 Project Grant under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Personal Responsibility Education Program (CFDA 93.092) to Healthy Futures of Texas (HFTX), a non-profit organization based in San Antonio, Texas. The grant, titled "Talk About It Texas Campus Conversations Project", will fund HFTX's efforts to provide comprehensive sexual health education and youth development...

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded a $445,500 Project Grant under the Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) Program (CFDA 93.060) to Bee Busy Learning Academy Inc., a minority and woman-owned non-profit organization based in Houston, Texas. The grant, titled "FIRST LOVE YOURSELF 365 (FLY-365)," will fund a 3-year project from September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2027 to provide sexual risk avoidance education, counseling,...

This Project Grant award, provided by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) under the "Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health" (CFDA 93.286) program, will fund the development of a curricular program and outreach activities focused on biomedical engineering, data science, and health science for elementary students. The $803,277 award to the University of Texas at San Antonio will support the creation of...

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley received a $8,716,923 Project Grant award on September 1, 2024 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Head Start under the Head Start program (CFDA 93.600). This 5-year award will fund the Early Head Start Child Care Partnership program, which aims to promote school readiness by enhancing the cognitive, physical, behavioral, and social-emotional development of low-income infants, toddlers, and preschool-aged children through...

This federal Project Grant award in the amount of $1,500,000 was provided by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program, to SU Clinica Familiar, a non-profit community health center in Harlingen, Texas. The grant will be used to expand access to pediatric primary care services for the predominantly low-income, Hispanic population in the Rio Grande Valley region. Specifically, the funding will enable SU Clinica to increase the...

The federal Project Grant award of $47,050,033 was provided by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant to the States program (CFDA 93.994). The funding supports a comprehensive range of maternal and child health services in the state of Texas, including prenatal care, pediatric health, family planning, disease prevention, nutrition assistance, substance abuse treatment, home visiting, emergency preparedness, and...

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) was awarded a $795,138 Cooperative Agreement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Cooperative Agreements to Support State-Based Safe Motherhood and Infant Health Initiative Programs (CFDA 93.946). The award, which commenced on September 30, 2024 and runs through September 29, 2027, supports UTHealth's efforts to improve maternal and infant health outcomes through public health surveillance,...

This federal Project Grant award of $1,156,440.00 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) will support a 5-year study to rigorously evaluate the ICHAMPSS 2.0 implementation strategy. The goal is to increase the adoption, implementation, reach, and maintenance of evidence-based sexual health programs in 15 school districts in South Texas. The study aims to determine the...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) for $4,005,546 will support a research and career development program aimed at improving health equity for young adult patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) in Texas. The key elements include: Identifying and surveying young adult CHD patients (ages 18-24) with high-risk sociodemographic factors to understand barriers to accessing...

The Federal Project Grant award for $645,032.00 from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Personal Responsibility Education Program (CFDA 93.092) supports the "Cookies and Convo" sexual health education initiative of the Face To Face Enrichment Center, a minority-owned, woman-owned, and Black American-owned non-profit organization based in Hammond, Louisiana. The grant will fund the organization's...