Project Grant H4952121

The federal Project Grant award of $180,791.00 was provided by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Healthy Start Initiative (CFDA 93.926) program. The grant was awarded to the Michigan Public Health Institute (MPHI), a non-profit organization based in Okemos, Michigan, with a performance period from May 1, 2025 to April 30, 2030. The Healthy Start Initiative aims to improve maternal and infant health outcomes and reduce racial and ethnic disparities in infant...

This $800,000 federal Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) under the Maternal and Child Health Federal Consolidated Programs (CFDA 93.110) will fund a partnership between the National Healthy Start Association (NHSA) and the National Parent Leadership Institute (NPLI) to expand policy change resources and build policy change capacity in six local Healthy Start communities. The project aims to empower families...

This federal Project Grant award, valued at $1,626,470.00 and granted by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research (CFDA 93.307) program, will fund a 5-year longitudinal study examining contextual and protective factors impacting racial/ethnic health disparities among preschool children with developmental delays. The study, conducted by the University of Illinois, aims to: 1) determine how structural...

This federal Project Grant award, valued at $512,244 and provided by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307), aims to identify and address social drivers of health to improve the long-term health of Black preterm infants. The key objectives are to: (1) determine associations between neighborhood-level social determinants of health (SDH) and long-term health among Black children; (2)...

This $465,000 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 - Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) supports a study to compare the effectiveness of text message reminders versus community health worker outreach in improving attendance for well-child visits among minority and low-income populations. The study aims to: (1) demonstrate the feasibility of integrating a new referral protocol for community health worker outreach...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 - Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) will fund research to develop a validated measure of practice-level equity and institutional racism in primary care settings. The $1,511,818 grant will be awarded to Duke University, with the goal of: 1) identifying practice-level structures, processes, policies, and norms that may promote equity or create/reinforce inequities in health...

This $600,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Minority Health (CFDA 93.137 - Community Programs to Improve Minority Health Grant Program) will fund the "Healthy People Nashville" initiative to increase access to food and quality healthcare in historically marginalized communities in Nashville, Tennessee. The lead awardee, the Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency (MDHA), will collaborate with 36 partners to implement community-driven...

This $1,487,860 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (CFDA 93.865 Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research) aims to investigate racial/ethnic disparities in maternal and infant health outcomes among women receiving assisted reproductive technology (ART) or other fertility treatments in Massachusetts. The key products and services delivered under this 5-year award include: Quantifying disparities in maternal morbidity/mortality and...

This $533,333.34 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Minority Health (CFDA 93.137 - Community Programs to Improve Minority Health Grant Program) supports the continuation and specialization of the "Care Your Way" (CYW) initiative by the EngageWell Independent Practice Association (EW IPA). The CYW model aims to improve health disparities experienced by Black and Latinx New Yorkers by integrating medical care, behavioral health,...

This $176,255 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (CFDA Program 93.865 - Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research) aims to assess how social contextual stressors over the maternal pre-pregnancy life course contribute to racial inequities in maternal and infant health outcomes in the United States. The study will use longitudinal data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) to...