This $465,000 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 - Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) aims to compare technological and relational approaches to support families after a missed well-child visit. The study will: Demonstrate the feasibility of integrating a new referral protocol into existing resources for community health worker (CHW) outreach following missed well-child visits. Compare well-child visit...
This Project Grant award from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) under the Research on Healthcare Costs, Quality and Outcomes program (CFDA 93.226) supports a $400,000 randomized trial to evaluate the impact of a "whole person navigation" intervention for adults with multiple chronic conditions. The intervention combines predictive modeling to identify high-risk patients with a navigation strategy to help guide them in accessing social services and overcoming...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration awarded a $112,934 Project Grant under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Grants for New and Expanded Services Under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.527) to the Lake County Health Department & Community Health Center (LCHD&CHC) on September 1, 2023. This funding will support LCHD&CHC, a federally qualified health center and community mental health center, in delivering a range of healthcare...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837), provides $168,480 to Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago to conduct research on improving prenatal care utilization and access to care for children with congenital heart defects (CHDs). The key objectives of this 5-year project are to: 1) identify the most common prenatal care pathways associated with delivery at a CHD...
The Lower Lights Christian Health Center was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant over two years (FY 2022 to FY 2024) from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) federal grant program. The grant funding will enable Lower Lights Christian Health Center to increase equitable access to breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening and referral for care and treatment for medically...
This $600,000 Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program will enable the Lynn Community Health Center (LCHC) to expand behavioral health services in Lynn, Massachusetts. The funding will allow LCHC to increase the number of patients receiving mental health services by 150 and the number receiving substance use disorder (SUD) services, including medication-assisted treatment (MOUD), by 175. To...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847), provides $512,812 to Yale University to pilot a randomized trial testing the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a comprehensive intervention called T1CARE. T1CARE aims to address adverse social determinants of health as major barriers to type 1 diabetes (T1D) management and outcomes,...
This Project Grant award, in the amount of $269,942, was provided by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) under the Cancer Research Manpower (CFDA 93.398) federal grant program. The award aims to develop and pilot test a community health worker (CHW) intervention to improve lung cancer screening (LCS) uptake and address disparities in LCS among Black and Hispanic communities served by community health centers. The key products and services to be delivered include: 1) Jointly...
This $262,627 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (CFDA 93.242 Mental Health Research Grants) supports the development and testing of a novel peer navigator mHealth intervention to increase uptake of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and modern contraception among female university students in Zambia. The key products and services to be delivered under this grant include: Adapting an existing app, PEBRA, using human-centered design and qualitative methods to create a...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1.1 million Project Grant under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program to Lakeshore Community Health Care, Inc. (LCHC) in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. The funding will be used over two years, from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2026, to expand LCHC's mental health services by 264 new patients, substance use disorder services by 27 patients, and medications for opioid use...