Project Grant NH75OT000003
- This $200,176 federal 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) aims to establish the Rural Colorado Preventative Health Accessibility (RCPHA) Consortium led by the Spanish Peaks Regional Health Center (SPRHC) in Walsenburg, Colorado. The project will work...
- The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) was awarded a $7,018,665 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Public Health Emergency Response: Cooperative Agreement for Emergency Response: Public Health Crisis Response program (CFDA 93.354). The funding will support CDPHE in rapidly mobilizing and responding to public health emergencies, including addressing gaps identified...
- The Durham County Department of Public Health was awarded a $2 million Project Grant from the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health under the Community Programs to Improve Minority Health Grant Program (CFDA 93.137). The grant will support the Bull City Strong initiative, a community partnership in Durham County, North Carolina. Led by Durham County DPH in partnership with North Carolina Central University and community organizations, the initiative...
- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Rural Health Care Services Outreach Grant Program (CFDA 93.912), awarded a $249,954 project grant to the Colorado Nonprofit Development Center (CNDC) on August 1, 2025. This 4-year grant will support the implementation of the evidence-based HealthySteps integrated behavioral health model in four new rural primary care practices serving families with young children and pregnant individuals in the Eastern Plains and Southwestern...
- The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $250,000 Rural Health Care Services Outreach Grant (CFDA 93.912) to Valley-Wide Health Systems, Inc., a 501(c)(3) Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), to expand access to high-quality, patient-centered care in 14 rural counties in Southern and Southeastern Colorado. The 4-year project, starting on August 1, 2025, will focus on enhancing social determinants of health (SDOH) screening, improving patient engagement, and...
- The Orange County Department of Health was awarded $800,000 under the Community Programs to Improve Minority Health Grant Program (CFDA 93.137) by the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health. The funding will support the Orange County COVID Response to Advance Health Equity initiative to address health disparities and the needs of vulnerable populations in Newburgh and Middletown, New York through March 2024. Key services include street outreach,...
- This Project Grant award of $1,100,000 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Healthcare Systems Bureau (CFDA 93.493 - Congressional Directives) will support facility construction and improvement projects at the Huerfano County Hospital District, operating as the Spanish Peaks Regional Health Center, in Walsenburg, Colorado. The funding, awarded in September 2024, will enhance the hospital's ability to deliver essential medical services to the rural population of Huerfano County....
- This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under CFDA 93.940 - HIV Prevention Activities Health Department Based, will enable the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment (CDPHE) to strategically direct $920,142 in funding to reduce tuberculosis (TB) morbidity and mortality. The key objectives are to: (1) identify and fully treat persons with active TB disease; (2) treat individuals...
- This Project Grant award of $186,728 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Research Service Awards Health Services Research Training program (CFDA 93.225) aims to design, implement, and evaluate an intervention to improve linkage to care for people experiencing homelessness after discharge from the emergency department. The key objectives are to (1) understand the facilitators and barriers to linkage-to-care for this population after emergency department discharge,...
- The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (CCH) received a $973,252 Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to expand operating hours at two service sites in Metro Denver. The funding will allow CCH to increase access to essential integrated primary and behavioral healthcare services for people experiencing homelessness, who often face complex health needs and barriers to care. By extending hours at the 48th Avenue East...
EL PASO COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH NATIONAL INITIATIVE TO ADDRESS COVID-19 HEALTH DISPARITIES AMONG POPULATIONS AT HIGH-RISK AND UNDERSERVED, INCLUDING RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITY POPULATIONS - EL PASO COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH (EPCPH) SERVES EL PASO COUNTY WITH A TOTAL POPULATION OF APPROXIMATELY 720,00 WHICH INCLUDES THE COMMUNITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS, CO WITH A POPULATION OF OVER 400,000. THE HEALTH INEQUITIES OUR COMMUNITY FACES HAVE BEEN MAGNIFIED DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. NOW IS THE TIME FOR EPCPH TO INVEST IN THE STRATEGIES, INTERVENTIONS, AND SERVICES THAT WILL ADVANCE HEALTH EQUITY AND LOWER SYSTEMIC BARRIERS WHICH HAVE PUT CERTAIN POPULATION GROUPS AT HIGHER RISK FOR COVID-19. ANALYSIS OF DATA VIA THE FOLLOWING SOURCES: COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL AFFAIRS ESTIMATES, AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY, BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM, EL PASO COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH COVID-19 DATA DASHBOARD, COMMUNITY INCLUSION IN COLORADO MAPS, COVID-19 COMMUNITY VULNERABILITY INDEX, AND HMA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH REPORT AUGUST 2020, HAS PROVIDED INSIGHT TO THE POPULATIONS WHO HAVE BEEN DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY THE BURDEN OF COVID-19. RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITY GROUPS WILL BE TARGETED THROUGH STRATEGIC RECOVERY EFFORTS, ALONG WITH THE POPULATIONS OF THE INCARCERATED, HOMELESS, THOSE LIVING WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS, AND THE DISABLED POPULATION WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED BARRIERS TO RECEIVE COVID-19 RESOURCES AND WRAP-AROUND SERVICES. EPCPH COMMITS TO EMPLOYING COMMUNITY NAVIGATORS TO BE THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND WORKING WITH TARGETED POPULATIONS TO PROVIDE COORDINATED CARE AND ENSURE EDUCATION, OUTREACH, ONGOING EFFORTS OF VACCINE COORDINATION, QUARANTINE AND ISOLATION OPTIONS, AND PREVENTATIVE CARE AND DISEASE MANAGEMENT AMONG POPULATIONS THAT ARE UNDERSERVED AND AT HIGHER RISK FOR COVID-19. FURTHERMORE, EPCPH ENVISIONS INCREASING DEPARTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE TO ESTABLISH A PROACTIVE RESPONSE TO HEALTH INEQUITIES. EPCPH WILL ESTABLISH A HEALTH EQUITY OFFICE TO DO THE WORK NECESSARY TO EDUCATE, TRAIN, AND DRIVE OUR AGENCY?S STRATEGIC VISION TOWARDS EQUITABLE HEALTH FOR ALL. COVID-19 HAS HAD DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS ON THE DISPROPORTIONALLY REPRESENTED POPULATIONS WITHIN COLORADO SPRINGS AND ADDRESSING THE BARRIERS TO HEALTH AND FOSTERING COVID-19 RECOVERY IS AN AGENCY PRIORITY. EPCPH WILL ALSO EXPAND THE COLLECTION AND REPORTING OF DATA BY EMPLOYING TECHNOLOGY CONSULTANTS TO ASSURE ADEQUATE RESOURCES FOR DATA INFRASTRUCTURE AND WORKFORCE TO ENSURE ALIGNMENT WITH DATA MODERNIZATION. THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM TO PROVIDE STREAMLINED WRAP-AROUND SERVICES WILL BUILD ON PLANS FOR COLLECTING AND REPORTING TIMELY, COMPLETE, REPRESENTATIVE, AND RELEVANT DATA ON TESTING, INCIDENT RATES, VACCINATION, AND SEVERE OUTCOMES BY DETAILED RACE AND ETHNICITY CATEGORIES, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT AGE AND SEX DIFFERENCES. EPCPH WILL ENHANCE COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS TO EXPAND THE COLLECTION OF DATA AND WRAP-AROUND SERVICES FOR THOSE POPULATIONS MOST AT RISK FOR COVID-19 AND HEALTH INEQUITIES. A PUBLIC HEALTH PLANNER WILL BE HIRED TO BE THE EXTERNAL FACING EPCPH STAFF MEMBER WHO CAN DEVOTE A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THEIR TIME TO PARTNERSHIP CULTIVATION AND LEAD THE HEALTH COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITY TO SET THE PRIORITY AREAS FOR THE UPCOMING COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
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