Project Grant NU11IHS0033

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....

The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) was awarded a $800,000 Project Grant from the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) under the Maternal and Child Health Federal Consolidated Programs (CFDA 93.110). The grant will support NACCHO in providing technical assistance to local health officials (LHOs) to develop and implement innovative city and county-level initiatives that improve maternal and child health (MCH) outcomes and reduce associated...

The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) awarded Emory University a $1,536,008 Project Grant under the Nursing Research Federal Grant Program (CFDA 93.361) to implement the "Hermanas de Corazon" community health worker initiative. This 5-year project aims to improve cardiovascular health and reduce disparities in rural, migrant Latina farmworker women by addressing social determinants of health, promoting peer support, and building community partnerships. The project will...

This $1,250,000 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) supports a Community Paramedicine and Health Worker Program in Laconia, New Hampshire. The program aims to increase preventative care access for underserved populations, such as older adults and...

The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) awarded a $2,248,902 Cooperative Agreement under the Nursing Research federal grant program (CFDA 93.361) to the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) for the "Housing, Environment, and Living Conditions for Transformed Health (HEALTHE Birmingham)" project. This multi-year study aims to evaluate the health effects of a comprehensive intervention addressing social determinants of health, including public housing quality and...

Affiliated Service Providers of Indiana, Inc. (Aspin) received a $6 million project grant award 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) to deliver community health worker training and apprenticeship programs. Over three years, Aspin will train 210 new community health workers and upskill 23 existing workers annually through expanded curricula on...

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) was awarded a $4,018,665 Cooperative Agreement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Public Health Emergency Response: Cooperative Agreement for Emergency Response (CFDA 93.354) program. The award will support DOHMH's efforts to ensure the NYC public health and healthcare systems are able to rapidly mobilize and respond to emerging public health threats, such as infectious disease outbreaks, to...

The San Juan Basin Public Health was awarded a $911,847 project grant from the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration under the National Organizations of State and Local Officials program. The grant will support a LOCAL COMMUNITY-BASED WORKFORCE TO INCREASE COVID-19 VACCINE ACCESS initiative from July 31, 2021 through December 31, 2022. The purpose of this initiative is to assist state and local authorities in improving public health and addressing...

This Project Grant award of $430,252 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program supports a collaborative multi-year research project examining the multi-sectoral determinants of health in low-income communities globally. The research uses qualitative and quantitative methods to investigate the formulation, interpretation, translation, and implementation of health policies across local, national, and transnational scales. The project...

This $3,000,000 Project Grant award under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) was provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to the City & County of San Francisco Public Health Department on September 30, 2024. The funding will support construction projects and other community-focused initiatives in San Francisco over a 3-year period through September 29, 2027. The Public Health Department, a local government entity, will utilize this award to implement a...