Cooperative Agreement NU58DP004174

The National Council of Young Men's Christian Associations of the United States of America (YMCA of USA) was awarded a $10,000,000 Cooperative Agreement by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the CDC Investigations and Technical Assistance program (CFDA 93.283). The award, titled "A Strategic Approach to Advancing Health Equity for Priority Populations with or at Risk for Diabetes," will fund a multi-year initiative focused on improving health outcomes and...

The New York State YMCA Foundation received a $599,969 cooperative agreement from the Administration on Aging (part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) under the Evidence-Based Falls Prevention Programs Financed Solely by Prevention and Public Health Funds (CFDA 93.761) program. The purpose of this 4-year award, which commenced on June 1, 2024, is to implement and sustain evidence-based falls prevention programs for older adults and adults with disabilities in New York. The...

This $200,000 Project Grant from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) under CFDA Program 93.433 is funding the development of an adapted and accessible online version of the Prevent T2 diabetes prevention program for individuals with disabilities. The awardee, Kamin Consulting Inc. (doing business as Yumlish), is a minority-owned, woman-owned small business with expertise in developing technology-enabled solutions for chronic disease...

The Young Men's Christian Association of the Suncoast, Inc. was awarded a $517,597 cooperative agreement from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living under the Evidence-Based Falls Prevention Programs Financed Solely by Prevention and Public Health Funds (PPHF) program. The award period is from May 1, 2022 to April 30, 2025. Under this cooperative agreement, the YMCA of the Suncoast will deliver evidence-based falls prevention programs to older adults in...

The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) awarded a $349,429 Project Grant under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847) to Boston Medical Center Corporation. The funding will support the implementation and assessment of the THRIVE-DM intervention, which aims to expand the existing THRIVE health-related social needs (HRSN) screening and referral program to maximize the proportion of type 2 diabetes mellitus...

This federal Project Grant award, valued at $435,854, was provided by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847). The award aims to understand the utilization of Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support (DSMES) services through a social network analysis of patient-sharing relationships among providers caring for patients with type 2 diabetes. The research leverages...

This $742,805 cooperative agreement from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, a part of the National Institutes of Health, supports research under the Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health program. The Miriam Hospital will establish the multi-site feasibility and fidelity of yoga to improve management of type 2 diabetes. Over three years, the awardee will randomize 90 adults with type 2 diabetes from Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Alabama to a...

The New Mexico Diabetes Advisory Council (NMDAC) will receive $599,288 under a Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living (ACL) on May 1, 2023. The funding supports NMDAC's work to increase participation in chronic disease self-management education programs in New Mexico through April 30, 2027. Specifically, NMDAC will introduce the Program to Encourage Active, Rewarding Lives for Seniors (PEARLS) and expand existing...

The University of Utah was awarded a $664,121 Project Grant 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). The purpose of this 5-year research project is to examine the efficacy of the PREVENTT2 TOGETHER couple-based lifestyle intervention for preventing type 2 diabetes. The study will recruit 162 couples (adults at high risk for type 2 diabetes and their romantic...

This $772,848 federal 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), aims to develop and evaluate an innovative, adaptive mobile phone-delivered intervention to support adults with Type 2 diabetes. The intervention will be tailored based on an existing typology of diabetes-specific family functioning and will include components such as goal...