Project Grant NU58DP007014

This Project Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Minority Health, under the Community Programs to Improve Minority Health Grant Program (CFDA 93.137), provides $598,906 over four years to the University of Hawaii at Manoa. The project, titled "Culturally-Based Community Connections for Resilience (CCCR)," aims to mitigate and reduce suicide and suicide risks among Hawaii's essential workers, including farmers and first responders, by targeting social...

The Tufts University School of Medicine will provide a Community Health Worker Training Program titled "Community Health Workers Engaging in Integrated Care" (COHERE) through this $4,999,888 Project Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Professionals. The three-year grant period began on September 15, 2022. The program aims to increase diversity among community health workers and improve healthcare...

The Medical Care Development Inc. (MCD) was awarded a $5.9 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 MCD's Community Health Worker Training Program to recruit, train, and enhance the skills of 255 community health workers over the three-year period from September 2022 to September 2025. At least 191...

This $1,548,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Healthcare Systems Bureau (CFDA 93.493 Congressional Directives) supports Communityhealth NFP, a non-profit healthcare organization in Chicago, Illinois, to renovate its clinic space and expand its community health worker program. The funding will enable Communityhealth to create additional desk space and meeting areas to accommodate the growth of its community health worker team, which provides...

This $700,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Women's Bureau (CFDA 17.700) supports the Health Resources in Action (HRIA) organization in delivering the "NACHW Fostering Access, Rights and Equity Project (FARE for CHWs)". The project aims to prevent and mitigate gender-based violence and harassment (GBVH) for 5,000 community health workers (CHWs) and 400 CHW employers through awareness building, in-person and online training sessions, and by coordinating...

This $708,048 federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 - Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) supports research to evaluate the implementation of Community Health Worker (CHW)-delivered evidence-based transdiagnostic mental health treatment in Spanish for Latine parents. The project aims to: 1) refine the transdiagnostic Common Elements Treatment Approach (CETA) for cultural relevance with Latine parents, 2) assess...

Wayne State University will receive $5.2 million over three years from the Health Resources and Services Administration under the Public Health Training Centers Program (CFDA 93.516) to launch the Community Health Worker Academy workforce development project. The project will certify 140 trainees as community health workers through comprehensive foundational and specialized trainings, and place them in registered apprenticeships and internships on integrated care teams. At least 60% of...

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) will fund the "Care Your Way" (CYW) initiative led by the EngageWell Independent Practice Association (EW IPA) and its partner Housing Works Health Services III, Inc. (dba Housing Works Community Health Care). The CYW initiative aims to improve health disparities and health outcomes...

This Project Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Professionals provides $749,100 to Ochsner Clinic Foundation under the Public Health Training Centers Program (CFDA 93.516) from September 15, 2022 to September 14, 2025. The funding will support Ochsner Health System's expansion and enhancement of its existing community health worker (CHW) training program and apprenticeship in Louisiana. Key deliverables...

The Cambridge Public Health Commission, doing business as Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA), was awarded a $600,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health under the Community Programs to Improve Minority Health Grant Program (CFDA 93.137). The grant will fund a 4-year project to address health inequities and improve health outcomes for racial and ethnic minorities in CHA's service area by increasing access to high-quality healthcare. The...