Project Grant NU58DP007293
- The Rural Health Network of South Central New York, Inc. received a $599,844 cooperative agreement award from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living under the Empowering Older Adults and Adults with Disabilities through Chronic Disease Self-Management Education Programs program. This program, financed through Prevention and Public Health Funds, aims to increase participation in and sustainability of evidence-based chronic disease self-management education...
- 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 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (CFDA 93.837 - Cardiovascular Diseases Research) provides $187,798 to the University of Rochester to design and pilot a community health worker (CHW) model for improving self-management and outcomes for children with persistent asthma in Rochester, NY. The project aims to use implementation science frameworks to co-design a sustainable, context-appropriate CHW model with community partners, and then evaluate the...
- The Albany Community Development Agency was awarded a $1,890,000 Project Grant by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under the Lead Hazard Reduction Grant Program (CFDA 14.900) to identify and control lead-based paint hazards in privately-owned housing in Albany, New York. The agency will use this funding from April 2024 to October 2027 to conduct lead inspections, risk assessments, interim controls, and abatement activities in low- and very-low income housing to...
- This Project Grant award, provided by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) under the Cancer Cause and Prevention Research program (CFDA 93.393), will fund a study to evaluate the impact of social determinants of health (SDOH) on early-onset colorectal cancer (EOCRC) diagnosis, treatment delays, and survival, with a focus on underserved populations in Kentucky and Georgia. The $192,610 award will support a 2-year epidemiologic study that aims to elucidate the relationship between SDOH measures and...
- This federal Project Grant award from the 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) provides $300,000 to Self Regional Healthcare (SRH) to lead the Lakelands Collaborative Care Initiative in South Carolina. The project aims to expand chronic care management (CCM) services for rural residents...
- This Project Grant award of $158,500 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) will support research to illuminate how a parent's adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and neighborhood environment influence their child's obesity risk. The study, led by Temple University, will create a Neighborhood ACEs Index (NAI) to examine how neighborhood characteristics associated with ACEs...
- This federal Project Grant award of $192,893.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) through the Continuum of Care (CoC) Program (CFDA 14.267) to Aids Community Resources, Inc. (doing business as A C R Health), a non-profit organization based in Syracuse, New York. The funding will support A C R Health's efforts to provide housing assistance, supportive services, and case management to homeless and low-income individuals and families in the local...
- This $3,690,905 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) program supports the CATALYST (Community Climate Health Equity Research Center) initiative. The primary objective is to generate evidence on how extreme climate events, such as heat waves and poor air quality, impact health outcomes like hypertension and asthma among patients served by community health centers (CHCs) - organizations that provide...
- The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) awarded a $9,631,250 Project Grant under the Appalachian Area Development program (CFDA 23.002) to Community Education Group, Inc. (CEG) for health promotion and disease prevention activities. The grant period runs from March 1, 2024 to February 28, 2029. CEG, a Black American-owned non-profit organization, will utilize the federal funding to advance its mission of eliminating health disparities and improving public health outcomes, particularly in...
REDUCING CHRONIC DISEASE HEALTH DISPARITIES AND IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF AT-RISK ALBANY COUNTY RESIDENTS THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH ACCELERATOR PLAN - THE PURPOSE OF ALBANY COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH'S (ACDOH'S) CLOSING THE GAP WITH SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH ACCELERATOR PLANS PROGRAM IS TO REDUCE CHRONIC HEALTH DISEASES (E.G. ASTHMA, HYPERTENSION, PRE-DIABETES, DIABETES) AMONG PRIORITY, AT-RISK POPULATIONS IN THE CITIES OF ALBANY, COHOES, AND WATERVLIET COMMUNITIES BY ESTABLISHING A LEADERSHIP TEAM OF COMMITTED, EXPERT PARTNERS TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT AN ACTION-DRIVEN, EVIDENCE-BASED, AND CULTURALLY COMPETENT SOCIAL DETERMINANT OF HEALTH (SDOH) ACCELERATOR PLAN FOCUSED ON THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNITY-CLINICAL LINKAGES. CHRONIC DISEASES AND ASSOCIATED RISK FACTORS ARE THE LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH AND DISABILITY IN ALBANY COUNTY. THE [2022%20CAPITAL%20REGION%20COMMUNITY%20HEATH%20NEEDS%20ASSESSMENT]2022 CAPITAL REGION COMMUNITY HEATH NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND OTHER SUPPORTING DATA INDICATE THAT CHRONIC DISEASE RATES, AND RELATED RISK FACTORS, ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY HIGHER AMONG ALBANY COUNTY RESIDENTS WHO ARE LOWER INCOME, HAVE LOWER EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, OR ARE OF A RACIAL OR ETHNIC MINORITY. THUS, ACDOH DEFINES OUR PRIORITY POPULATIONS AS THE CITIES OF ALBANY, COHOES, AND WATERVLIET. ACDOH'S APPLICATION WILL REDUCE CHRONIC DISEASE IN COMMUNITY AND CLINICAL SETTINGS, PARTICULARLY AMONG PRIORITY POPULATIONS, AND ACHIEVE THE OBJECTIVES OF INCREASING ACCESS TO PHYSICAL ACTIVITY OPPORTUNITIES AND CONNECTING AT-RISK RESIDENTS TO SOCIAL SUPPORT. THROUGH EXISTING ACTIVITIES, PARTNERSHIPS, AND COALITIONS THE ALBANY COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS WELL POSITIONED TO MOBILIZE ITS COMMUNITY TO IMPLEMENT POLICY, SYSTEMS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES TO PREVENT AND REDUCE CHRONIC DISEASE. FOR PURPOSES OF THE CLOSING THE GAP WITH SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH ACCELERATOR PLANS PROGRAM, ACDOH WILL INCORPORATE OBJECTIVES AND PERFORMANCE MEASURES INTO THE ACTIVITIES OF A LEADERSHIP TEAM CONNECTED TO THE EXISTING ALBANY COUNTY STRATEGIC ALLIANCE FOR HEALTH (ACSAH) INFRASTRUCTURE. FORMED IN 2008, ACSAH, PREVIOUSLY FUNDED BY NYSDOH AND CDC, IS A COALITION THAT SPECIFICALLY TARGETS UNDERLYING RISK FACTORS FOR A VARIETY OF CHRONIC DISEASES (DIABETES, OBESITY, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE) IN THE AT-RISK ALBANY COUNTY COMMUNITIES.
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| Not listed | $0 | 6/22/23 | ||
| Not listed | $0 | 11/30/22 | ||
| Not listed | $0 | 11/30/22 |