Project Grant SGR10021GR3032

This Project Grant award in the amount of $275,766 from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA #93.307 - Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) supports the development of a proof-of-concept for HealthYU-Latinx, a technology-based solution designed to improve health literacy for Latinx secondary school students and their families. The funding will enable the creation of a web/mobile-based, self-paced curriculum featuring animated videos, live...

This Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities will fund the creation of a digital resource bank and related programming to facilitate teaching and learning of health narratives in English and Spanish at the postsecondary level. Provided through the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program, the $149,999 award to The University of Iowa will support development of an online repository and journal to share...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under CFDA Program 93.103 (Food and Drug Administration Research) provides $500,000 in funding to the University of Connecticut Health Center (UCHC) to integrate community voices into efforts to advance linguistic inclusion in clinical research. The project aims to: 1) Explore Spanish-speaking patients' perspectives, preferences, unmet needs, and barriers to participating in clinical trials; 2) Employ a participatory...

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living awarded a $673,014 cooperative agreement to Innovations For Aging, LLC under the Empowering Older Adults and Adults with Disabilities through Chronic Disease Self-Management Education Programs program. As a sub-awardee of Metropolitan Area Agency On Aging, Inc., Innovations For Aging will deliver chronic disease self-management education from May 2022 through April 2025. The cooperative agreement aims to increase...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health, under the Community Programs to Improve Minority Health (CFDA 93.137) program, provides $599,959 over 4 years to Wayne State University to address colorectal cancer (CRC) screening and drug overdose (DO) disparities in metro Detroit, Michigan. The key products and services to be delivered include: Partnering with 5 community clinics to implement quality improvement projects to increase CRC...

The Casa PALS-Promotores Amplificando La Sabiduria project, funded by 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 (CFDA 93.137) program, will address social determinants of health and leading health indicators related to drug overdose deaths and suicide among Latino populations in Massachusetts. The 4-year program, implemented by the minority-owned and woman-owned non-profit...

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living awarded a $1,261,267 cooperative agreement to Qualis Health under the Empowering Older Adults and Adults with Disabilities through Chronic Disease Self-Management Education Programs program (CFDA 93.734). The three-year award beginning May 1, 2021 will support Qualis Health's efforts to grow the Community Integrated Network of Oregon to deliver and sustain evidence-based chronic disease self-management education...

This Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $1,200,000.00 and awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living, is intended to implement a Sustainable Chronic Disease Self-Management Program in Shasta and Tehama Counties, California. The program, funded under the Empowering Older Adults and Adults with Disabilities through Chronic Disease Self-Management Education Programs (CFDA 93.734), aims to help older adults and individuals with disabilities...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Minority Health under the Community Programs to Improve Minority Health (CFDA 93.137) program provides $1,066,666.68 to Housing Works Health Services III, Inc. to support the "Care Your Way" initiative. The initiative aims to improve health outcomes and address health disparities among Black and Latinx populations in New York City by integrating medical care, behavioral health, and social...

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living awarded a $672,956 cooperative agreement to Qualis Health under the Empowering Older Adults and Adults with Disabilities through Chronic Disease Self-Management Education Programs – financed by Prevention and Public Health Funds (PPHF) program. The agreement, effective May 1, 2022 through April 30, 2025, aims to increase participation in chronic disease self-management education programs and sustain these programs...