Project Grant STH20018GR205

The $800,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program supports efforts to strengthen the One Health workforce in Vietnam. The award, which commenced on September 25, 2024 and is scheduled for completion on September 24, 2027, is being implemented by the Hanoi University of Public Health (HUPH), a prominent state-controlled institution of higher learning in Vietnam. Through this...

The Louisiana Department of Health, Office of Public Health (LDH OPH) was awarded a $705,758 Cooperative Agreement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases (ELC) program (CFDA 93.323). The five-year award, effective August 1, 2024 through July 31, 2029, will support multiple projects to enhance Louisiana's epidemiology and laboratory capacity for detecting, responding to, preventing, and controlling...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Defense Health Agency (DHA) under the Department of Defense HIV/AIDS Prevention Program (CFDA 12.350) provides $712,771.00 in funding to Labyrinth Global Health, Inc. to implement a partnership for sustainable HIV epidemic control with the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces. The purpose of this modification is to provide an additional $41,771 in funding to the existing award. Labyrinth Global Health, a woman-owned small business, will use this funding...

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...

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025), is focused on improving animal disease traceability in Louisiana. The $138,675 award supports the Louisiana Department of Agriculture & Forestry (LDAF) in conducting approximately 8 National Premises Identification Number (PIN) Trace (NPT) and real traceability exercises,...

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....

This Cooperative Agreement award of $1,499,860.00, provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the National Organizations for State and Local Officials (NOSLO) program (CFDA 93.011), is for an assessment and capacity building project focused on local-level public health workforce recruitment and retention. The prime awardee is the Regents of the University of Minnesota, who will conduct this work from August 1, 2024 through July 31, 2029. The project involves several...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) awarded a $3,032,000 Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 93.283) to the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) to modernize and strengthen the capacity of the environmental public health (EPH) workforce. Through this 5-year award starting on August 1, 2024, NEHA will provide capacity building assistance focused on workforce development, data modernization, and partnership engagement. Key initiatives include coordinating a national EPH...

This cooperative agreement from the United States Agency for International Development Bureau for Global Health (USAID) provided over $100 million to Chemonics International, Inc. to implement the Human Resources for Health for Universal Health Coverage (HRH) program in Côte d'Ivoire from September 2015 to April 2022. The scope of the program included recruiting, training, deploying, and managing healthcare workers at facilities run by the Christian Health Association of Malawi through a...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) awarded a $106,300 Cooperative Agreement to Louisiana State University (LSU) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care Federal Grant Program (CFDA 10.025). The purpose of this agreement is to provide annual infrastructure support to all National Animal Health Laboratory Network (NAHLN) Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 laboratories, including LSU. This funding will assist LSU in meeting...