Project Grant U3U45470

The Health Resources and Services Administration awarded a $1,000,000 project grant to Fresno Building Healthy Communities through the National Organizations of State and Local Officials program. The grant will support LOCAL COMMUNITY-BASED WORKFORCE TO INCREASE COVID-19 VACCINE ACCESS in Fresno, California from July 2021 through July 2023. Specifically, Fresno Building Healthy Communities will utilize the funding to deliver COVID-19 vaccination access and outreach services through a local...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307), provides $2,065,719 to New York University (NYU) and the Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation to conduct a community-based behavioral intervention study. The goal is to increase COVID-19 and influenza vaccination rates among African American/Black and Latino (AABL) individuals who are not up-to-date on these...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) awarded a $820,000 Cooperative Agreement under the CDC Investigations and Technical Assistance program (CFDA 93.283) to World Vision Inc. to strengthen routine immunization and vaccine equity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Brazil. The program, titled "Strengthening Routine Immunization and Vaccine Equity (STRIVE)", aims to 1) achieve high, sustainable, and equitable immunization coverage rates; 2) control,...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Immunization Cooperative Agreements (CFDA 93.268) program, supports the District of Columbia Department of Health in establishing and maintaining comprehensive vaccination initiatives targeting vaccine-preventable diseases. The $2,400,373.00 award, effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2030, aims to increase vaccine confidence, improve...

This Project Grant award of $1,899,444 from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), will fund a research project titled "Modeling Adolescent Health Care Decision-Making for Vaccines: A Community-Based Participatory Approach." The project aims to develop a comprehensive legal dataset of state and local vaccine consent (VC) laws for minors,...

The Durham County Department of Public Health was awarded a $2 million Project Grant from the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health under the Community Programs to Improve Minority Health Grant Program (CFDA 93.137). The grant will support the Bull City Strong initiative, a community partnership in Durham County, North Carolina. Led by Durham County DPH in partnership with North Carolina Central University and community organizations, the initiative...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Public Health Emergency Response: Cooperative Agreement for Emergency Response (CFDA 93.354) program, is intended to support the Hawaii Department of Health (HDOH) in rapidly responding to the public health crisis caused by the MPOX outbreak. The $5,358,220 award will fund the creation and maintenance of a workgroup within HDOH, composed of staff from various public health...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), under CFDA Program 93.307 Minority Health and Health Disparities Research, will fund a study to quantify COVID-19 vaccine coverage and general vaccine hesitancy among adolescents in rural areas of the United States. The total award amount is $393,750.00 with a project period from August 24, 2024 to April 1, 2025. The research will analyze existing data from the 2022-2023 National...

The City of Houston's Department of Health and Human Services has been awarded a $311,028 Cooperative Agreement by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Immunization Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 93.268). The five-year award, effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2030, will support the city's efforts to strengthen vaccine-preventable disease prevention and response. The funding will enable the city to enhance its vaccination infrastructure, improve vaccine...

The Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Professionals awarded Vanderbilt University $6 million under the Public Health Training Centers Program (CFDA 93.516) to implement a Community Health Worker Training Program. Vanderbilt will partner with the Tennessee Community Health Worker Association to develop standardized curriculum and train up to 90 new or existing community health workers annually. Trainees will receive didactic...