Empowered Communities for a Healthier Nation Initiative
The Empowered Communities for a Healthier Nation Initiative seeks to reduce significant health disparities impacting racial and ethnic minorities and/or disadvantaged populations through implementing evidence-based strategies with the greatest potential for impact. The program is intended to serve residents in communities disproportionately impacted by the opioid epidemic; childhood/adolescent obesity; and serious mental illness.
The project period for the grant is September 2017 to June 2020.
| Grantees | Focus | City | State | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mariposa Community Health Center, Inc. | Obesity | Nogales | AZ | $349,446 |
| California State University Long Beach Research Foundation | Obesity | Long Beach | CA | $350,000 |
| The Morehouse School of Medicine, Inc. | Opioid | Atlanta | GA | $350,000 |
| The University of Chicago | Serious Mental Illness | Chicago | IL | $334,620 |
| The Community Clinic, Inc. | Obesity | Silver Spring | MD | $349,722 |
| Boston Medical Center Corporation | Opioid | Boston | MA | $349,734 |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | Opioid | Ann Arbor | MI | $349,978 |
| Mississippi State Department of Health | Obesity | Jackson | MS | $350,000 |
| The Institute for Family Health | Obesity | New York | NY | $349,260 |
| Community Prevention Partnership of Berks County | Obesity | Reading | PA | $349,707 |
| Meharry Medical College | Opioid | Nashville | TN | $350,000 |
| The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | Obesity | Edinburg | TX | $344,689 |
| Virginia Department of Health | Opioid | Richmond | VA | $350,000 |
| City of Huntington | Opioid | Huntington | WV | $350,000 |
| Marquette University | Obesity | Milwaukee | WI | $350,000 |
| Total | $5,227,156 | |||
American Indian/Alaska Native Health Equity Initiative (AI/AN Health Equity Initiative)
The AI/AN Health Equity Initiative supports the tailoring or development, and implementation, of evidence-based models and/or promising practices to help address trauma (historical and generational) existing in AI/AN communities through innovative programs that: 1) employ culturally appropriate and effective public health interventions designed to improve the physical, social, emotional and cultural well-being of AI/AN adolescents (ages 12 to 16 at the beginning of the program); 2) build and strengthen cultural competency among healthcare professionals and paraprofessionals serving AI/AN adolescents, their caregivers and communities; and 3) disseminate evidence-based practices to accomplish these goals.
The project period for the grant is July 2017 to June 2022.
| Grantees | City | State | Funding Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albuquerque Area Indian Health Board, Inc. | Albuquerque | NM | $350,000 |
| Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation | Mashantucket | CT | $335,449 |
| Swinomish Indian Tribal Community | La Conner | WA | $275,000 |
| Total | $960,449 | ||
Minority Youth Violence Prevention II (MYVP II): Integrating Social Determinants of Health and Community Policing Approaches
The MYVP II program supports project interventions tailored to at-risk racial and ethnic minority and/or disadvantaged at-risk youth (ages 12-18 at the beginning of the project). These projects require coordinated, multi-discipline approaches that address: public health, education, and public safety concerns; disparities in access to public health services; social determinants of health; and risk and protective factors. MYVP II builds upon lessons learned from MYVP grants originally funded in FY 2014 and is intended to identify innovative approaches to significantly reduce the prevalence and impact of youth violence among racial and ethnic minority and/or disadvantaged at-risk youth.
The project period for the grant is July 2017 to June 2021.
| Grantees | City | State | Funding Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center for Self Sufficiency | Milwaukee | WI | $413,433 |
| Clayton County Juvenile Justice Fund, Inc. | Jonesboro | GA | $425,000 |
| Gang Alternative, Inc. | Miami | FL | $425,000 |
| Kentucky State University | Frankfort | KY | $345,640 |
| Loyola University of Chicago | Chicago | IL | $425,000 |
| Rhode Island Department of Health | Providence | RI | $425,000 |
| Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey | Piscataway | NJ | $369,439 |
| Saint Louis County Department of Public Health | Berkeley | MO | $424,997 |
| University Auxiliary and Research Service Corporation | San Marcos | CA | $425,000 |
| University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc. | Lawrence | KS | $425,000 |
| Total | $4,103,509 | ||
National Lupus Outreach and Clinical Trial Education Program (Lupus Program)
The Lupus Program seeks to reduce lupus related health disparities among racial and ethnic minority populations disproportionately affected by this disease by: (1) implementing a national health education program on lupus; and (2) developing, piloting and assessing clinical trial education interventions for health care providers and paraprofessionals focusing on improving recruitment and retention rates in clinical trials for racial and ethnic minority populations affected by lupus.
The project period for the grant is July 2017 to June 2018.
| Grantees | City | State | Funding Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| American College of Rheumatology | Atlanta | GA | $525,000 |
| National Association of State Offices of Minority Health | Indianapolis | IN | $300,000 |
| New Jersey Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics | East Windsor | NJ | $325,000 |
| Northwestern University | Evanston | IL | $325,000 |
| Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation | Oklahoma City | OK | $525,000 |
| Total | $2,000,000 | ||
Partnerships to Achieve Health Equity (Partnership)
The purpose of the Partnership program is to demonstrate that multi-partner collaborations that address social determinants of health and have a nationwide or regional reach, focus or impact can efficiently and effectively do one of the following: (1) improve access to and utilization of care by racial and ethnic minority and/or disadvantaged populations; (2) increase the diversity of the health workforce through programs at the high school or undergraduate level that focus on racial and ethnic health disparities and health equity and which include mentoring as a core component; or (3) increase data availability and utilization of data that increases the knowledge base regarding health disparities and facilitates the development, implementation and assessment of health equity activities.
The project period for the grant is July 2017 to June 2022.
| Grantees | City | State | Funding Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boat People SOS, Inc. | Falls Church | VA | $400,000 |
| National Hispanic Medical Association | Washington | DC | $400,000 |
| Northeastern Vermont Area Health Education Center, Inc. | St. Johnsbury | VT | $399,982 |
| Southcentral Foundation | Anchorage | AK | $400,000 |
| The University of Chicago | Chicago | IL | $327,295 |
| University of Washington | Seattle | WA | $400,000 |
| Total | $2,327,277 | ||