FY 2021 Grant Awards

Minority Leaders Development Program

The Minority Leaders Development Program aims to enhance skills and competencies necessary for federal leadership service among participants through a curriculum focused on health care policy, leadership skill-building, and cultural competence. The initiative will fill a gap in federal fellowship opportunities for individuals interested in working at HHS to advance health equity and address the social determinants of health through health policies, programs, and practices.

The two-year fellowship program will provide early-career individuals with training in health equity issues and leadership, fellowship-related work experiences, supplemental learning opportunities, and mentorship. The full list of awardees is below.

The project period for the grant is September 30, 2021 – September 29, 2023

Award RecipientsAward Amount
The George Washington University$583,203
Kennedy Krieger Institute, Inc.$750,000
National Hispanic Medical Association$750,000
Total: $2,083,203

National Lupus Outreach and Clinical Trial Education Program

The National Lupus Outreach and Clinical Trial Education Program will demonstrate the effectiveness of interventions for increasing minority participation in lupus-related clinical trials. By improving clinical trial diversity, the National Lupus Outreach and Clinical Trial Education Program seeks to help to reduce lupus-related health disparities experienced by racial and ethnic minority populations.

Projects are expected to develop public-private and community partnerships to support and/or sustain effective practices to increase racial and ethnic minority enrollment and retention in lupus clinical trials, and tailor existing outreach or education interventions that focus on health care providers/practitioners and/or racial and ethnic minority populations.

The project period for the grant is September 30, 2021 – September 29, 2023

Award RecipientAward Amount
American College of Rheumatology$500,000
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority$256,543
Lupus Foundation of America, Inc.$500,000
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York$426,192
The University of Alabama$351,712
Total: $2,034,447

Framework to Address Health Disparities through Collaborative Policy Efforts: Coordinating Center and Demonstration Projects

The Framework to Address Health Disparities through the Collaborative Policy Efforts initiative is designed to help identify and address policies that may create or perpetuate health disparities and contribute to structural racism.

The coordinating center is expected to lead the development and evaluation of a methodological framework, structured process, and tool to support the assessment and identification of policies that may create or perpetuate health disparities and contribute to structural racism. The demonstration projects will utilize the framework, process, and tool to identify specific policies that may create or perpetuate health disparities and contribute to structural racism and will work to modify or develop new policies to improve health outcomes. The full list of awardees is below.

The project period for the grant is September 30, 2021 – September 29, 2024

Award Recipient - Coordinating CenterAward Amount
National Network of Public Health Institutes$500,000
Total: $500,000

Award Recipient - Demonstration Projects Award Amount
Baltimore City Health Department$374,741
The Center for Black Health & Equity$375,000
Illinois Alcoholism and Drug Dependence Association$300,700
Morehouse School of Medicine, Inc.$374,845
Native American Development Corporation$375,000
The Regents of the University of California, Irvine$350,312
Total: $2,150,598

Accessing Social Determinants of Health Data Through Local Data Intermediaries

The Accessing Social Determinants of Health Data Through Local Data Intermediaries initiative will demonstrate whether existing local data intermediaries can facilitate community stakeholder access to and use of integrated community-level social determinants of health and health data. The initiative will also increase community stakeholders’ skills and capacity to use and apply data related to health disparities.

A local data intermediary is a community-based entity that acts as the mediator between data and local stakeholders, such as nonprofit organizations, community and faith-based organizations, governments, foundations, and residents. HHS OMH expects the projects funded through this initiative to increase the use of data related to social determinants of health and social risk in ways that enhance the development of local policies, programs, and practices that address health disparities among racial and ethnic minority populations, and increase the capacity of community stakeholders to use data to make data-informed decisions to improve the health of racial and ethnic minority and disadvantaged populations.

The project period for the grants is September 30, 2021, to September 29, 2024.

Award RecipientsAward Amount
Community Information Now$250,000
The Regents of the University of California, Los Angeles$250,000
Total: $500,000

Family-Centered Approaches to Improving Type 2 Diabetes Control and Prevention

The new Family-Centered Type 2 Diabetes Control and Prevention Initiative aims to test interventions to identify family-centered factors that promote self-management and prevention of Type 2 diabetes among racial and ethnic minority and disadvantaged families who have a member(s) aged 12 and older with Type 2 diabetes.

Through the testing of family-centered interventions, OMH expects awardees to identify specific family-centered factors (e.g., structural, functional, and cultural) that affect patient self-management of diabetes (e.g., physical activity and healthy nutrition) and family members' health outcomes. The seven grantees will conduct projects in Arkansas, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, and Washington.

The project period for the grant is September 30, 2021 – September 29, 2024.

Award RecipientsAward Amount
Asian Health Coalition$499,493.00
Brookland Center for Community Economic Change $500,000.00
Central Oklahoma American Indian Health Council, Inc.$499,745.85
Denver Indian Health and Family Services$416,057.00
Family Health International$499,799.31
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences$499,520.00
The University of Texas at Austin$486,808.00
Total: $ 3,401,423.16

Center for Indigenous Innovation and Health Equity

The Center for Indigenous Innovation and Health Equity (the Center) will support efforts including education, service and policy development, and research related to advancing sustainable solutions to address health disparities and advance health equity among American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) and Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) populations.

OMH expects the Center for Indigenous Innovation and Health Equity recipients will implement the Center by:

  1. Participating in, contributing to, and managing the Center’s advisory board,
  2. Partnering with indigenous leaders, AI/AN and NHPI communities, and academic institutions on the Center’s activities,
  3. Identifying and disseminating culturally appropriate, evidence-based and/or practice-based interventions, best practices, promising approaches, and lessons learned, and
  4. Designing and providing education and training to support community capacity-building.

The project period for the grants is September 30, 2021, to September 29, 2023.

Award RecipientsAward Amount
Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences$986,522
University of Hawaii$999,994
Total: $1,986,516

Advancing Health Literacy to Enhance Equitable Community Responses to COVID-19

The Advancing Health Literacy to Enhance Equitable Community Responses to COVID-19 seeks to demonstrate the effectiveness of local government implementation of evidence-based health literacy strategies that are culturally appropriate to enhance COVID-19 testing, contact tracing and/or other mitigation measures (e.g., public health prevention practices and vaccination) in racial and ethnic minority populations and other socially vulnerable populations, including racial and ethnic minority rural communities.

OMH expects the awardee projects to demonstrate the effectiveness of working with local community-based organizations to develop health literacy plans to increase the availability, acceptability, and use of COVID-19 public health information and services by racial and ethnic minority populations. Recipients are also expected to leverage local data to identify racial and ethnic minority populations at the highest risk for health disparities and low health literacy, as well as populations not currently reached through existing public health campaigns.

The project period for the grants is July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2023.

GranteesCityStateAward
Alameda County Health Care ServicesSan LeandroCA$1,994,565
Baltimore City Health DepartmentBaltimoreMD$4,000,000
Benton CountyBentonvilleAR$3,900,000
Bernalillo CountyAlbuquerqueNM$2,092,836
Boston Public Health CommissionBostonMA$3,875,000
Broward CountyFort LauderdaleFL$3,875,000
City of AlbanyAlbanyGA$3,900,000
City of AlbuquerqueAlbuquerqueNM$3,950,810
City of Baton RougeBaton RougeLA$4,000,000
City of ChattanoogaChattanoogaTN$3,404,247
City of Chula VistaChula VistaCA$4,000,000
City of FrederickFrederickMD$3,939,842
City of FresnoFresnoCA$4,000,000
City of JacksonvilleJacksonvilleFL$3,295,342
City of Las VegasLas VegasNV$1,670,000
City of LauderhillLauderhillFL$3,875,000
City of LincolnLincolnNE$3,526,006
City of MemphisMemphisTN$3,900,000
City of MilwaukeeMilwaukeeWI$4,000,000
City of MinneapolisMinneapolisMN$2,040,000
City of MontgomeryMontgomeryAL$3,900,000
City of New OrleansNew OrleansLA$3,900,000
City of NewarkNewarkNJ$3,875,000
City of PatersonPatersonNJ$4,000,000
City of Pine BluffPine BluffAR$1,240,411
City of ReadingReadingPA$3,999,382
City of RichmondRichmondVA$4,000,000
City of Rock HillRock HillSC$3,875,000
City of RockfordRockfordIL$3,614,521
City of Santa AnaSanta AnaCA$4,000,000
City of Tuskegee*TuskegeeAL$3,000,000
City of Vicksburg*VicksburgMS$3,000,000
City of WaterburyWaterburyCT$4,000,000
City Of WichitaWichitaKS$4,000,000
Clayton CountyJonesboroGA$2,000,000
Dallas CountyDallasTX$4,000,000
District of Columbia Department of HealthWashingtonDC$3,999,923
Doña Ana County*Las CrucesNM$2,460,636
Durham CountyDurhamNC$2,000,000
Eagle County Public Health & Environment*EagleCO$2,999,970
Fairfax CountyFairfaxVA$3,875,000
Franklin CountyColumbusOH$3,999,169
Fresno County Department of Public Health*FresnoCA$3,000,000
Fulton CountyAtlantaGA$3,900,000
Gila County*GlobeAZ$2,571,740
Hawaii County*HiloHI$3,000,000
Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion CountyIndianapolisIN$2,861,449
Kansas City Health DepartmentKansas CityMO$2,847,052
Kent CountyGrand RapidsMI$2,089,233
Maricopa CountyPhoenixAZ$4,000,000
Mecklenburg County Health DepartmentCharlotteNC$3,900,000
Monterey County Health DepartmentSalinasCA$3,952,437
New Haven Health DepartmentNew HavenCT$4,000,000
New York City Department of Health and Mental HygieneNew York CityNY$3,875,000
Oklahoma City County Health DepartmentOklahoma CityOK$3,900,000
Orange CountyGoshenNY$800,000
Pima CountyTucsonAZ$4,000,000
Prince Georges CountyUpper MarlboroMD$3,999,807
Public Health Seattle & King CountySeattleWA$3,875,000
Rhode Island Public Health FoundationProvidenceRI$2,008,508
Salt Lake CountySalt Lake CityUT$3,844,568
San Antonio Metropolitan Health DistrictSan AntonioTX$3,999,933
Shelby CountyMemphisTN$3,955,982
Snohomish Health DistrictEverettWA$4,000,000
Town of Fort Deposit*Fort DepositAL$2,992,292
Town of Inverness*InvernessMS$3,000,000
Wake County Human ServicesRaleighNC$4,000,000
Washington County*GreenvilleMS$2,999,992
Washington CountyHillsboroOR$3,998,575
Wayne CountyDetroitMI$3,919,116
Westchester County Department of HealthWhite PlainsNY$3,763,565
Yuma CountyYumaAZ$2,073,177
Total $250,000,000

*Denotes awardees with a focus on serving rural communities and populations.