Promoting Equitable Access to Language Services in Health and Human Services
The Promoting Equitable Access to Language Services in Health and Human Services initiative covers developing and testing methods of informing individuals with limited English proficiency (LEP) about the availability of language access services in health care-related settings.
During this three-year initiative, recipients will implement and evaluate strategies to enhance language access services through policy development and implementation, technology utilization, education for individuals with LEP, and education for providers, including medical support staff. Awardees are expected to address health disparities among individuals with LEP and demonstrate the impact of those efforts on outcomes and the overarching goal of advancing health equity.
The project period for this grant is September 30, 2022 – September 29, 2025
| Award Recipients | City | State | Amount |
| Asian Resources, Inc. | Sacramento | CA | $375,000 |
| Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc. | Atlanta | GA | $310,076 |
| Asian Health Coalition | Chicago | IL | $370,000 |
| Wichita State University | Wichita | KS | $375,000 |
| Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc. | Baltimore | MD | $375,000 |
| Tufts University | Boston | MA | $374,929 |
| Family Voices Inc. | Lexington | MA | $375,000 |
| New York University Grossman School of Medicine | New York | NY | $374,998 |
| Western Carolina Medical Society Foundation | Asheville | NC | $375,000 |
| Thomas Jefferson University | Philadelphia | PA | $375,000 |
| Bexar County Hospital District DBA University Health | San Antonio | TX | $375,000 |
| Total: $4,055,003 | |||
Community-Driven Approaches to Address Factors Contributing to Structural Racism in Public Health
The Community-Driven Approaches to Address Factors Contributing to Structural Racism in Public Health initiative intends to identify new and innovative ways to address policies that may create or perpetuate health disparities and may contribute to structural racism over a three-year period.
Recipients will assess the impact of existing policies and practices and the implementation of new or modified policies and practices to address factors contributing to health disparities and structural racism in health services. Recipients will also evaluate the extent to which their projects result in increased capacity of community coalitions to assess policy and practice impact within their communities. Ultimately, recipients are expected to address health disparities among racial and ethnic minority populations and to help demonstrate the impact of those efforts on outcomes and the overarching goal of advancing health equity.
This initiative builds upon OMH’s Framework to Address Health Disparities through Collaborative Policy Efforts initiative, as recipients will utilize the developed assessment framework and tools to help identify policies that may create or perpetuate disparities and contribute to structural racism.
The project period for this grant is September 30, 2022 – September 29, 2025
| Award Recipients | City | State | Amount |
| AltaMed Health Services Corporation | Los Angeles | CA | $500,000.00 |
| Boston Public Health Commission | Boston | MA | $492,838.00 |
| Center for Health Innovation | Silver City | NM | $500,000.00 |
| City of Hartford | Hartford | CT | $500,000.00 |
| First Candle, Inc. | New Canaan | CT* | $385,094.00 |
| Flushing Hospital Medical Center | Flushing | NY | $499,923.00 |
| LiveWell Greenville | Greenville | SC | $498,715.93 |
| Public Health Advocates | Stockton | CA | $500,000.00 |
| The Regents of the University of California, U.C. San Diego | La Jolla | CA | $500,000.00 |
| Trustees of Indiana University | Bloomington | IN | $439,278.00 |
| Total: $4,815,848.93 | |||
Demonstrating Policy Effectiveness to Promote Black Youth Mental Health
This three-year initiative will help identify health and wellness policies that are successful in improving Black youth mental health (BYMH), including suicide prevention.
Awardees are expected to use a policy assessment framework to identify existing policies that they expect to promote mental health in Black youth. Awardees subsequently will test the impact of these policies on Black youth mental health in varied settings, such as schools, faith-based organizations, community centers, health centers, or other community agency settings.
The project period for the grant is September 30, 2022 – September 29, 2025
| Award Recipients | Award Amount |
| The Alcohol, Drug Addiction, and Mental Health Services (ADAMHS) Board for Montgomery County | $400,000 |
| The Amelia Ann Adams Whole Life Center | $350,201 |
| Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona | $350,000 |
| Board of Regents, Nevada System of Higher Education, on behalf of The University of Nevada, Reno | $350,000 |
| Institute of Women and Ethnic Studies | $400,000 |
| Minnesota Department of Health | $400,000 |
| Morehouse School of Medicine, Inc. | $399,799 |
| Rhode Island Department of Health | $350,000 |
| Total: $3,000,000 | |