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FYI: Minority Resources...Money & More

Provided by the Office of Minority Health Resource Center's Information Services Team
May 17, 2013
 

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Funding

Federal Grants

Minority Population Specific: $500k or more . . .
  • HHS/Health Resources & Services Administration: Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act Grant. View Full Announcement
  • HHS/Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Closing the Gap in Healthcare Disparities through Dissemination and Implementation of Patient Centered Outcomes Research (U18) Grant. View Full Announcement
Minority Population Specific: $500k or less . . .
  • HHS/Administration for Children and Families: Refugee Agricultural Partnership Program Grant. View Full Announcement
  • HHS/Administration for Children and Families: Refugee Home-Based Childcare Microenterprise Development Project Grant. View Full Announcement
  • DHS/U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Office of Citizenship: 2013 Citizenship and Integration Direct Services Grant. View Full Announcement [PDF | 161KB ]
  • HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Tribal Public Health Capacity Building and Quality Improvement Grant. View Full Announcement
$500k or more . . .
  • HHS/Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services: PPHF 2013 Cooperative Agreement to Support Navigators in Federally-facilitated and State Partnership Exchanges Grant. View Full Announcement
  • HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Grants for Injury Control Research Centers Grant. View Full Announcement
  • HHS/National Institutes of Health: Integration and Analysis of Diverse HIV-Associated Data (R03) Grant. View Full Announcement
  • HHS/Health Resources & Services Administration: Coordinating Center for Access to Services for Children and Youths with Epilepsy Grant. View Full Announcement
  • HHS/Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: AHRQ Patient Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR) Institutional Mentored Career Development Program (K12) Grant. View Full Announcement
  • HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: National Technical Assistance Resource Center for the Prevention of Sexual Violence Grant. View Full Announcement
$500k or less . . .
  • HHS/Administration for Children & Families: Street Outreach Program Grant. View Full Announcement
  • HHS/Health Resources and Services Administration: Health Center Outreach and Enrollment Assistance Grant. View Full Announcement
  • HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Sodium Reduction in Communities Grant. View Full Announcement
  • HHS/Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration: Campus Suicide Prevention Grant. View Full Announcement
  • HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Implementation of Essentials for Childhood: Safe, Stable, Nurturing Relationships and Environments Grant. View Full Announcement
  • HHS/Health Resources & Services Administration: State Planning Grants for Improving Services for Children and Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder and other Developmental Disabilities Grant. View Full Announcement
  • HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: It Takes a Village: Building State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Partnerships for Community Preparedness and Response Grant. View Full Announcement
  • HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Making Disasters Less Disastrous: Public Health, Healthcare Executives, and Emergency Management Working Together Grant. View Full Announcement

Non Federal Grants

$500k or less . . .
  • The UCLA Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Equity: UCLA Healthy-by-Default REACH Project Grant. View Full Announcement Exit Disclaimer
  • GlaxoSmithKline: IMPACT Awards Grant. View Full Announcement Exit Disclaimer
  • The National REACH Coalition (NRC) release its Community Transformation Grant (CTG) Request for Proposal. NRC will award seven grants in the amount of $64,285. For more information on eligibility criteria or to receive a RFP application, please contact Apeksha Iyer. The deadline to apply is June 17.

Resources

  • HHS/Health Resources and Services Administration: Additional factsheets, resources and a scheduled conference call are available for those seeking to apply to HRSA's Health Center Outreach and Enrollment Assistance Grant. Conference Call will be held May 16, 2013, 3:30 pm ET. Learn More

Adolescent Health

  • Office of Adolescent Health: Recognizing May as Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month with launch of a new online resource center. Teen Pregnancy Prevention Resource Center. Learn More

Affordable Care Act

  • National Academy for State Health Policy: New online toolkit available. The Multi-Payer Resource Center toolkit was designed to support states in answering key questions about convening, infrastructure, payment, attribution, and evaluation as they seek to implement multi-payer health system transformation initiatives. Learn More Exit Disclaimer

Events

  • Earnest & Young: Webinar. The Affordable Care Act: Things That All Employers Need to Know. May 16, 2013, 3:00 pm ET. Learn More Exit Disclaimer

American Indians/Alaska Native Health

  • AHRQ: Program Brief report. AHRQ Research and Other Activities Relevant to American Indians and Alaska Natives. Read Full Report

Asian American Health

  • National Council of Asian Pacific Islander Physicians: A federally-funded treatment program is now available for your Asian-language speaking patients. The Asian Smokers' Quitline (ASQ). Learn More Exit Disclaimer

Cancer

Events

  • Breast Cancer Action: Webinar. Separating Hype from Hope: Breast Cancer Media Literacy, will be available on two dates: May 29, 2013, 10:00 am PT; and May 30, 2013, 2:00 pm PT. Learn More Exit Disclaimer

Diabetes

  • Prevent Blindness America: Online course now available. Diabetic Eye Disease Educator Course is now available for continuing education credit through the Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology (JCAHPO). Learn More Exit Disclaimer

Events

  • American Diabetes Association: Forum. 2013 Disparities Partnership Forum. October 21 - 22, 2013 in Arlington, VA. Learn More Exit Disclaimer

Environmental Health

Events

  • Partnerships for Environmental Public Health: Webinar. Communication Research. May 23, 2013, 12:30 - 2:00 pm ET. Learn More Exit Disclaimer
  • American Public Health Association: Webinar. Beating the Heat: Preparing for Extreme Heat Events at the State and Local Level. May 23, 2013, 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm ET. Learn More Exit Disclaimer

Events

  • The Kansas Community Action Network: Conference. The 2013 Kansas Conference on Poverty. July 17 - 19, 2013 in Topeka, Kansas. Learn More Exit Disclaimer

Health Equity

Events

  • University of Virginia: Conference on the History of African Americans in the Medical Professions (CHAMP), Reducing Health Disparities through Transformation of Education. Learn More Exit Disclaimer

Hepatitis

  • CDC: Recognizing May 19. 2013 as National Hepatitis Testing Day. Resources and tools for health care providers and the public are available to help promote and plan events. Learn More
  • HHS/AIDS.gov: Updated factsheet now available. Viral Hepatitis in the African American Community. Learn More [PDF | 461KB ]
  • Latino Commission on Aids: Recognizing May 15, 2013 as Hispanic Hepatitis Awareness Day. Resources and tools on promoting this awareness day are now available. Learn More Exit Disclaimer
  • CDC: Recognizing May as Hepatitis Awareness Month, Know More Hepatitis. Articles, resources and events now available. Learn More

Hispanic/Latino Health

Events

  • Hispanic-Serving Health Professions Schools (HSHPS): Workshop. HSHPS Professional Development and Data Systems Workshop. July 25 - 26, 2013 in Bethesda, MD. Learn More Exit Disclaimer

HIV/AIDS-STDs

  • National Association of County & City Health Officials (NACCHO): New resource available from the HIV/STI Toolkit, Talking Points Advocating for Early Use of Texting for Partner Notification. Learn More Exit Disclaimer
  • CDC: New curriculum launched for disease intervention specialists (DIS) and other partner services providers previously trained in the traditional Introduction to STD Intervention (ISTDI) and HIV Partner Counseling and Referral Services (PCRS) courses. The Passport to Partner Services curriculum replaces both ISTDI and PCRS as the essential training for partner services providers offered by CDC and its training. Learn More Exit Disclaimer
  • The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: A factsheet explaining the final recommendations on screening for HIV is now available. Screening for HIV: Final Recommendation Statement. Learn More Exit Disclaimer

Events

  • The Family Planning National Training Center for Service Delivery: Webinar. STI Series, Part 1: Taking a Sexual History. June 11, 2013, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm PT. This webinar is the first of a two part series on STI's. Learn More Exit Disclaimer

Immigrant Health

Events

  • Office of Minority Health Resource Center (OMHRC): OMHRC's National African Immigrant Project partners with Adventist Healthcare Center on Health Disparities to provide a training webinar targeting clinicians that work with African immigrants with hepatitis B , diabetes and HIV/AIDS. Project BEAT IT! (Becoming Empowered Africans Through Improved Treatment of diabetes) Webinar will address the cultural differences between African American and African clients. May 30, 2013, 2:00 pm- 3:00 pm ET. Learn More Exit Disclaimer

Oral Health

  • AHRQ: Updated resources on oral health research now available. AHRQ Oral Health Resources. Learn More

Pulmonary Health

  • NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute: Recognizing May as Asthma Awareness Month. Learn what efforts NHLBI has taken toward Asthma awareness: including the latest fact sheets, clinical trials, and resources to help your organization promote and plan events. Learn More

Resources

  • The Lupus Initiative: A variety of new, free online tools and resources to improve care for patients with Lupus are now available. Patient Info: It's About You. Learn More Exit Disclaimer

Substance Abuse

  • SAMHSA: New underage drinking prevention campaign launched. Talk. They Hear You equips parents and caregivers with the tools and information they need to start talking with children as young as 9 years old about the dangers of alcohol. Learn More
  • SAMHSA: New report released. Characteristics of Pregnant Teen Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions. Read Full Report
  • SAMHSA: Recognizing May 12 - 18, 2013 as National Prevention Awareness Week, Participate and Make a Difference in Your Community. Each day of National Prevention Week 2013 has a unique focus to recognize states' and communities' prevention efforts and highlight multiple facets of behavioral health. Learn More Exit Disclaimer

Women's Health

  • Office of Women's Health: Recognizing May 12-18, 2013 as National Women's Health Week and May 13, 2013 as National Women's Checkup Day. Resources, factsheets, and events are now available. View Full Announcement

Events

  • Black Mothers' Breastfeeding Association: The 4th Annual Seminar, Innovations in Breastfeeding Support, 2013. May 24, 2013 in Detroit, MI. Learn More Exit Disclaimer



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