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Current OMH Grantees

The Office of Minority Health (OMH) administers grant programs in an effort to facilitate community linkages and strategies that use scarce resources efficiently across national lines. These grants aim to support community organizations and science-based efforts to eliminate health disparities. OMH serves as the focal point within the HHS for leadership, policy exchange, coalition and partnership building, and related efforts to address the health needs of racial and ethnic minorities.


The following represents the content we have available in this category:
  
Community Partnerships to Eliminate Health Disparities Demonstration Grant Program
FY 2007 Grantees

State Partnership Grant Program to Improve Minority Health
FY 2007 Grantees

AI/AN Health Disparities Program Grants
FY 2007 Grantees

Bilingual/Bicultural Demonstration Grants
FY 2007 Grantees

HIV/AIDS Health Promotion and Education Grants
FY 2007 Grantees

Minority Community Health Partnership HIV/AIDS Demonstration Grants
FY 2006 Grantees

This program seeks to improve the health status relative to HIV/AIDS, of targeted minority populations through health promotion and education activities. This program is intended to test community-based interventions on reducing HIV/AIDS disparities among racial and ethnic minority populations, and demonstrate the effectiveness of community-based partnerships involving non-traditional partners at the local level.
Youth Empowerment Program Grants
FY 2006 Grantees

This program is designed to address unhealthy behaviors in at-risk minority youth, and provide them opportunities to learn about more positive lifestyles and enhance their capacity to make informed and healthier life choices. It is intended to test community-based interventions on reducing risky behaviors among targeted minority youth. These demonstration grants require a multi-partner approach involving institutions of higher education, primary and secondary schools, community organizations and institutions, and the community at-large.
Technical Assistance and Capacity Development Demonstration Grant Program for HIV/AIDS-Related Services in Minority Communities
FY 2006-2008 Grantees

Grant recipients will identify community-based minority-serving organizations that are well linked with minority populations affected by HIV/AIDS, and which have recognized needs and/or gaps in their capacity to provide HIV/AIDS-related prevention and care services.
Technical Assistance and Capacity Development Demonstration Grant Program for HIV/AIDS-Related Services in Minority Communities
FY 2005-2007 Grantees

Grant recipients will identify community-based minority-serving organizations that are well linked with minority populations affected by HIV/AIDS, and which have recognized needs and/or gaps in their capacity to provide HIV/AIDS-related prevention and care services.
Mississippi Institute for Improvement of Geographic Minority Health and Health Disparities Program
FY 2006 Grantee

This program is designed to address the many and significant health disparities faced by rural disadvantaged and minority populations throughout the state. This program is intended to demonstrate the effectiveness and efficiency of a targeted and multifaceted statewide approach for eliminating these health disparities.
Community Programs to Improve Minority Health
FY 2004-2006 Grantees

The purpose of the Community Programs to Improve Minority Health Grant Program is to improve the health status of targeted minority populations through health promotion and disease risk reduction intervention programs. The intent is to demonstrate the effectiveness of coalitions in carrying out projects that coordinate integrated community-based educational screenings and outreach services, include linkages for access and treatment to minorities in high risk, low income communities, and address sociocultural and linguistic barriers to health care.
National Umbrella Cooperative Agreement Program
FY 2005-2009 Grantees

Community Initiatives to Eliminate Stroke Program
FY 2004-2007

The CITIES initiative is undertaken by the Department to complement and enhance existing local, regional and national activities designed to contribute to reducing and ultimately eliminating the excessive rates of stroke in the southeastern region of the U.S.
HIV/AIDS Health Promotion and Education Cooperative Agreement Program
FY 2004-2006 Grantees

The purpose of the HIV/AIDS Health Promotion and Education Cooperative Agreement Program, initiated in fiscal year 2004, is to improve the health status, relative to HIV/AIDS, of targeted minority populations by engaging national minority-serving organizations in educational and outreach efforts that are broad in scope to address the HIV/AIDS crisis.
The Bilingual/Bicultural Service Demonstration Grant Program
FY 2004-2006 Grantees

The purposes of OMH's Bilingual/Bicultural Service Demonstration Grant Program, originated in 1993, are to: 1) improve and expand the capacity for linguistic and cultural competence of health care professionals and para-professionals working with limited-English-proficient (LEP) minority communities; and 2) improve the accessibility and utilization of health care services among the LEP minority populations.
Family and Community Violence Prevention Program
FY 2002-2005 Grantees

The purpose of the FCVP is to impact the increasing incidence of violence and abusive behavior in low income, at-risk communities through the mobilization of community partners.
State Partnership Grant Program to Improve Minority Health
FY 2005-2009 Grantees

As part of a larger national strategy, this new initiative seeks to facilitate the improvement of minority health and elimination of health disparities (adult/child immunization, asthma, cancer, diabetes, heart disease and stroke, HIV, infant mortality, and mental health) through the development of partnerships with established state and territorial offices of minority health.



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