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1992.10.08 :  Grants -- Minority Males

Contact:  Blake Crawford (301) 443-5224
October 8, 1992

       HHS Secretary Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., today announced the
award of 37 grants to initiate or expand community support
projects for minority males at high risk of health, educational
and social difficulties.  The projects are located in 20 states,
the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands.
       "Male children, adolescents and young adults from minority
communities can successfully grow into mature, self-reliant and
productive adulthood despite environments that all too often are
riddled with violence, alcohol and drug use, sexually transmitted
diseases, homelessness, neglect, educational failure or lack of
employment opportunities," Secretary Sullivan said.  
       "The key is family and community support.  The community
groups that we have been supporting and the new groups we are
funding today are showing minority youth that someone cares about
them.  Mentoring, counseling, leadership training, education,
job-skill development and health education are among the
strategies that these groups are using to make a difference for
minority male youth across America."
       Today's grants, totaling $2 million, bring HHS spending on
minority male grant-supported projects to $5 million during
fiscal year 1992 and $10.7 million since the program was
announced by Secretary Sullivan in March 1990.  Some 134 projects
have received support, including 18 multi-year demonstration
efforts.  
       Grant-supported projects may include a mixture of health,
educational, employment and human service activities targeted
toward at-risk populations of black, Hispanic, Asian or Pacific
Islander, American Indian or Alaska Native males identified by
the applicant organization.   
       "The applications we received demonstrate an impressive
range of ideas and a strong determination to help youth living in
high-risk environments," said James Mason, M.D., assistant
secretary for health and head of the Public Health Service.  "We
received many more good proposals than we were able to fund, but
those we are supporting show promise of being exemplary
projects."
       The new awards include three-year grants for intervention
demonstration projects of up to $250,000 per year.  The
recipients were:

o    Center for Youth Services, Washington, D.C.;
o    Tri-County Urban League, Inc., Peoria, Ill.;
o    Oklahoma State University, Stillwater; and
o    Washington State Migrant Council, Sunnyside.

       One-year coalition development grants of up to $50,000
were awarded to:  

o    Centro de Amistad, Inc., Guadalupe, Ariz.;
o    Asian Pacific Health Care Venture, Inc., Los Angeles,
     Calif.;
o    Center for Applied Prevention Research, Boulder, Colo.;
o    Shaka Franklin Foundation for Youth, Denver, Colo.;
o    HRS-Polk County Public Health Unit, Bartow, Fla.;
o    School Board of Broward County, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.;
o    West Side Future of the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago, Ill.;
o    Family Reunification Services, Inc., Kankakee, Ill.;
o    United Hospital Medical Center, Newark, N.J.;
o    Great Neck Community Organization for Parents and Youth,
     Inc., Great Neck, N.Y.;
o    Rural America Initiatives, Inc., Rapid City, S.D.; and
o    Centro Medico del Valle, Inc., El Paso, Texas.

     Recipients of grants of up to $20,000 for support of local
conferences were:

o    Tanana Chiefs Conference, Inc., Fairbanks, Alaska;
o    Maricopa County Department of Public Health, Phoenix, Ariz.;
o    One Stop Immigration and Educational Center, Bakersfield,
     Calif.;
o    Riverside County (Calif.) Department of Community Action;
o    California Black Health Network, San Diego, Calif.;
o    San Diego State University Foundation, Calif.;
o    National Task Force on AIDS, San Francisco, Calif.;
o    White Bison, Inc., Colorado Springs, Colo.;
o    Hispanos Unidos Contra el SIDA/AIDS, Inc., New Haven, Conn,;
o    Aspira of Florida, Inc., Miami;
o    Community and Economic Development Association of Cook
     County, Inc., Chicago, Ill.;
o    Krewe of Camelot, Baker, La.;
o    Lao Family Community, Inc., Lansing, Mich.;
o    American Indian Health Care Association, St. Paul, Minn.;
o    Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, Philadelphia, Miss.;
o    Oregon Health Division, Minority Health Program, Portland;
o    Associacion de Puertorriquenos en Marcha, Inc.,
     Philadelphia, Pa.;
o    University of South Carolina, Columbia;
o    Rural America Initiatives, Inc., Rapid City, S.D.;
o    Alamo Area Council of Governments, San Antonio, Texas; and
o    Youth Multi-Service Center, St. Thomas, V.I.

       The program is a jointly funded effort of HHS'
Administration for Children and Families, Health Care Financing
Administration, Public Health Service and Social Security
Administration.  It is administered by the Public Health
Service's Office of Minority Health.  

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