Office of Minority Health

Communities Addressing Childhood Trauma (ACT) Program

The purpose of the Communities Addressing Childhood Trauma (ACT) program is to test the effectiveness of innovative approaches in promoting healthy behaviors among minority and/or disadvantaged youth at-risk for poor health and life outcomes due to childhood trauma.

The innovative approaches under the ACT Program will be designed to help minority and/or disadvantaged youth, ages 5 to 15 years old at the start of the five year program, who have been exposed to childhood trauma, as well as to provide support services to their families. ACT seeks to address unhealthy behaviors in minority youth and provide them with opportunities to learn coping skills and gain experiences that contribute to more positive lifestyles and enhance their capacity to make healthier life choices.

Community and partnering organizations will reflect a wide range of partners, including university or research institutions, community/faith based organizations, public health or health care organizations, and organizations that provide mental health services. ACT projects will begin July 2016 and end June 2020.

Grantees	City	State	Funding Level
Children’s Hospital Medical Center	Cincinnati	OH	$393,900
Children’s Institute, Inc.	Los Angeles	CA	$400,000
Clayton County Juvenile Justice Fund, Inc.	Jonesboro	GA	$400,000
Memorial Hospital of South Bend	South Bend	IN	$398,801
South Bay Community Services	Chula Vista	CA	$400,000
The Village for Families & Children	Hartford	CT	$399,568
Valle del Sol, Inc.	Phoenix	AZ	$400,000
Total for all grantees: $2,792,269

National Health Education Lupus Program (NHELP)

• Priority A: to conduct a national health education program on lupus to increase and improve awareness, diagnosis, and treatment outcomes for individuals living with lupus;
• Priority B: to develop and begin implementing an education program on clinical trials that educates and recruits minorities and/or disadvantaged populations, particularly groups underrepresented in clinical research.

Priority A Grantees	City	State	Funding Level
American College of Rheumatology	Atlanta	GA	$335,000
Association of State and Territorial Directors of Health Promotion and Public Health Education	Washington	DC	$329,946
National Alliance for Hispanic Health	Washington	DC	$334,905
Total: $999,851
Priority B Grantee	City	State	Funding Level
Lupus Foundation of America	Washington	DC	$997,962
Total for all grantees: $1,997,813

The NHELP initiative will support three grantee programs under Priority A that will aim to increase: (1) the number of health professionals and student trainees who are knowledgeable and skilled in the diagnosis and treatment of lupus; (2) the number of health professionals with enhanced knowledge and expertise in the signs and symptoms of lupus, treatment adherence, and screening; (3) the number of people who are aware of the disease and knowledgeable about its symptoms and warning signs; and (4) the number of providers that use culturally and linguistically appropriate lupus materials to disseminate information to patients and families, including educational and multi-media materials.

NHELP will support one grantee program under Priority B to develop and begin implementing an education program on clinical trials that educates and recruits minorities and/or disadvantaged populations, particularly groups underrepresented in clinical research.

NHELP will help facilitate the development of a structure for involvement, and regular engagement of, community and partnering organizations in the design and review of strategies, tools, resources, and approaches needed to carry out this initiative. Community and partnering organizations will reflect a wide range of health partners, including minority health professional associations, medical and nursing professional associations, medical and nursing schools, schools of allied health professions, and health care organizations.

Re-Entry Community Linkages (RE-LINK) Program

Grant Period: 2016-2021

The purpose of Re-Entry Community Linkages (RE-LINK) program is to improve health outcomes for minority and/or disadvantaged re-entrants, ages 18-26, in transition from jail to their communities.

The RE-LINK program aims to demonstrate the effectiveness of multiple stakeholders within the public health system and other community support systems working together to implement a model transition process.

RE-LINK will establish connections—in a culturally and linguistically appropriate manner for the populations being served—between the re-entry population and community-based organizations that provide linkages to health care including behavioral health care services, health care coverage (including through the Health Insurance Marketplace and Medicaid), and other social services such as housing, adult education, and employment assistance programs.

This program begins August 1, 2016 and ends June 30, 2021.

Grantees	City	State	Funding Level
Action Wellness	Philadelphia	PA	$325,000
Arbor Circle Corporation	Grand Rapids	MI	$356,688
Maricopa County Special Health Care District	Phoenix	AZ	$300,300
Metropolitan Charities, Inc.	St. Petersburg	FL	$375,000
Northwestern University	Evanston	IL	$375,000
St. Louis Integrated Health Network	St. Louis	MO	$280,154
The Fortune Society, Inc.	Long Island City	NY	$375,000
The Regents of the University of California, UC San Diego	La Jolla	CA	$374,999
Total for all grantees: $2,762,141