Office of Minority Health

The Office of Minority Health partners with communities and organizations in the public and private sectors to offer financial assistance in support of efforts to eliminate health disparities among racial and ethnic minority populations. These entities include state offices of minority health, multicultural health and health equity; community and faith-based organizations, institutions of higher education; tribes and tribal organizations; and other scientific and research organizations dedicated to improving the health of these targeted groups.

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Division of Program Operations

The Division of Program Operations (DPO) is responsible for leading programmatic activity for the Office of Minority Health. DPO develops, implements and monitors health programs and activities that are designed to help eliminate health disparities. DPO administers federal grants and cooperative agreements on behalf of OMH that support public and private community-based practices and innovative program models that address health disparities through improvements in public awareness, education, prevention and service delivery to minority communities.
Examples of current and prior programs and initiatives that have been funded and facilitated through DPO include:

• American Indian/ Alaska Native Health Disparities Program
• Curbing HIV/AIDS Transmission among High-Risk Minority Youth and Adolescents (CHAT)
• Eliminating Lupus Health Disparities Initiative (ELHDI)
• HIV/AIDS Health Improvement for Re-Entering Ex-Offenders Initiative (HIRE)
• Hispanic Physicians' Leadership Development Cooperative Agreement (HPLED)
• Linkage to Life program: Rebuilding Broken Bridges for Minority Families Impacted by HIV/AIDS (L2L)
• Minority Youth Tobacco Elimination Project (MYTEP)
• National Umbrella Cooperative Agreements (NUCA)
• National Umbrella Cooperative Agreements II (NUCA II)
• State Partnership Program to Improve Minority Health
• Youth Empowerment Program (YEP)

Learn about Our Grants

Performance Improvement and Management System

Our Performance Improvement and Management System (PIMS) helps managers, staff, grantees, partners and other stakeholders improve the quality of planning, implementation and evaluation of grant programs.

Funding Resources

Evaluation Planning Guidelines for Grantees
Grantee Best Practices
Grants.gov
NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts
FedBizOpps - Federal Business Opportunities 
Capacity Building Services
Grants.gov Blog 
Common Grant Application Forms 
The Foundation Center