HHS Awards $11.6 Million to Address Disparities in Healthy People 2030 Leading Health Indicators

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September 3, 2024		Contact: ASH Media
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Washington, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Minority Health (OMH) announced $11.6 million in grant awards to 20 organizations for its Community Level Innovations for Improving Health Outcomes Initiative. The awards will support a four-year initiative to identify community level innovations that increase the use of preventive health services with a goal of reducing health disparities – differences in health status among people in certain racial, ethnic, and Tribal communities. Health disparities are often related to social determinants of health (SDOH).

The Initiative is focused on making progress toward Leading Health Indicator (LHI) targets. The 23 LHIs impact major causes of death and disease in the United States, and LHIs are a subset of high priority Healthy People 2030 (HP2030) objectives selected to drive action toward improving health and well-being.

“Factors such as poverty, limited access to health care, and lack of education or health literacy are examples of SDOH that individually and collectively have negative impacts on health outcomes for racial and ethnic minority and Tribal populations,” said Rear Admiral Felicia Collins, M.D., HHS Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health and OMH Director. “By implementing community interventions that address multiple SDOH, awardees will advance our knowledge of how to increase preventive health service utilization and improve health outcomes related to LHIs.”

The project period for each grant is September 1, 2024 - August 31, 2028.

The recipients are:

Award RecipientsCityStateSelected LHI(s)Amount
Arizona Community Health
Workers Association, Inc.
(AzCHOW)		DouglasAZIncrease the proportion of adults who get screened for colorectal cancer (C-07);
Reduce household food insecurity and hunger (NWS-01)		$533,333.34
Cambridge Health AllianceCambridgeMAIncrease control of high blood pressure in adults (HDS-05)$600,000
Casa Esperanza, Inc.RoxburyMAReduce drug overdose deaths (SU-03);
Reduce the suicide rate (MHMD-01)		$600,000
The Curators of the University
of Missouri on behalf of the
University of Missouri-St. Louis		St. LouisMOReduce drug overdose deaths (SU-03)$600,000
Georgia State University
Research Foundation, Inc.		AtlantaGAReduce household food insecurity and hunger (NWS-01); Increase control of high blood pressure in adults (HDS-05)$600,000
HealthVisions Midwest, Inc.HammondINIncrease the proportion of people with diabetes who get formal diabetes education (D06)$533,333.34
Housing Works Health
Services III, Inc.		BrooklynNYReduce household food insecurity and hunger (NWS01);
Increase control of high blood pressure in adults (HDS05)		$533,333.34
ICNA Relief USA ProgramsCharlestonSCReduce the number of diabetes cases diagnosed yearly (D01)$561,318.26
Illuminate ColoradoDenverCOReduce the rate of infant deaths (MICH02);
Reduce maternal deaths (MICH04)		$584,692
Jewish Family Service of Dallas, Inc.DallasTXReduce household food insecurity and hunger (NWS01);
Reduce the number of diabetes cases diagnosed yearly (D01)		$482,805.95
Metropolitan Development and Housing AgencyNashvilleTNReduce household food insecurity and hunger (NWS01);
Increase the proportion of pregnant women who receive early and adequate prenatal care (MICH-08)		$600,000
Pascua Yaqui TribeTucsonAZReduce the proportion of children and adolescents with obesity (NWS04)$569,928
Project HOPE, The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. (Implementation Area – Bexar County, TX)WashingtonD.C.Reduce the number of diabetes cases diagnosed yearly (D01)$600,000
Rhode Island Department of Health ProvidenceRIIncrease control of high blood pressure in adults (HDS05);
Reduce the number of diabetes cases diagnosed yearly (D01)		$600,000
San Diego State University Foundation San DiegoCAIncrease the proportion of adolescents with depression who get treatment (MHMD06)$599,997
School-Based Health Alliance (Implementation Areas - New Mexico and West Virginia counties)WashingtonD.C.Reduce household food insecurity and hunger (NWS01);
Increase the proportion of adolescents with depression who get treatment (MHMD06)		$600,000
University of Arkansas for Medical SciencesLittle RockARReduce the rate of infant deaths (MICH02);
Reduce maternal deaths (MICH04)		$599,887
University of HawaiiHonoluluHIReduce the suicide rate (MHMD01)$598,906 
Wayne State UniversityDetroitMIReduce drug overdose deaths (SU03); Increase the proportion of adults who get screened for colorectal cancer (C07)$599,959
Western Reserve Land ConservancyMoreland HillsOHIncrease the proportion of adults who do enough aerobic and muscle-strengthening activity (PA05);
Increase control of high blood pressure in adults (HDS05)		$593,882.50
Total:$11,591,375.73

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The Office of Minority Health (OMH) is dedicated to improving the health of racial and ethnic minority and American Indian and Alaska Native populations through the development of health policies and programs that will help eliminate health disparities. Through its demonstration projects, OMH supports the identification of effective approaches for improving health outcomes and promotes the dissemination and sustainability of these approaches.