FY 2022 Grant Awards

Promoting Equitable Access to Language Services in Health and Human Services

Grant period: 2022-2025

The Promoting Equitable Access to Language Services in Health and Human Services initiative covers developing and testing methods of informing individuals with limited English proficiency (LEP) about the availability of language access services in health care-related settings.

During this three-year initiative, recipients will implement and evaluate strategies to enhance language access services through policy development and implementation, technology utilization, education for individuals with LEP, and education for providers, including medical support staff. Awardees are expected to address health disparities among individuals with LEP and demonstrate the impact of those efforts on outcomes and the overarching goal of advancing health equity.

The project period for this grant is September 30, 2022 – September 29, 2025

Award RecipientsCityStateAmount
Asian Resources, Inc.SacramentoCA$375,000
Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc.AtlantaGA$310,076
Asian Health CoalitionChicagoIL$370,000
Wichita State UniversityWichitaKS$375,000
Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc.BaltimoreMD$375,000
Tufts UniversityBostonMA$374,929
Family Voices Inc.LexingtonMA$375,000
New York University Grossman School of MedicineNew YorkNY$374,998
Western Carolina Medical Society FoundationAshevilleNC$375,000
Thomas Jefferson UniversityPhiladelphiaPA$375,000
Bexar County Hospital District DBA University HealthSan AntonioTX$375,000
Total: $4,055,003

Community-Driven Approaches to Address Factors Contributing to Structural Racism in Public Health

Grant period: 2022-2025

The Community-Driven Approaches to Address Factors Contributing to Structural Racism in Public Health initiative intends to identify new and innovative ways to address policies that may create or perpetuate health disparities and may contribute to structural racism over a three-year period.

Recipients will assess the impact of existing policies and practices and the implementation of new or modified policies and practices to address factors contributing to health disparities and structural racism in health services. Recipients will also evaluate the extent to which their projects result in increased capacity of community coalitions to assess policy and practice impact within their communities. Ultimately, recipients are expected to address health disparities among racial and ethnic minority populations and to help demonstrate the impact of those efforts on outcomes and the overarching goal of advancing health equity.

This initiative builds upon OMH’s Framework to Address Health Disparities through Collaborative Policy Efforts initiative, as recipients will utilize the developed assessment framework and tools to help identify policies that may create or perpetuate disparities and contribute to structural racism.

The project period for this grant is September 30, 2022 – September 29, 2025

Award RecipientsCityStateAmount
AltaMed Health Services CorporationLos AngelesCA$500,000.00
Boston Public Health CommissionBostonMA$492,838.00
Center for Health InnovationSilver CityNM$500,000.00
City of HartfordHartfordCT$500,000.00
First Candle, Inc.New CanaanCT*$385,094.00
Flushing Hospital Medical CenterFlushingNY$499,923.00
LiveWell GreenvilleGreenvilleSC$498,715.93
Public Health AdvocatesStocktonCA$500,000.00
The Regents of the University of California, U.C. San DiegoLa JollaCA$500,000.00
Trustees of Indiana UniversityBloomingtonIN$439,278.00
Total: $4,815,848.93
*Project implemented in Atlanta, GA.

Demonstrating Policy Effectiveness to Promote Black Youth Mental Health

Grant period: 2022-2025

This three-year initiative will help identify health and wellness policies that are successful in improving Black youth mental health (BYMH), including suicide prevention.

Awardees are expected to use a policy assessment framework to identify existing policies that they expect to promote mental health in Black youth. Awardees subsequently will test the impact of these policies on Black youth mental health in varied settings, such as schools, faith-based organizations, community centers, health centers, or other community agency settings.

The project period for the grant is September 30, 2022 – September 29, 2025

Award RecipientsAward Amount
The Alcohol, Drug Addiction, and Mental Health Services (ADAMHS) Board for Montgomery County$400,000
The Amelia Ann Adams Whole Life Center$350,201
Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona$350,000
Board of Regents, Nevada System of Higher Education, on behalf of The University of Nevada, Reno$350,000
Institute of Women and Ethnic Studies$400,000
Minnesota Department of Health$400,000
Morehouse School of Medicine, Inc.$399,799
Rhode Island Department of Health$350,000
Total: $3,000,000