Office of Minority Health

The Office of Minority Health administers grant programs to support projects that implement innovative models to improve minority health and reduce health disparities.

National Health Education Program on Lupus (NHEPL)

The National Health Education Program on Lupus (NHEPL) is intended to reduce lupus-related health disparities among racial and ethnic minority populations disproportionately affected by this disease by conducting a national lupus education initiative that includes the general public, health professionals and student trainees in targeted communities, schools, and health care systems and practices. The NHEPL targets individuals, patients and their families, communities, and practicing professionals in geographic areas and populations where lupus is more prevalent. NHEPL projects begin August 1, 2015 and end July 31, 2016.

National Health Education Program on Lupus (NHEPL) grantees:

National Workforce Diversity Pipeline Program (NWDP)

The National Workforce Diversity Pipeline Program (NWDP) supports projects that develop innovative strategies to identify promising students in their first year of high school and provide them with a foundation to pursue successful careers in the health professions.  The program seeks to address health disparities among racial and ethnic minorities by supporting networks of institutions focused on and with demonstrated commitment and capacity to establish pipeline programs to increase minority and disadvantaged students’ awareness and pursuit of careers in health care including behavioral health, and to increase the availability of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education programs. NWDP projects begin August 1, 2015 through September 30, 2015 and end July 31, 2020.

National Workforce Diversity Pipeline Program (NWDP) grantees:

State Partnership Initiative to Address Health Disparities (SPI)

The State Partnership Initiative to Address Health Disparities (SPI) is intended to demonstrate that partnerships in which (a) state offices of minority health/health equity (or other similar state entity) and state health agencies, or (b) tribes and tribal health agencies/organizations play a significant role, can efficiently and effectively improve health outcomes in selected geographical hotspots and address health disparities that affect minorities and disadvantaged populations.  This program supports state partnership initiatives to:  (1) produce a Health Disparities Profile on one to three Healthy People 2020 leading health indicator (LHI) topics chosen by the grantee for geographical hotspots (in the grantee’s state or tribal community) selected by the grantee, using existing baseline measures; (2) implement community intervention activities in the geographical hotspots selected by the grantee, using strategies to improve health outcomes and address health disparities for the grantee’s chosen one to three LHI topics (using baseline data from the Health Disparities Profile); and (3) publish the results of the implementation project and/or produce scholarly articles or brief reports which (a) compare the results of the baseline data/measures to the outcomes/impact measures, and (b) address improvements in health outcomes and health disparities for the selected one to three LHI topics. SPI projects begin August 1, 2015 through September 1, 2015 and end July 31, 2020.

State Partnership Initiative to Address Health Disparities (SPI) grantees: