Deadline: 31 March 2017
The Office of Minority Health (OMH), located within the Office of the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS or Department) has announced the anticipated availability of funds for Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 for grant awards for the Partnerships to Achieve Health Equity (Partnership program).
The Partnership program seeks to support partnerships that involve an organization with a nationwide or regional reach, focus or impact, to achieve health equity for racial and ethnic minority and/or disadvantaged populations. Each proposed project must address one (although an applicant may choose to address no more than two) of the following four categories:
- Improve access to and utilization of care by racial and ethnic minority and/or disadvantaged populations.
- Develop innovative models for managing multiple chronic conditions including health promotion, disease prevention, or disease management for individuals with multiple chronic conditions that disparately affect racial and ethnic minorities and affect morbidity
- Increase the diversity of the health workforce including health professionals, health researchers and health scientists through research and programs at the high school or undergraduate level that focus on racial and ethnic health disparities and health equity, and which include mentoring as a core component.
- Increase data availability and utilization of data and increase the knowledge base regarding health disparities and for health equity activities.
Funding Information
- OMH anticipates funding up to 14 grants for $325,000 to $400,000 each for approximately $4,700,000, for a one year period of performance, for a period of five years.
- Each application must address one of the four focus areas of the Partnership program.
- An applicant may but is not expected to include one additional category. Only one application per organization will be considered.
Eligibility Criteria
- Nonprofit with 501(c)(3) IRS status (other than institution of higher education)
- Nonprofit without 501(c)(3) IRS status (other than institution of higher education)
- For-profit organizations (other than small business)
- Small, minority, and women-owned business
- Universities
- Colleges
- Research institutions
- Hospitals
- Community-based organizations
- Faith-based organizations
- Federally recognized or state-recognized American Indian/Alaska Native tribal governments
- American Indian/Alaska native tribally designated organizations
- Alaska Native health organizations
- Urban Indian health organizations
- Tribal epidemiology centers
- State and local governments or their Bona Fide Agents (this includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau)
- Political subdivisions of States (in consultation with States)
How to Apply
Interested applicants can access the application package via given website.
Eligible Country: United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.
For more information, please visit FY17 Partnerships to Achieve Health Equity.