Deadline: 9-Jun-21
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is accepting applications for the fiscal year (FY) 2021 Local Community-Based Workforce to Increase COVID-19 Vaccine Access to address COVID-19 related health disparities and advance health equity by mobilizing community outreach workers to educate and assist individuals in getting the COVID-19 vaccination.
This program will target resources to the most vulnerable and medically underserved communities within counties to ensure that challenges such as vaccine confidence and assisting with vaccine accessibility are addressed.
This program will build upon national vaccine education and outreach efforts, while tailoring approaches to meet the unique needs of the community. Further, this funding will directly support a community outreach workforce to serve as trusted messengers to build vaccine confidence and address any barriers to vaccination for vulnerable individuals and communities.
This program will focus on providing resources to local and/or regional community based organizations (CBOs). CBO applicants may engage as individual organizations or create a network of multiple eligible organizations partnering together to complete program activities (i.e. one award recipient with multiple subrecipient organizations). Partnering organizations may include entities such as:
- Community-based organizations (including faith-based organizations, social service organizations)
- Local chapters of national associations
- Local health departments
- Health centers and other community-based health providers
- Minority-serving organizations or institutions
- Tribes and Tribal organizations
- Philanthropic organizations
- Local municipal entities, such as fire and EMS departments
- Social service providers (e.g. food banks, community transportation, childcare)
- Community Action Coalitions, Chambers of Commerce, Health Equity Councils, and other community groups Grant recipients and subrecipients must comply with HHS grant regulations and HHS and HRSA policies as well as the terms and conditions of the award.
Funding Information
- HRSA estimates $121,000,000 to be available to fund approximately 121 recipients expected to complete their activities within a 12-month period of performance.
- You may apply for a ceiling amount of up to $1,000,000 total cost (includes both direct and indirect, facilities and administrative costs).
- The period of performance is July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022 (12-months).
- Eligible applicants include nonprofit private or public organizations, including local and/or regional community-based organizations (CBOs), with demonstrated experience in implementing public health programs, particularly in medically underserved areas. This includes Tribes and Tribal organizations.
- Applicants may engage as individual organizations or create a partnership of organizations with the capacity to complete program activities (i.e. one award recipient with one or multiple subrecipient organizations). Program activities include hiring community outreach workers from the vulnerable and medically underserved communities they will serve and reaching out to these communities; specifically the areas or populations with low vaccination rates to date.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=333701
