Deadline: 17-Aug-21
The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) and the Office of Minority Health (OMH) announce the availability of funds for the Minority Leaders Development Program to improve the health of racial and ethnic minority populations through the development of health policies and programs that will help eliminate health disparities.
The Minority Leaders Development Program aims to enhance skills and competencies necessary for federal leadership service among participants through:
- a curriculum focused on health care policy, leadership skill building and cultural 3 competence, and aligned with core competencies (e.g. leading change, leading people, results driven, business acumen, and building coalitions) for Federal leadership; and
- fellowship-related work experiences, supplemental learning opportunities, and mentorship.
Funding Information
- Estimated Federal Funds Available: $ 1,500,000
- Anticipated Number of Awards: 2-3
- Award Ceiling (Federal Funds including indirect costs): $ 750,000 per budget period
- Award Floor (Federal Funds including indirect costs): $ 500,000 per budget period
- Estimated Period of Performance: Not to exceed 2 years
- Anticipated Initial Budget Period Length: 12 months
Expectations
Projects supported through the Minority Leaders Development Program should:
- Develop and implement a disparity impact statement: The disparity impact statement will provide the contextual and measurement framework for ongoing monitoring and determining the impact of the project activities on outcomes and the overarching goal of advancing health equity.
- Develop and implement a Minority Leaders Development Program within HHS: OMH expects recipients to develop and implement a plan for a Minority Leaders Development Program within HHS to support a year-long fellowship for graduate-level students and recent graduates who have completed, within the previous two years, their graduate degree to develop future HHS staff and leaders interested in health equity, health disparities, public health, and the social determinants of health.
- Provide fellowship program management and oversight: OMH expects recipients to develop and implement a process to manage and provide oversight of the Minority Leaders Development Program.
- Participate in evaluation activities: OMH expects recipients to participate in the process and outcomes evaluation to be led by the OMH contractor.
- Disseminate project knowledge and findings: OMH expects recipients to document project knowledge and findings, to include the implementation process, lessons learned, successes and challenges. OMH expects recipients to communicate and disseminate project knowledge and findings, to include dissemination to federal, state, territorial and tribal public health agencies; policymakers; community organizations; community members; and other stakeholders.
Eligibility Criteria
Any public or private nonprofit entity located in a State (which includes one of the 50 United States, District of Columbia, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, Republic of Palau, Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands) is eligible to apply for an award under this announcement. Faith-based organizations and American Indian/Alaska Native/Native American (AI/AN/NA) organizations are eligible to apply. Examples of eligible institutions include:
- State Governments
- County Governments
- City or township governments
- Special district governments
- Independent school districts
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Public Housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- Native American tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal governments)
- Nonprofits having 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Private nonprofit institutions of higher education
- U.S. territories
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=333197