Deadline: 23-Aug-21
The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health has announced the applications for its Framework to Address Health Disparities through Collaborative Policy Efforts: Coordinating Center.
OMH is dedicated to improving the health of racial and ethnic minority populations through the development of health policies and programs that will help eliminate health disparities.
Through its demonstration projects, OMH supports the identification of effective approaches for improving health outcomes with the ultimate goal of promoting dissemination and sustainability of these approaches.
The MP-CPI-21-004 demonstration projects will:
- participate in the development of the methodological framework, process, and tool;
- utilize the methodological framework, process,
- and tool to assess and identify policies that may create or perpetuate health disparities by contributing to structural racism; modify existing or develop new policies;
- implement those policies to improve health outcomes; and
- participate in evaluation activities through the Coordinating Center.
Funding Information
- Estimated Federal Funds Available: $500,000
- Anticipated Number of Awards: 1
- Award Ceiling (Federal Funds including indirect costs): $500,000
- Estimated Period of Performance: Not to exceed 3 years
- Anticipated Initial Budget Period Length: 12 months
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=328672