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CDC, HHS Announce Multiple Grant Programs to Improve Vaccine and Health Equity
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CDC, HHS Announce Multiple Grant Programs to Improve Vaccine and Health Equity
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Health and Human Services (HHS) have announced multiple grant programs in recent weeks aimed at improving equity in COVID-19 treatment and vaccine access. Counties may apply directly for these grant programs prior to the deadlines later this month.
On March 17, The CDC announced that the agency would be allocating $2.25 billion in grants to local governments to address health disparities and improve health equity among communities and populations disproportionately impacted by COVID-19. The funding will be distributed directly to over 100 local health departments at both the state and county level and grants will range from $2 million t
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Kamala Harris announces $250 million in funding to help address COVID response inequities By Tim Perry Harris announces $250 million grant funding
Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday announced that the Biden administration will invest $250 million in federal grants to community organizations that work to address gaps in the response to COVID-19.
In remarks to the National League of Cities, Harris announced the funding, which is targeted at organizations that are encouraging underserved and minority populations to get COVID-19 vaccinations and adopt safety practices to help them avoid contracting the virus.
The initiative, called
Advancing Health Literacy to Enhance Equitable Community Responses to COVID-19, will be run by the Department of Health and Humans Services Office of Minority Health and will provide grants to localities partnering with community-based organizations. The HHS official said the plan is designed to help local governments enhance
The Office of Minority Health will be accepting applications through April 20.
Recipients are expected to develop a disparity impact statement using local data to identify racial and ethnic minority populations at highest risk for health disparities, low health literacy, and not being engaged or reached through existing public health messages and approaches for promoting COVID-19 public health recommendations.
Then they will create and operationalize a health literacy plan, partnering with community-based organizations and adhering to culturally and linguistically appropriate standards, to increase the availability, acceptability and use of COVID-19 public health information and services by racial and ethnic minority populations and others considered vulnerable for not receiving and using COVID-19 public health information.