The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) and the Office of Minority Health (OMH) announce the anticipated availability of funds for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 cooperative agreements under the authority of 42 U.S.C. § 300u-6 (Section 1707 of the Public Health Service Act).
Donor Name: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health
State: All States
County: All Counties
Territory: 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)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/15/2022
Size of the Grant: $500,000
Grant Duration: 3 years
Details:
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.
They invite applications for projects to address policy factors contributing to structural racism in public health. The purpose of the initiative is to support development and implementation of new policies and innovative practices to address policies that may create or perpetuate health disparities and may contribute to structural racism.
This initiative aligns with Executive Order (E.O.) 13985, Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government, and HHS Strategic Goal 2: Protect the Health of Americans Where They Live, Learn, Work, and Play. The initiative also aligns with the OASH priority on the elimination of health disparities and OMH’s FY 2021 Framework to Address Health Disparities through Collaborative Policy Efforts initiative.
Funding Information
- Award Ceiling: $500,000
- Estimated Period of Performance: Not to exceed 3 year(s)
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/Alaskan Native/Native American (AI/AN/NA) organizations that are public or non-profit private entities are eligible to apply. Community based organizations that are public or non-profit private entities are eligible to apply.
Examples of eligible organizations include:
- State Governments
- U.S. territories
- 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
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
