New Funding Opportunity, Health Literacy and COVID-19

The Office of Minority Health (OMH) has announced a new funding opportunity: Advancing Health Literacy to Enhance Equitable Community Responses to COVID-19. This initiative seeks applications for projects to demonstrate the effectiveness of local government implementation of evidence-based health literacy strategies that are culturally appropriate to enhance COVID-19 testing, contact tracing and/or other mitigation measures (e.g., public health prevention practices and vaccination) in racial and ethnic minority populations and other socially vulnerable populations, including racial and ethnic minority rural communities. Applicant eligibility is limited to localities (e.g., cities, counties, parishes, or other similar subdivisions). OMH encourages applicants to partner with a Minority Serving Institution for quality improvement activities and program evaluation. Announcement Number: MP-CPI-21-006 Opportunity Title:  Advancing Health Literacy to Enhance Equitable Community Responses to COVID-19 Award Amount: up to $4,000,000 for urban communities; up to $3,000,000 for rural communities Estimated Total: $250,000,000 Application Due Date: April 20, 2021, 6:00 p.m. ET The Federal Grants website provides a variety of tools and tips to get you started. A technical assistance webinar for interested applicants will be held on Wednesday, March 17 at 5:00 p.m. ET. Register to attend the webinar. A recording of the webinar will be made available.The post New Funding Opportunity, Healt...
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