Advancing Health Literacy to Enhance Equitable Community Responses to COVID-19

[Tomei-Torres, Francisco A. (ATSDR/OAD/OCDAPS)]

FY 2021 Funding Opportunity Announcement The Office of Minority Health (OMH) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services administers grant programs to support projects that implement innovative models to improve minority health and reduce health disparities. OMH has released a new funding opportunity announcement (FOA) for which applications are now being accepted. 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 PM ET 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. Technical Assistance Webinar A technical assistance webinar for interested applicants will be held on Wednesday, March 17 at 5:00 PM ET. Click below to register for the webinar. A recording of the webinar will be made available.