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FYI: Minority Resources...Money & More

September 19, 2012

Hispanic Heritage Month: A Time to Celebrate and Raise Awareness

Naonal Hispanic Heritage Month is commemorated each year between September 15 and October 15. Throughout

the month, the Office of Minority Health will share informaon and resources designed to empower, educate and

inform; including the Proclamaon by the President of the United States of America. Check out the website and

follow OMH on Twier in English and now in Spanish to get the latest informaon 

Funding

Federal Grants

Minority Populaon Specific: $500k or less . . .

HHS/National Institutes of Health: Basic social and behavioral research on culture,

health, and wellbeing (R24). View Full Announcement

HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Capacity Building Assistance to

Improve Health in Tribal Populations Grant View Full Announcement

$500k or more . . .

HHS/National Institutes of Health: Prevention of HIV Transmission/Acquisition through a

better understanding of Reproductive Health (R01). Grant View Full Announcement

$500k or less . . .

HHS/Health Resources & Services Administration: Preventive Medicine and Public

Health Training Grant Program Grant View Full Announcement

HHS/Health Resources & Services Administration: Rural Health Network Development

Planning Program. View Full Announcement

Delta Regional Authority: Health IT Workforce Revolving Loan Fund. The DRA will

provide an interest free loan to small health care provider offices (HPOs) throughout the

Delta region to be used to install and adopt EHR systems View Full Announcement

HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Perinatal Hepatitis B Prevention

Program, Supplemental Evaluation Projects (PHBPP-SEP) Grant. View Full

Announcement

Non Federal Grants

Minority Populaon Specific: $500k or less . . .

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Forward Promise: Improving the health and success

of middle and high-school-aged young men of color. View Full Announcement

Academic Pediatric Association: Research in Academic Pediatrics Initiative on Diversity

(RAPID). View Full Announcement

Resources

Enoch Pratt Grants Collection: Onsite training. Guide to Online Grantseeker Resources.

Tuesday, October 16, 2012 (6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.). Learn More

Scholarships/Fellowships

Heartland Latino Leadership: 2012 Academic Scholarship. View Full Announcement

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American Indians/Alaska Nave Health

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The National Indian Education Association (NIEA): NIEA 2012 Youth Conference. Advancing Excellence for our Native

Students. October 18 - 20, 2012 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Learn More

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Cancer

CDC: Announces The Inside Knowledge: Get the Facts About Gynecologic Cancer campaign that raises awareness of

the five main types of gynecologic cancer in honor of September's Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month. Learn More

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Diabetes

The Urban Indian Health Institute: New diabetes fact sheet released. SPECIAL DIABETES PROGRAM FOR INDIANS:

Fighting Diabetes in Urban American Indian and Alaskan Native Communities. Learn More [PDF | 1.1MB]

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Health Care

Commonwealth Fund: New series of graphic representations of data related to health care. Infographics, includes such

titles as: "Income and Insurance Coverage Disparities in Health Care"; "Comparing Health Care Access across Local

Areas"; "Health Care Varies Widely Even within States"; and "Where You Live Matters, for Access and Quality, Even for

the Insured." Learn More

The Census Bureau: New data report released. Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States:

2011. Read Full Report [PDF | 2.2MB]

Events

Kansas Rural Health Information Service: The County Health Rankings & Roadmap Project is now offering a monthly

webinar series at no cost to offer tips on how to use the County Health Rankings tools and how to carry out community

health improvement planning. Take Action First webinar is September 25, 2012Act on What's Important In-depth. Learn

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Health Equity

National Health Law Program: New factsheet available. 10 Reasons the Medicaid Expansion Helps to Address Health

Disparities. Learn More [PDF | 354KB]

Events

Health Equity Initiative: Online Workshop. Strategies for Successful Multi-sectoral Partnerships. Thursday, September 27,

2012 from 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Learn More

Kansas Public Health Association: Summit. Kansas Health Literacy Summit October 1, 2012 from 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

in Topeka, KS. Learn More [PDF | 185KB]

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine: DiversityDoctor 2012 Conference, Remaining Competitive while Reducing

Healthcare Disparities and Improving Patient Satisfaction. Saturday, October 13, 2012 in Baltimore, MD. Learn More

NIH: Health Disparity Seminar. Transportation Equity: A Public Health Approach. Thursday, September 20, 2012 from

2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. in Bethesda, MD. Learn More

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Hispanic/Lano Health

DOH Florida/The Office of Minority Health and the Hispanic Health Advisory Council: National Hispanic Heritage Month,

2012 theme Achieving Health Equity for Hispanic-Latinos--Keeping the Promise: Unity, Strength, Leadership. A list of

events to celebrate the heritage, culture, spirit, and extraordinary contributions of Hispanic-Latino Americans are now

available. Learn More

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HIV/AIDS-STDs

The AIDS Institute: Announces over twenty registered events for the 5th annual National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness

Day (NHAAAD). Learn More

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Infant/Child Health

NIH/National Institute of Child Health and Human Development: Press release. NIH expands safe infant sleep outreach

effort: "Safe to sleep" seeks to reduce risk of sleep-related infant death. Learn More

Events

Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs: Annual Conference. Advancing the Maternal and Child Health Vision.

February 9 - 12, 2013 in Washington, DC. Learn More
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Mental Health

SAMHSA: New prevention strategy report released. National Strategy for Suicide Prevention. Read Full Report

NY State Office of Mental Health: New resource guide available. A Pastoral Education Guide: Responding to the Mental

Health Needs of Multicultural Faith Communities. Learn More [PDF | 3MB]

SAMHSA: Introducing You Matter campaign for young adults in emotional distress or suicidal crisis. Learn More

SAMHSA: New report released. Building Communities of Recovery: How Community-Based Partnerships and Recovery

Support Organizations Make Recovery Work. Read Full Report

Events

The Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC): Webinar. Research to Practice Webinar - Expanding Suicide

Prevention to Include Upstream Approaches. Tuesday, September 25, 2012 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. ED. Learn More

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Nutrion/Obesity

IHS Division of Diabetes: Highlights National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month with new resources and educational

materials for health care providers. Learn More

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Violence Prevenon

Events

The Office on Women's Health (OWH): Webinar. The Impact of Domestic Violence on the Health and Wellbeing of

Women. Thursday, September 20, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. ET. View Full Announcement

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Opportunies for Public Comment

Federal Register/Agency Research and Quality: Request for Information on Quality Measurement Enabled by Health IT

The comment period has been extended to September 21, 2012. The non-regulatory RFI seeks ideas and input on

successful strategies and remaining challenges in the creation of health IT enabled quality measure development and

reporting. Learn More

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