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FYI: Minority Resources...Money & More

September 12, 2012

Register: Naonal Conference on Using Data to Promote Health Equity and Address

Disparies

The Naonal Knowledge For Equity Conference will be held Nov. 13-14 in Silver Spring, MD. Designed to help

community-based organizaons beer understand how to access, analyze and use exisng naonal, state and local

data, the conference will include workshops, breakout sessions and presentaons. Register for the Knowledge

4Equity Conference . 

Funding

Federal Grants

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

HHS/National Institutes of Health: HIV/AIDS, Drug Use, and Vulnerable Populations in

the US (R21) Grant View Full Announcement

$500k or more . . .

USDOJ/Office of Justice Programs/Office of Violence Against Women: FY 2012

Domestic Violence Homicide Prevention Demonstration Initiative Technical Assistance

Program Grant View Full Announcement

$500k or less . . .

HHS/National Institutes of Health: AIDS-Science Track Award for Research Transition

(R03) Grant View Full Announcement

HHS/Office of Rural Health Policy: Rural Health Network Development Planning Grant

Program. View Full Announcement

HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: DELTA FOCUS (Domestic Violence

Prevention Enhancement and Leadership Through Alliances, Focusing on Outcomes

for Communities United with States) Grant. View Full Announcement

HHS/Health Resources & Services Administration: Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for

Children Program (HTPCP). View Full Announcement

Non Federal Grants

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

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Forward Promise Innovation Grants: Promoting

Opportunities for the Health and Success of Young Men of Color. View Full

Announcement

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Diabetes

Events

American Diabetes Association: 2012 Disparities Partnership Forum. Overcoming Disparities: Diabetes Care in High Risk

Populations. October 22 - 23, 2012 in Washington, DC View Full Announcement

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Emergency Preparedness

The American Public Health Association (APHA): September 18, 2012 is Get Ready Day. The Get Ready campaign

helps Americans prepare themselves, their families and their communities for all disasters and hazards, including

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pandemic flu, infectious disease, natural disasters and other emergencies. Resources for event planning, Get Ready

contests, materials on preparedness and more are now available. Learn More

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Health Care

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: New data report/factsheet released. Medicare Savings in the Donut Hole:

Since 2010, and in the first seven months of 2012. Read Full Report [PDF | 206KB]

The Institute of Medicine (IOM): New report released. Best Care at Lower Cost: The Path to Continuously Learning

Health Care in America. Read Full Report

Events

National Academy for State Health Policy: 25th Annual State Health Policy Conference. Promoting Excellence Today &

Tomorrow. October 15 - 17, 2012, in Baltimore, Maryland. Learn More

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Health Equity

Health Equity Initiative: Launch of a new national program. Sports for Health Equity, a national program designed to raise

awareness of health disparities, and encourage community action and partnerships for health equity. Learn More

The Missouri Foundation for Health: New report released. Responding to LGBT Health Disparities. Read Full Report

[PDF | 2.7MB]

Events

Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (MMHD): Ninth Annual Maryland Health Disparities Conference.

Advancing Healthy Public Policy: The Maryland Health Improvement and Disparities Reduction Initiative. Wednesday,

October 17, 2012 from 8:00 am - 4:00 pm in Baltimore, MD. Learn More

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Heart Disease

CDC: Million Hearts Launches new educational program to improve Americans' blood pressure control. Team Up.

Pressure Down, includes educational videos, a blood pressure control journal, and wallet card to track medication use.

Learn More

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HIV/AIDS-STDs

Events

National Minority AIDS Council: Webinar. Communities At Risk for HIV Infection: Combining Market Research

Technologies with Program Data to Design High Impact HIV Approaches. This training will assist with operationalization

of health equity concepts in developing high impact HIV approaches. September 19, 2012, 2:00pm - 3:00pm EST Learn

More

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Infant/Child Health

Save Babies Through Screening Foundation: New toolkit available for September's Newborn Screening Awareness

Month. The Newborn Screening Awareness Month toolkit. Learn More [PDF | 250KB]

Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition: Announces the text4baby 2012 Fall Sign-up Contest. Text4baby is a FREE,

nationwide texting service delivering critical health and safety tips and resources to pregnant women and moms with

babies under age one. Learn More

Office of Minority Health Resource Center: September is Infant Mortality Awareness Month. Resources now available.

Learn More

Events

Alaska Collaborative on Health and the Environment (CHE-AK): Conference Call. Preventing Harm to Children - The

Healthy Schools Movement. Wednesday, September 26, 2012 at 9:00 am AKDT. Learn More

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Mental Health

U.S. Surgeon General/the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention: Release of the updated strategy report,

National Strategy for Suicide Prevention. View Full Announcement

Events

The Suicide Prevention Resource Center: Webinar. SPRC Research to Practice Webinar - The Revised National Strategy

for Suicide Prevention. October 3, 2012. Learn More

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Nutrion/Obesity

The President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition (PCFSN): New youth program launched. Presidential Youth

Fitness Program is a comprehensive school-based program that promotes health and regular physical activity for

America's youth. Learn More

USDA Economic Research Service: A new report released. Characteristics and Influential Factors of Food Deserts. Read

Full Report

USDA Economic Research Service: New data report released. Household Food Security in the United States, 2011.

Read Full Report

USDA: New online Diet Planning and Tracking tool now available. SuperTracker. Learn More

CDC: September is National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month. Resources now available. Learn More

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Substance Abuse

SAMHSA: A new data report released. A Comparison of Rural and Urban Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions. Read

Full Report

The Hilltop Institute: New report released. Coordination of Care for Persons with Substance Use Disorders under the

Affordable Care Act: Opportunities and Challenges. Read Full Report [PDF | 563KB]

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Opportunies for Public Comment

Federal Register/Agency Research and Quality: Request for Information on Quality Measurement Enabled by Health ITThe 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. View Full Announcement

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