REACH 2018 Recipients
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CDC funds 31 recipients to reduce health disparities among racial and ethnic populations with the highest burden of chronic disease (i.e., hypertension, heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, and obesity) through culturally tailored interventions to address preventable risk behaviors (i.e., tobacco use, poor nutrition, and physical inactivity).
REACH 2018 Program Recipients
Alabama
Recipient: Montgomery Area Community Wellness Coalition
Award Amount: $783,956
Sector: non-profit
Geographic Locations of Work: Lowndes, Macon, Montgomery counties
Priority Population: African Americans
Principal Investigator Contact Information:
Ghandi Daniels
Montgomery Area Community Wellness Coalition
3060 Mobile Highway
Montgomery, AL 36108
Tel: 334-293-6502
Email: gdaniels@thewellnesscoalition.org
Project Overview: The Montgomery Area Community Wellness Coalition strategies include activities such as: 1) increasing referrals to the Alabama Department of Public Health Tobacco Quitline; 2) developing a Fresh Truck to travel to neighborhoods in food deserts; 3) increasing workplaces and churches that support onsite breastfeeding; and 4) increasing community-clinical linkages to the existing health resources and programs through wellness navigators. The coalition will train existing staff in community agencies to provide community health worker services and engage local pharmacists to make referrals to the Chronic Disease and Diabetes Self-Management Programs and the Diabetes Prevention Program.
Arizona
Recipient: Pima County Health Department
Award Amount: $762,684
Sector: county government agency; local health department
Geographic Location of Work: Pima County, AZ
Priority Populations: American Indians; Hispanic Americans
Principal Investigator Contact Information:
Francisco Garcia
Pima County
3950 S Country Club Road
Suite 100
Tucson, AZ 85714
Tel: 520-724-7733
Email: Francisco.Garcia@pima.gov
Project Overview: Pima County will work with Mexican-Americans and American Indians to: 1) increase tobacco-free living; 2) increase access to affordable and healthier foods; 3) promote physical activity through culturally and socioeconomically-tailored multimedia campaigns, education and training, policy development, and participation incentives; and 4) increase access to existing programs and services.
Arkansas
Recipient: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Award Amount: $792,000
Sector: state university
Geographic Locations of Work: Benton, Carroll, Madison and Washington counties, AR
Priority Populations: Hispanic Americans; Marshallese (Pacific Islanders)
Principal Investigator Contact Information:
Pearl McElfish
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
4301 West Markham
Little Rock, AR 72205
Tel: 479-713-8000
Email: PamcElfish@uams.edu
Project Overview: Many Marshallese and Hispanic residents in these counties live in census tracts that are rural or otherwise disconnected from key community resources, including a lack of access to healthy foods, culturally appropriate care, and safe places for physical activity. The priority strategies will focus on: 1) nutrition, 2) physical activity, and 3) community-clinical linkages. The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences will use a community-based participatory approach and engage members of the Hispanic and Marshallese communities in all aspects of the program.
California
Recipient: California Department of Public Health
Award Amount: $792,000
Sector: state health department
Geographic Locations of Work: San Joaquin Valley, California, specifically Madera and Merced counties
Priority Population: Hispanic Americans
Principal Investigator Contact Information:
Caroline Kurtz
California Department of Public Health
1616 Capitol Avenue, MS-7204
Sacramento, CA 95814
Tel: 916-552-9908
Email: caroline.kurtz@cdph.ca.gov
Project Overview: The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) will lead the California Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (CalREACH) in partnership with two San Joaquin Valley coalitions and Local Health Departments in Madera and Merced counties. CalREACH will apply and support evidence-based policy, systems, and environmental change strategies in the San Joaquin Valley to improve nutrition, physical activity, breastfeeding continuity of care and community supports, and community-clinical linkages.
Recipient: County of San Diego, Health and Human Services Agency
Award Amount: $792,000
Sector: county government agency; local health department
Geographic Location of Work: Mid-City and Southeastern sub-regional area of the Central Region of San Diego County, CA
Priority Populations: African Americans; Hispanic Americans
Principal Investigator Contact Information:
Wilma Wooten
County of San Diego, Health and Human Services Agency
3851 Rosecrans Street
San Diego, CA 92110
Tel: 619-542-4186
Email: wilma.wooten@sdcounty.ca.gov
Project Overview: San Diego’s REACH for Health Project will plan, implement, and evaluate culturally tailored interventions that include evidence-based strategies related to nutrition, physical activity, and community-clinical linkages. Activities will include the development and implementation of plans for San Diego’s Vision Zero strategies, which will improve active transportation and safety, increase access to locally grown food, and connect the priority population to healthcare providers to monitor high blood pressure and high cholesterol.
Recipient: Public Health Advocates
Award Amount: $791,999
Sector: non-profit
Geographic Location of Work: Stockton, CA
Priority Population: African Americans
Principal Investigator Contact Information:
Christina Peoples
Public Health Advocates
P.O. Box 2039
Davis, CA 95617
Tel: 209-762-1606
Email: cp@phadvocates.org
Project Overview: PHI will: 1) support additional faith communities with implementing previously adopted physical activity, nutrition, and breastfeeding guidelines; 2) work with new faith/community-based organizations to adopt and implement guidelines addressing trauma and adverse childhood experiences; 3) train residents to advocate for implementation of health policies in Stockton’s General Plan Update and for using CA Prop 68 Park Bond funding in park poor neighborhoods; and 4) train resource liaisons to link residents to evidence-based tools and resources and create resource hubs to build resilience.
Connecticut
Recipient: City of Hartford
Award Amount: $792,000
Sector: city government agency; local health department
Geographic Location of Work: North Hartford, CT (Northeast, Upper Albany, and Clay Arsenal neighborhoods)
Priority Populations: African Americans; Hispanic Americans
Principal Investigator Contact Information:
Elby Gonzalez-Schwapp
Department of Health & Human Services
131 Coventry Street
Hartford, CT 06112
Tel: 860-757-4769
Email: egonzalezschwapp@hartford.gov
Project Overview: The City of Hartford’s Department of Health and Human Services will implement the Hartford Healthy Family Initiative (HHFI). Proposed strategies include: 1) implementing continuity of care/community support for breastfeeding; 2) working with food vendors, distributors, and producers to enhance healthier food procurement; 3) supporting implementation of tobacco-free policies within workplaces and multi-unit housing; 4) establishing new or improved pedestrian, bicycle, or transit transportation systems that are combined with new or improved land use or environmental design; and 5) expanding the use of community health workers, patient navigators, and pharmacists to increase referrals of individuals in the priority populations to accessible health and preventive care programs.
Recipient Name: Southern Connecticut State University
Award Amount: $719,363
Sector: state university
Geographic Location of Work: New Haven, CT
Priority Populations: African Americans; Hispanic Americans
Principal Investigator Contact Information:
Alycia Santilli
Southern Connecticut State University
501 Crescent Street
New Haven, CT 06515
Tel: 203-392-9950
Email: santillia1@southernct.edu
Project Overview: To further its mission to improve the health of New Haven residents, the Community Alliance for Research and Engagement (CARE) at Southern Connecticut State University will advance health equity with and for Black and Hispanic residents by improving access to chronic disease prevention and management programs, healthy food, and physical activity. Through established coalitions in New Haven, stakeholders will mobilize toward the REACH strategies of nutrition, physical activity, and community-clinical linkages and accelerate the alignment of community resources, assets, and services.
Florida
Recipient: City of Miami Gardens
Award Amount: $692,588
Sector: city government
Geographic Location of Work: Miami Gardens, FL: zip codes 33054 and 33056
Priority Populations: African Americans; Hispanic Americans
Principal Investigator Contact Information:
Thamara Labrousse
City of Miami Gardens
18605 NW 27th Avenue
Miami Gardens, FL 33056
Tel: 305-914-9072
Email: Tlabrousse@miamigardens-fl.gov
Project Overview: The Live Healthy Miami Gardens project will: 1) create and implement a Healthy Food Plan and a Breastfeeding TouchPoint Program; 2) establish five new public transportation routes; 3) complete and implement an Active Transportation Wayfinding Plan citywide and a Complete Streets Plan streetscape design of a 5-square mile Entertainment District; and 4) implement communications and coordinated care strategies to increase community-clinical linkages, including deployment of the CDC Diabetes Prevention Program.
Georgia
Recipient: DeKalb County Board of Health
Award Amount: $792,000
Sector: county government agency; local health department
Geographic Location of Work: DeKalb County, GA
Priority Population: African Americans
Principal Investigator Contact Information:
Sedessie Spivey
DeKalb County Board of Health
445 Winn Way
Decatur, GA 30030
Tel: 404-294-3740
Email: Sedessie.Spivey@dph.ga.gov
Project Overview: DeKalb County Board of Health will focus on nutrition, physical activity, and community-clinical linkages in African American communities. The LEAD DeKalb initiative will: 1) make improvements to voucher incentive programs; 2) improve nutrition standards; 3) increase access to healthier foods at community venues; 4) establish lactation support services; 5) establish new or improved pedestrian and bicycle transportation systems; 6) connect the priority population to appropriate and locally available health programs; and 7) expand the use of health professionals to increase referrals.
Recipient: Houston County Board of Health/North Central Health District
Award Amount: $542,378
Sector: county government agency; local health department
Geographic Location of Work: Hancock County, GA
Priority Population: African Americans
Principal Investigator Contact Information:
Miranda Helms
Houston County Board of Health
201 Second Street, Suite 1100
Macon, GA 31201
Tel: 478-751-6036
Email: Miranda.Helms@dph.ga.gov
Project Overview: The Hancock Health Improvement Partnership (HHIP) will implement strategies and activities to reduce health disparities among Hancock County’s African American population. HHIP will focus on the following: 1) nutrition strategies; 2) physical activity strategies; and 3) community-clinical linkages.
Recipient: Young Men’s Christian Association of Coastal Georgia, Inc.
Award Amount: $685,344
Sector: non-profit
Geographic Location of Work: Chatham County, GA
Priority Populations: African Americans; Hispanic Americans
Principal Investigator Contact Information:
Paula Kreissler
Healthy Savannah
1602 Drayton Street
Savannah, GA 31401
Tel: 912-272-9494
Email: paula@healthysavannah.org
Project Overview: The Savannah/Chatham County REACH Project will: 1) work with public institutions and community organizations to expand existing programs in the target area; 2) link residents to community safety net services; and 3) connect programs for better coordination. It will also undertake neighborhood engagement to assure that priority neighborhoods have more input into the City of Savannah’s proposed zoning ordinance and neighborhood master planning processes.
Indiana
Recipient: Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County
Award Amount: $661,569
Sector: county government agency; local health department
Geographic Location of Work: Marion County, IN
Priority Population: African Americans
Principal Investigator Contact Information:
Sandra Cummings
Marion County Public Health Department
3838 N. Rural Street
Indianapolis, IN 46205
Tel: 317-221-2096
Email: scummings@marionhealth.org
Project Overview: Marion County will work towards engaging residents and neighborhood stakeholders in developing action plans to enhance pedestrian infrastructure and support walking safely in high-risk neighborhoods. This project will encourage Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program enrollees to purchase produce through Produce RX and double voucher benefits program, both of which will be expanded into retail settings. Healthy food standards will be implemented in a large urban hospital and through food pantries using best practices. Breastfeeding policy and practice support will be addressed in community, faith-based, and worksite settings. Marion County will provide extensive outreach to African Americans to facilitate linkages to diabetes prevention and management programs, cooking classes, and other existing resources.
Massachusetts
Recipient: City of Worcester, Massachusetts
Award Amount: $780,648
Sector: city government
Geographic Location of Work: Worcester, MA
Priority Population: Hispanic Americans
Principal Investigator Contact Information:
Casey Burns
Coalition for a Healthy Greater Worcester
1 Salem Square
Worcester, MA 01608
Tel: 508-425-0729
Email: casey@healthygreaterworcester.org
Project Overview: The Coalition for a Healthy Greater Worcester will leverage its strong and committed partnerships with dozens of organizations to maximize impact. The Latin American Health Alliance offers their history and expertise in improving health for the Latino population in Worcester. The Worcester Division of Public Health will contribute their vast experience in evidence-based community health in the areas of nutrition, physical activity, tobacco, and community-clinical linkages, as well as quality improvement.
Recipient: Partners In Health
Award Amount: $792,000
Sector: non-profit
Geographic Locations of Work: Navajo Nation (including areas in Arizona, Utah, New Mexico)
Priority Populations: American Indians/Alaskan Natives
Principal Investigator Contact Information:
Sonya Shin
COPE
210 E. Aztec Avenue
Gallup, NM 87301
Tel: 617-872-0310
Email: sonya@copeproject.org
Project Overview: Partners in Health will increase the consumption of healthier foods in remote rural communities by: 1) increasing the availability of healthier foods sold in small stores and served at community venues; 2) strengthening regional food systems by expanding the Navajo Fruit and Vegetable Prescription Program; and 3) supporting new Farm to School initiatives. They also are supporting community planning and execution of trail projects. They will create systems that enable providers to refer women to community-based resources including breastfeeding support and assign primary care providers. Finally, Diné College will create the first Tribal Community Health Worker (CHW) Certification Program to expand the CHW workforce in Navajo Nation.
Michigan
Recipient: Eastern Michigan University
Award Amount: $593,306
Sector: university
Geographic Locations of Work: Wayne and Kent counties, MI
Priority Population: Asian-Americans
Principal Investigator Contact Information:
Tsu-Yin Wu
Eastern Michigan University
Nursing
328
Ypsilanti, MI 48197
Tel: 734-487-2297
Email: twu@emich.edu
Project Overview: Eastern Michigan University will work with the Asian Communities toward Innovative Visionary Environment (ACTIVE) Coalition and partners to: 1) increase access to healthy foods; 2) improve connectivity to healthy food and physical activity enhanced by geographic information system-based technology; and 3) implement culturally tailored strategies to improve access to preventive health programs in order to reduce health disparities in this underserved population.
Recipient: National Kidney Foundation of Michigan, Inc.
Award Amount: $697,142
Sector: non-profit
Geographic Location of Work: western Wayne County, MI
Priority Populations: African American; Hispanic Americans
Principal Investigator Contact Information:
Charlene Cole
National Kidney Foundation of Michigan
1169 Oak Valley Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48108
Tel: 734-222-9800
Email: ccole@nkfm.org
Project Overview: The National Kidney Foundation of Michigan will: 1) address food insecurity and lacking built environments and 2) increase breastfeeding support, access to healthier foods, access to safe places for physical activity, and culturally appropriate health and community programs through community clinical linkages. The project will include a diverse group of partners and strategies to focus on African American/Blacks and Hispanic Americans, especially those who have low socioeconomic status, are Medicaid or dual-eligible beneficiaries, and/or are living with disabilities.
Mississippi
Recipient: Mississippi Public Health Institute
Award Amount: $693,862
Sector: non-profit public health institute
Geographic Location of Work: Hancock, Harrison, and Jackson counties, MS
Priority Population: African Americans
Principal Investigator Contact Information:
Roy Hart
Mississippi Public Health Institute
829 Wilson Drive
Suite C
Ridgeland, MS 39157
Tel: 601-398-4406
Email: rhart@msphi.org
Project Overview: The Mississippi Public Health Institute project is focusing on the health and well-being of African American families, mothers, and babies by educating on the health effects of smoking and exposure to second-hand smoke, facilitating linkages to tobacco cessation support, and increasing the number of primary care providers who integrate tobacco cessation strategies into practice. The project will increase community support for breastfeeding through a focused communication campaign that influences health behaviors and the implementation of Baby Cafes, as well as increase the number of primary care providers who link mothers to lactation support services.
Nebraska
Recipient: Health Partners Initiative DBA Partnership for a Healthy Lincoln
Award Amount: $659,996
Sector: non-profit
Geographic Location of Work: Lincoln/Lancaster County, NE
Priority Populations: African Americans; Hispanic Americans
Principal Investigator Contact Information:
Tami Frank
Partnership for Healthy Lincoln
4600 Valley Road, Suite 250
Lincoln, NE 68510
Tel: 402-430-9940
Email: tfrank@healthylincoln.org
Project Overview: Health Partners Initiative DBA Partnership for a Healthy Lincoln (PHL), El Centro de las Americas, Malone Community Center, and the Asian Community and Cultural Center propose a long-term project to reduce health disparities for the Hispanic and African Americans in Lincoln’s 20 lowest income census tracts. Activities will focus on: 1) improving nutrition; 2) increasing physical activity; and 3) strengthening community clinical linkages to change health behaviors leading to chronic diseases causing premature death and disability which disproportionately affect this priority population.
Nevada
Recipient: Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD)
Award Amount: $791,860
Sector: regional/local public health department
Geographic Locations of Work: 14 priority zip codes in Clark County, NV
Priority Populations: African Americans; Hispanic Americans
Principal Investigator Contact Information:
Michael Johnson
Southern Nevada Health District
280 South Decatur Boulevard
P.O. Box 3902
Las Vegas, NV 89107
Tel: 702-759-1286
Email: johnsonmi@snhd.org
Project Overview: Southern Nevada Health District will increase: 1) call volume among priority populations to the Nevada Tobacco Users Quitline (Quitline); 2) delivery of brief tobacco-use interventions by healthcare providers; 3) education at community events; 4) the number of worksites and higher education institutions with tobacco-free policies; 5) the availability of smoke-free multiunit housing; and 5) the development of healthy tobacco retail environments through retail assessments. In addition, we will work towards the adoption of nutrition standards for a food pantry; complete a market study for a mixed-use co-op grocery store; increase the number of vending machines in compliance with nutrition standards; promote increased access to healthier foods and adoption of healthy food resolutions; and increase the number of certified lactation consultants in programs serving priority populations. We also will conduct a health impact assessment to prioritize pedestrian improvement projects and an assessment of park access in priority zip codes to identify barriers and ensure walkability. For community clinical linkages, we will secure electronic referrals to Quitline from a healthcare provider and increase the number of community health workers supporting referrals to community programs.
New Mexico
Recipient: Presbyterian Healthcare Services
Award Amount: $788,903
Sector: non-profit
Geographic Locations of Work: South Valley, the International District, and the 2nd/4th Street Corridor in Bernalillo County, NM
Priority Populations: American Indians; Hispanic Americans
Principal Investigator Contact Information:
Leigh Caswell
Presbyterian Center for Community Health
8300 Constitution Avenue NE
Albuquerque, NM 87110
Tel: 505-559-6859
Email: lcaswell@phs.org
Project Overview: Presbyterian Healthcare Services will: 1) improve access to and affordability of fresh produce through Mobile Farmer’s Market, food pharmacies, a local food hub, commercial and institutional policies and procurement, and vouchers and benefits enrollment; 2) create new walking paths in public and workplace land, connecting community sites and clinics with safe walking routes, improving connectivity and affordability of bike share programs and bus transit, integrating pedestrian planning into regional master planning, and expanding use of employee health incentive programs; and 3) expand the use of the Wellness Referral Center, which allows providers to refer patients to community and public health supports like classes, activity programs, healthy food access, and breastfeeding resources.
New York
Recipient: Cicatelli Associates, Inc. (CAI)
Award Amount: $789,666
Sector: non-profit
Geographic Location of Work: Ferry Street Corridor, Buffalo, NY
Priority Population: African Americans
Principal Investigator Contact Information:
Stan Martin
CAI
505 8th Avenue, Suite 1900
New York, NY 10018
Tel: 212-594-7741 x233
Email: smartin@caiglobal.org
Project Overview: The Ferry Corridor Partnership will leverage existing community assets and use a community-driven approach to develop, implement, and evaluate culturally tailored interventions to address preventable risk factors that are driving chronic diseases among African Americans living and working along the Ferry Corridor. The project will promote a community of wellness by focusing on strategies that promote tobacco-free living, improved nutrition, and increased availability of, and access to, health or community programs.
Recipient Name: The Institute for Family Health
Award Amount: $792,000
Sector: federally qualified health center
Geographic Location of Work: Bronx, NY
Priority Populations: African American; Hispanic Americans
Principal Investigator Contact Information:
Charmaine Ruddock
The Institute for Family Health
2006 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10035
Tel: 212-633-0800 x1291
Email: cruddock@institute.org
Project Overview: Bronx Health REACH will build on some of its most successful efforts to date, including: 1) #Not62: The Campaign for a Healthy Bronx, which has garnered support throughout the borough to address local determinants of health; 2) the Complete the Grand Concourse Campaign, a complete streets movement impacting the borough’s busiest thoroughfare; 3) the establishment of farm share programs and farmers’ markets; and 4) a collaboration with partners to increase healthier foods in more than 50 local bodegas/corner stores. All interventions will be designed and implemented in concert with coalition members and community partners.
North Carolina
Recipient: RAO: Rosedale Assistance & Opportunities
Award Amount: $792,000
Sector: non-profit
Geographic Locations of Work: Anson, Cabarrus, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Union counties, NC
Priority Populations: African Americans; Asian Americans
Principal Investigator Contact Information:
Bernard Davis
RAO Rosedale Assistance & Opportunities
103 Commerce Drive Suite 104
Huntersville, NC 28078
Tel: 704-659-7699
Email: bdavis@rosedaleid.com
Project Overview: RAO is developing healthier food offerings at food banks and farmers markets; a healthy food voucher program at a local supermarket chain; and outreach and education on healthy food choices to special populations through health fairs. RAO also will establish breastfeeding peer support programs and provide outreach and education on the benefits of breastfeeding. Physical activity strategies and activities include providing land use plans to local county governments and businesses and developing a guide summarizing safe places to exercise, establishing walking “teams,” and providing outreach and education at health fairs on the benefits of physical activity. The proposed community-clinical linkages strategies and activities include implementing a community health worker model (patient navigation) and developing and distributing an annual community resource guide.
Ohio
Recipient: Cuyahoga County District Board of Health
Award Amount: $792,000
Sector: county government agency; local health department
Geographic Location of Work: east-side neighborhoods within the city of Cleveland, OH
Priority Population: African Americans
Principal Investigator Contact Information:
Martha Halko
Cuyahoga County Board of Health
5550 Venture Drive
Parma, OH 44130
Tel: 216-201-2001 x1504
Email: mhalko@ccbh.net
Project Overview: Cuyahoga County will: 1) leverage their branded healthy food retail Good Food Here network and work with partners developing and providing alternative food options in their targeted neighborhoods; 2) implement and reinforce nutrition standards; and 3) increase timely, accessible, and culturally appropriate lactation support. Cuyahoga will support the design and implementation of protected bicycle facilities through improved land use and new environmental design strategies to improve African-American resident use within the greater Cleveland area. Finally, Cuyahoga will train and deploy community health workers certified in evidence-based chronic disease self-management programs in target neighborhoods while also building a robust two-way electronic health record program with United Way 2-1-1 for real-time resource referrals.
Oregon
Recipient: Multnomah County Health Department
Award Amount: $792,000
Sector: county government agency; local health department
Geographic Locations of Work: north/northeast Portland, East Portland, East County/Gresham areas of Multnomah County, OR
Priority Population: African Americans
Principal Investigator Contact Information:
Ms. Tameka Brazile
Multnomah County Health Department
426 SW Stark Street
Floor 8
Portland, OR 97204
Tel: 503-988-7760
Email: tameka.brazile@multco.us
Project Overview: Multco REACH will work in nutrition, physical activity, and community-clinical linkage strategies to reach infants, youth, adults, and elders to achieve policy, systems, and environmental improvements that reduce chronic disease disparities.
Pennsylvania
Recipient: Allegheny County
Award Amount: $734,563
Sector: county government agency; local health department
Geographic Location of Work: Allegheny County, PA, including City of Pittsburgh
Priority Population: African Americans
Principal Investigator Contact Information:
Karen Hacker
Allegheny County Health Department
542 4th Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Tel: 412-578-8005
Email: karen.hacker@alleghenycounty.us
Project Overview: Allegheny County and multiple partners will collaborate to improve nutrition, physical activity, and community-clinical linkages for African Americans living in target communities through a variety of activities, ranging from expanding healthy food policies to implementing a pharmacist navigation and referral program.
Recipient: Pennsylvania State University Hershey Medical Center
Award Amount: $731,492
Sector: state university
Geographic Location of Work: Lebanon and Reading, PA
Priority Population: Hispanic Americans
Principal Investigator Contact Information:
Jennifer Kraschnewski
Pennsylvania State University Hershey Medical Center
500 University Drive, MC H034
P.O. Box 850
Hershey, PA 17033
Tel: 717-531-8161
Email: jlk59@psu.edu
Project Overview: Pennsylvania State University Hershey Medical Center will establish healthy nutrition standards across different sectors; support the Healthy Corner Store Initiative; provide healthier food access at community venues; increase electronic benefit transfer acceptance; and create bilingual hospital-based breastfeeding programming and support with Women, Infant and Children (WIC). To improve physical activity opportunities, Penn State will promote existing and new walking/bike trails that connect parks, schools, businesses, and community facilities; support the improvement of cities’ recreational infrastructure; and increase school involvement in physical activity through safe routes and shared use agreements. Penn State will help partners expand diabetes prevention program offerings and train local, bilingual community health workers to connect individuals with chronic disease prevention programs.
Texas
Recipient: American Heart Association
Award Amount: $792,000
Sector: non-profit
Geographic Location of Work: El Paso, TX
Priority Populations: African Americans; Hispanic Americans
Principal Investigator Contact Information:
Jill Birnbaum
American Heart Association
7272 Greenville Road
Dallas, TX 75231
Tel: 214-706-1381
Email: jill.birnbaum@heart.org
Project Overview: The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association (AHA/ASA) will work collaboratively with health coalitions in the county of El Paso, Texas, to strengthen health systems and accelerate improvements across tobacco, nutrition, and physical activity.
Recipient: City of San Antonio Metropolitan Health District
Award Amount: $792,000
Sector: city government agency; local health department
Geographic Location of Work: west, south, and east sides of San Antonio, TX
Priority Populations: African Americans; Hispanic Americans
Principal Investigator Contact Information:
Colleen Bridger
City of San Antonio Metropolitan Health District
111 Soledad, Suite 1000
San Antonio, TX 78205
Tel: 210-207-8706
Email: colleen.bridger@sanantonio.gov
Project Overview: San Antonio will expand upon the current areas and strategies in use by Metro Health’s Healthy Neighborhoods program to implement the tobacco, nutrition, and community-clinical linkage strategies to reduce health disparities among African Americans and Hispanic Americans.
Washington
Recipient: Seattle-King County Public Health Department
Award Amount: $792,000
Sector: county government agency; local health department
Geographic Locations of Work: South Seattle, SeaTac, and Tukwila, WA
Priority Populations: African Americans; Asian Americans
Principal Investigator Contact Information:
Nadine Chan
Seattle-King County Public Health Department
401 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1300
Seattle, WA 98104
Tel: 206-263-8784
Email: nadine.chan@kingcounty.gov
Project Overview: Seattle-King County will make healthy food more affordable and accessible by creating a purchasing cooperative of small ethnic grocers and food banks and working with food banks to adopt healthy nutrition standards. They will promote breastfeeding in workplaces and expand culturally appropriate breastfeeding services. They will help build capacity for bike, pedestrian, and transit projects for local governments to plan and design for their neighborhoods. They will work with pharmacists, community health workers, and other community-based organizations to strengthen referral patterns to culturally appropriate clinical and preventive care.
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