Advancing Health Literacy in Vulnerable Communities is a grant from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Minority Health that funds local municipalities and community organizations in improving health literacy and equity, with a focus on COVID-19 response in underserved populations.

The program was created under the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act to reach vulnerable communities through county and city governments, with separate funding streams for states, territories, tribes, and tribal organizations. Local municipalities such as county or parish governments and city or township governments are primary eligible applicants.

The funding supports community programs to improve minority health, with up to 73 expected awards. The current deadline listed is June 1, 2026.

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gov Maintenance Calendar Advancing Health Literacy to Enhance Equitable Community Responses to COVID-19 Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health Document Type:Grants Notice Funding Opportunity Number:MP-CPI-21-006 Funding Opportunity Title:Advancing Health Literacy to Enhance Equitable Community Responses to COVID-19 Opportunity Category:Discretionary Opportunity Category Explanation: Funding Instrument Type:Grant Category of Funding Activity:Health Expected Number of Awards:73 Assistance Listings:93.

137 -- Community Programs to Improve Minority Health Grant Program Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:No Last Updated Date:Mar 16, 2021 Original Closing Date for Applications:Apr 20, 2021 No Explanation Current Closing Date for Applications:Apr 20, 2021 No Explanation Archive Date:May 20, 2021 Estimated Total Program Funding: Eligible Applicants:Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification) Additional Information on Eligibility:Applicant eligibility is limited to local municipalities.

Examples include: • County or Parish Governments • City or township governments The section of the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act relevant to this program limits awards to States, localities and territories. The appropriation language also allocated separate funding for tribes, tribal organizations, and non-profit urban Indian health organizations.

However, individual American Indians/Alaska Natives may be beneficiaries of programs created by recipients under this announcement. The OASH coordinated a multi-prong approach for distributing COVID-19 relief funds.

Under the aforementioned paradigm: funds to states and territories will be distributed through the CDC; funds to tribes, tribal organizations, and non-profit urban Indian health organizations will be distributed through the Indian Health Service (IHS); and funds to local municipalities will be distributed through OMH to reach the most vulnerable populations.

Thus, States and U.S. Territories can apply for these separate COVID-19 relief funds announced on Grants. gov. The IHS will make funds available to tribes, tribal organizations, and non-profit urban Indian health organizations using existing methodologies, including distribution through funding mechanisms authorized by the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act and the Indian Health Care Improvement Act.

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