CPIMP211263
Project Grant
Overview
Grant Description
Advancing Health Literacy to Enhance Equitable Community Responses to COVID-19 in the City of Fresno, Zip Codes 93701, 93702, 93703, 93705, 93706, 93722, 93726 - The City of Fresno submits this application in response to Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health/Office of Minority Health Announcement Number: MP-CPI-21-006, Opportunity Title: Advancing Health Literacy to Enhance Equitable Community Responses to COVID-19.
This application intends to address the request for evidence-based health literacy strategies to enhance COVID-19 testing, contact tracing, and/or other mitigation measures in urban communities. The focus will be on increasing testing, contact tracing, and vaccinations in racial and ethnic minority populations as well as other socially vulnerable populations.
The City of Fresno is partnering with five community-based organizations (CBOs) and aligning with the County of Fresno Department of Public Health to address the ongoing health disparities in the community, and more specifically the health disparities amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic. The partner organizations already employ the Community Health Worker (CHW) model to provide support to the community and will leverage this project to target minority groups who are not participating in vaccination, contact tracing, or testing opportunities at the same rate as other groups.
West Fresno Family Resource Center (WFFRC) and Centro La Familia Advocacy Services (CLFA) will act as lead organizations, providing support and oversight to the project. WFFRC is well-known and trusted in the African American community and CLFA is well-known and trusted in the Latinx community. Both organizations have existing collaborations and have provided culturally based community services over the last decade.
Other partners include Jakara Movement, Fresno Interdenominational Refugee Ministries, and Reading and Beyond. Each of these organizations have been embedded in various minority communities ranging from Punjabi Sikh communities, Hmong communities, to Latinx and Arabic communities.
The City of Fresno will enhance the existing impact of the CBOs by expanding the number of Community Health Workers who are providing linkages and support to families in the urban regions of Fresno. According to data collected by the Fresno County Department of Public Health, specific zip codes have lagged behind others in participating in vaccination for COVID-19.
Community Health Workers are trusted community members, and they will utilize evidence-based curriculum to address social determinants of health while increasing overall health literacy regarding existing health concerns along with a focus on COVID-19 facts to increase utilization of vaccines, contact tracing, and testing.
The residents in these areas have been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, but the pandemic has only exacerbated historical disparities in health care, extreme poverty, income inequality, and educational shortfalls.
This project will utilize the Minority Serving Institution, Central Valley Health Policy Institute for ongoing quality improvement and evaluation to show that the project has directly impacted these communities in a positive way, buffering the impact of the pandemic through improved health literacy.
This application intends to address the request for evidence-based health literacy strategies to enhance COVID-19 testing, contact tracing, and/or other mitigation measures in urban communities. The focus will be on increasing testing, contact tracing, and vaccinations in racial and ethnic minority populations as well as other socially vulnerable populations.
The City of Fresno is partnering with five community-based organizations (CBOs) and aligning with the County of Fresno Department of Public Health to address the ongoing health disparities in the community, and more specifically the health disparities amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic. The partner organizations already employ the Community Health Worker (CHW) model to provide support to the community and will leverage this project to target minority groups who are not participating in vaccination, contact tracing, or testing opportunities at the same rate as other groups.
West Fresno Family Resource Center (WFFRC) and Centro La Familia Advocacy Services (CLFA) will act as lead organizations, providing support and oversight to the project. WFFRC is well-known and trusted in the African American community and CLFA is well-known and trusted in the Latinx community. Both organizations have existing collaborations and have provided culturally based community services over the last decade.
Other partners include Jakara Movement, Fresno Interdenominational Refugee Ministries, and Reading and Beyond. Each of these organizations have been embedded in various minority communities ranging from Punjabi Sikh communities, Hmong communities, to Latinx and Arabic communities.
The City of Fresno will enhance the existing impact of the CBOs by expanding the number of Community Health Workers who are providing linkages and support to families in the urban regions of Fresno. According to data collected by the Fresno County Department of Public Health, specific zip codes have lagged behind others in participating in vaccination for COVID-19.
Community Health Workers are trusted community members, and they will utilize evidence-based curriculum to address social determinants of health while increasing overall health literacy regarding existing health concerns along with a focus on COVID-19 facts to increase utilization of vaccines, contact tracing, and testing.
The residents in these areas have been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, but the pandemic has only exacerbated historical disparities in health care, extreme poverty, income inequality, and educational shortfalls.
This project will utilize the Minority Serving Institution, Central Valley Health Policy Institute for ongoing quality improvement and evaluation to show that the project has directly impacted these communities in a positive way, buffering the impact of the pandemic through improved health literacy.
Awardee
Funding Goals
NOT APPLICABLE
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding Agency
Funding Agency
Place of Performance
Fresno,
California
United States
Geographic Scope
City-Wide
Related Opportunity
Analysis Notes
Amendment Since initial award the End Date has been extended from 06/30/23 to 12/31/23 and the total obligations have decreased 10% from $4,000,000 to $3,606,034.
City Of Fresno was awarded
Enhancing Health Literacy for COVID-19 in Fresno (MP-CPI-21-006)
Project Grant CPIMP211263
worth $3,606,034
from the Office of Minority Health in July 2021 with work to be completed primarily in Fresno California United States.
The grant
has a duration of 2 years 5 months and
was awarded through assistance program 93.137 Community Programs to Improve Minority Health Grant Program.
The Project Grant was awarded through grant opportunity Advancing Health Literacy to Enhance Equitable Community Responses to COVID-19.
Status
(Complete)
Last Modified 1/21/25
Period of Performance
7/1/21
Start Date
12/31/23
End Date
Funding Split
$3.6M
Federal Obligation
$0.0
Non-Federal Obligation
$3.6M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Transaction History
Modifications to CPIMP211263
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
CPIMP211263
SAI Number
CPIMP211263-4236429340
Award ID URI
SAI UNAVAILABLE
Awardee Classifications
City Or Township Government
Awarding Office
750SHA OASH OFFICE OF GRANTS MANAGEMENT
Funding Office
75ACC0 OASH OFFICE OF MINORITY HEALTH
Awardee UEI
KMR3LQBMJAU5
Awardee CAGE
54JC3
Performance District
CA-90
Senators
Dianne Feinstein
Alejandro Padilla
Alejandro Padilla
Modified: 1/21/25