CPIMP211297
Project Grant
Overview
Grant Description
Baton Rouge Advancing Health Literacy to Enhance Equitable Community Responses to COVID-19 - The Baton Rouge Advancing Health Literacy (BRAHL) project proposes to serve an urban area of focus consisting of vulnerable citizens residing within primarily six (6) districts in East Baton Rouge Parish, LA.
This project will utilize a collaborative leadership approach designed to promote citizen access to information they can use to protect and promote their health. The districts chosen are those identified by the CDC Social Vulnerability Index as having the greatest risk for experiencing disparities in COVID-19 outcomes.
Led by the Office of the Mayor-President, BRAHL will work in conjunction with the Vulnerable Communities and Peoples Initiative, Southern University Law Center, and Baton Rouge Community College. Both Southern University and Baton Rouge Community College are minority-serving institutions.
Utilizing the National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy, BRAHL will incorporate the seven (7) enumerated goals of the plan into its strategies for achieving the goals and objectives identified in the proposal. Specifically, BRAHL will:
1) Develop strategies to increase awareness of available health resources throughout vulnerable communities;
2) Build capacity of and empower community-based organizations to implement best practices for educating communities;
3) Train students enrolled at Southern University Law Center in health policy and practices, and provide opportunities for sharing that knowledge with vulnerable citizens;
4) Engage community-based non-profit organizations, government entities, faith-based organizations, business, public and private institutions to create a network that improves and strengthens equitable access to health information and public health resources and services.
This project will utilize a collaborative leadership approach designed to promote citizen access to information they can use to protect and promote their health. The districts chosen are those identified by the CDC Social Vulnerability Index as having the greatest risk for experiencing disparities in COVID-19 outcomes.
Led by the Office of the Mayor-President, BRAHL will work in conjunction with the Vulnerable Communities and Peoples Initiative, Southern University Law Center, and Baton Rouge Community College. Both Southern University and Baton Rouge Community College are minority-serving institutions.
Utilizing the National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy, BRAHL will incorporate the seven (7) enumerated goals of the plan into its strategies for achieving the goals and objectives identified in the proposal. Specifically, BRAHL will:
1) Develop strategies to increase awareness of available health resources throughout vulnerable communities;
2) Build capacity of and empower community-based organizations to implement best practices for educating communities;
3) Train students enrolled at Southern University Law Center in health policy and practices, and provide opportunities for sharing that knowledge with vulnerable citizens;
4) Engage community-based non-profit organizations, government entities, faith-based organizations, business, public and private institutions to create a network that improves and strengthens equitable access to health information and public health resources and services.
Awardee
Funding Goals
NOT APPLICABLE
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding Agency
Funding Agency
Place of Performance
Baton Rouge,
Louisiana
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 02/29/24.
City Of Baton Rouge was awarded
Enhancing Health Literacy Equitable COVID-19 Responses in Baton Rouge
Project Grant CPIMP211297
worth $4,000,000
from the Office of Minority Health in July 2021 with work to be completed primarily in Baton Rouge Louisiana United States.
The grant
has a duration of 2 years 7 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 10/21/24
Period of Performance
7/1/21
Start Date
2/29/24
End Date
Funding Split
$4.0M
Federal Obligation
$0.0
Non-Federal Obligation
$4.0M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Transaction History
Modifications to CPIMP211297
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
CPIMP211297
SAI Number
CPIMP211297-3467852648
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
ZC2GCLZKNJ86
Awardee CAGE
3V5J9
Performance District
LA-06
Senators
Bill Cassidy
John Kennedy
John Kennedy
Modified: 10/21/24