Grants Awarded
CURRENT GRANTEES
Regional Equity Coalitions
Funding has been provided to three regional equity coalitions to implement the following specific strategies to:
a) establish regional health equity coalitions by identifying and engaging community leaders, health care providers, local public health and non-traditional community-based partners;
b) provide infrastructure support and technical assistance to regional coalitions to develop regional blueprints for action;
c) create and support routine communication opportunities for sharing data and best practices information to local stakeholders, across regions, and with other stakeholders and state and local agencies; and
d) foster improved collaboration between community partners and DHS/OHA.
PAST GRANTEES
Community Listening Sessions
Grants were provided to each of the following organizations to conduct "listening sessions" designed to plan, coordinate, and host community listening sessions for communities of color, immigrants and refugees and tribal members. The Community Listening Sessions were conducted to capture individuals' personal experiences and stories of cultural competency in health care.
GRANTEES 2010-2011
Asian Pacific American Senior Coalition (Portland)
Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon (Portland) - www.apano.org Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization (Portland) - www.irco.org Pacific Islander Student Association (Portland)
Health Programs and Policy Projects to Promote Health Equity and Eliminate Disparities in Communities of Color
Grants were provided to each of the following organizations to develop or maintain programming and promote equitable policies that eliminate health disparities and promote health equity, including health disparity and health equity community education, collaboration/community Partnerships, organizational capacity building and program development, and policy development.
GRANTEES 2010-2011
Centro LatinoAmericano (Eugene) - $5,000 To enhance partnerships between Centro LatinoAmericano and Willamette Family Treatment Services to provide culturally appropriate health access to low-income Latino immigrants.
Josiah Hill III Clinic (Portland) - $5,000 To reduce the burden of environmental hazards affecting communities of color by providing access to information, tools, and resources through community leadership development and culturally competent outreach and education.
Mano a Mano Family Center (Salem) - $5,000 Educate 1,200 Latino Community members in Marion-Polk Counties about health disparities and health equity among Latinos.
Native American Youth and Family Services (Portland) - $5,000 To initiate the Spirit Horse Project, an Urban Indian horsemanship program to reconnect urban youth to this culturally specific Native traditional partnership with horses.
Umatilla Morrow Alternatives (Hermiston) - $5,000 To increase awareness and provide education about HIV, Hepatitis C, and sexually transmitted infections to the LGBT community in Morrow and Umatilla counties.
GRANTEES - 2009-2010
Training and Implementation of the Effective Black Parenting Program
Increasing Health Care Access for Latino Families in Lane County
Language Enhancement and Assessment Program – for Foreign Educated Nurses
Journeys and Voz Alta
African American Community “Switchboard” Project
Workforce Development: Statewide Expasion of Oregon AHEC Spanish Healthcare Interpreter Training
GRANTEES - 2008-2009
A.C.E.D.U.C.E. Inc (Portland OR)
New View Camping Retreat for School Age Girls
Transracial Parenting Training
African American Outdoor Wellness and Safety Initiative
African Immigrant and Refugee Stand for Empowerment Project (Oregon) -
Eighth Annual Asian Community Health Fair
Blacks in Government Health Program
Spanish Healthcare Interpreter Training Program
Tackling Health Equity for Immigrants and Refugees (THEIR) Advocacy Project
Health Outreach for Latino Males
Healthy Kids – Direct Impact! Teaching Children and their Families how to keep themselves healthy
Youth Health Awareness Project
Multicultural Healthy Homes Fair
Familias Sanas, Familias Fuertes / Healthy Families, Strong Families
Men’s Health Project (Center for Healthy Inclusive Parenting- Portland State University) (Portland OR) $5,000
Community Messengers to Prevent Colorectal Cancer
Teaching positive peer, academic, and relationship skills to at risk Native American youth
Dialysis Patient Support Project
Oregon Outreach, Inc. Certified Nursing Assistant Program
Pedagogy Institute (Portland OR) $5,000
Healthy Eating and Fitness Program for the Homeless
Right 2 Health (Portland OR) $5,000
Heart Disease/Metabolic Syndrome Prevention Screening
Somali Bantu Women Health Education
Somali Family Health Project
Somali Women’s Association (Portland OR) $5,000
Somali Women Support Group in Sewing Circle
Somali Women’s Association (Portland OR) $5,000
Engaging Somali Women’s Voices Against Female Genital Cutting for Health Concerns
Journeys
Stress Factors, Illness & Culturally Healthy Life Video
Umatilla/Morrow County Collaborative Effort: HIV Prevention
“What to Do When Your Child Gets Sick” (in Spanish)
Urban Health Project (Portland OR) $5,000
Urban Health Project: “Let’s Get Healthy Now”
Manténgase Saludable Programa (Keep Yourself Healthy Program)
African American AIDS Awareness Action Alliance (A6) Community Based HIV Prevention Activities
African American AIDS Awareness Action Alliance (A6) New Media Peer Education Project
GRANTEES - 2007-2008
Calvary Korean Presbyterian Church (Portland OR) $5,000
Multicultural Ministry Conference covering three health-related issues (depression, drinking, health access).
Multicultural Doula Training Booklet
Korean American Senior Citizens Society of Oregon (Portland OR) $5,000
Korean American Senior Health Venture
Multicultural Health Mentorship
Back to School Education and Health Fair
Outreach to the Somali male population in Oregon for a focus group
African American AIDS Awareness Action Alliance (A6) 2008 National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Art Contest
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