Empowered Communities for a Healthier Nation Initiative

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The Office of Minority Health (OMH), located within the Office of the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS or Department), announces the anticipated availability of funds for Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 for cooperative agreement grant awards for the Empowered Communities for a Healthier Nation Initiative (Empowered Communities Initiative or ECI) program under the authority of 42 U.S.C. 300u-6 (Public Health Service Act 1707). This notice solicits applications for the ECI program. The ECI program is intended to provide support for minority and/or disadvantaged communities disproportionately impacted by the opioid epidemic, childhood/adolescent obesity, or serious mental illness. It seeks to prevent opioid abuse, increase access to opioid treatment and recovery services, and reduce the health consequences of opioid abuse; reduce obesity prevalence and disparities in weight status among children and adolescents; and reduce the impact of serious mental illness and improve screening for serious mental illness at the primary care level. The ECI seeks to demonstrate the effectiveness of collaborations that include academic medical centers, prevention research centers, teaching hospitals, or Tribal epidemiology centers, and community based organizations to reduce significant health disparities impacting minorities and disadvantaged populations through the implementation of evidence-based interventions and promising practices with the greatest potential for impact. OMH anticipates funding up to 16 cooperative agreements for $300,000 to $350,000 each for approximately $5 million total, for a one-year period of performance, for a project period of three years. Each application should address only one of the three focus areas of the ECI program: opioid abuse; childhood/adolescent obesity; or serious mental illness. We will consider only one application per organization for each focus area. If you submit multiple applications under a focus area, we will consider the last application submitted prior to the deadline. OMH encourages applicants to review all program requirements, eligibility information, application and submission information, evaluation criteria and other information in this funding announcement to ensure its application complies with all requirements and instructions. The assistance or benefits of the ECI program may not be denied to any person based on race, sex, color, or national origin.

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