The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) and the Office of Minority Health (OMH) announce the availability of funds for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 under the authority of 42 U.S.C.
§ 300u-6 (Section 1707 of the Public Health Service Act).
OMH is dedicated to improving the
health of racial and ethnic minority populations through the development of health policies and programs that will help eliminate health disparities.
Through its demonstration grants, OMH supports the identification of effective approaches for improving health outcomes with the ultimate goal of promoting dissemination and sustainability of these approaches.
The Family-Centered Approaches to Improving Type 2 Diabetes Control and Prevention initiative aligns with the OASH priority on the elimination of health disparities and the following objectives from the HHS Strategic Plan FY 2018-2022:
(a) Objective 2. 2:
Prevent, treat, and control communicable diseases and chronic conditions; (b) Objective 4. 4:
Leverage translational research, dissemination and implementation science, and evaluation investments to support adoption of evidence-informed practices.1