| December 15, 2021 | View as a webpage |  |        | January 7, 2022 Deadline: Nominate Delegates to the Center for Indigenous Innovation and Health Equity Tribal Advisory Committee  The HHS Office of Minority Health (OMH) invites nominations of qualified candidates to serve as primary and alternate delegates for the Center for Indigenous Innovation and Health Equity (The Center) Tribal Advisory Committee (TAC). The Center TAC will help ensure OMH has Tribal input that is critical for the Center's success and effectiveness. The Center TAC will have 16 delegate positions, one from each of the 12 geographic areas served by the Indian Health Service (IHS), and four national at-large member positions.
Nominations deadline extended to January 7, 2022. | Assistance for Those Affected by Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Flooding, and Tornadoes in Kentucky HHS Launches White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders  HHS has launched the White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (WHIAANHPI) in response to the President's Executive Order 14031, Advancing Equity, Justice, and Opportunity for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. The Initiative is co-chaired by HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra and U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Katherine Tai, and is charged with driving an ambitious, whole-of-government agenda to advance equity, justice, and opportunity for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities in the United States. | |  | | Funding | | Women's and Children's Health: Bergen County, New Jersey Social determinants of health (SDoH) grant from
Women United in Philanthropy.
Deadline for Letter of Intent is January 6, 2022.
Community Access to Child Health (CATCH) Program Pediatrician-led health services grant from the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Deadline is January 24, 2022.
Harm Reduction Program Grant Substance use prevention and services grant
from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
Deadline is February 7, 2022. | | Regional Public Health Training Centers Program Cooperative agreement for schools of public
health from the Health Resources and
Services Administration (HRSA).
Deadline is January 24, 2022.
Health Access Grants: Virginia Health equity and COVID-19 grant from the
Virginia Health Care Foundation.
Deadline is January 24, 2022.
Technology Development to Reduce Health Disparities Research project grant from the
National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Deadline is February 11, 2022. | | | |  | | Webinars and Other Events | | COVID-19's Effect on Access
to Care for the Underserved Webinar hosted by the Health Workforce Technical Assistance Center.
December 16, 1:00 p.m. ET. Mental Health Intersectionality: Gaps and Opportunities Collaborative Mentoring Series webinar on
youth mental health hosted by Mentor.
December 16, 1:00 p.m. ET. Safe School and Community Environments for Youth Bullying prevention webinar hosted by the
National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments.
December 16, 2:00 p.m. ET. | | Health Insurance Marketplace for American Indians/Alaska Natives Webinar hosted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
December 16, 1:00 p.m. ET. Understanding Health Inequities, Health Disparities, and SDoHs Mental health care webinar hosted by the
National Council for Mental Wellbeing.
December 16, 2:00 p.m. ET. Facilitated Discussion on the
No Surprise Billing Act Health insurance webinar hosted by the National Association of Community Health Centers.
December 17, 3:00 p.m. ET. | | | |  | | Resources | Resources: COVID-19 Teen Mental Health Resource: Me & My Emotions  Me & My Emotions is an interactive website designed to empower people ages 13 years or older by building resilience skills through videos and written lessons. The website was created by a team of students and alumni from the ArtCenter College of Design, in collaboration with The Dibble Institute, and includes lessons on topics such as emotional regulation, empathy, social support, and the importance of sleep and physical activity. | Capacity Building Resource: The Health Equity Starter Kit  The Health Outreach Partners Health Equity Starter Kit contains several resources related to health equity. It offers support in better understanding health equity as a broader framework to explain and address structural factors, social determinants of health, and health disparities. The Starter Kit includes a collection of innovative strategies, as well as examples of data and measures to track and evaluate health equity efforts. | |  | | Clinical Trials | Prevention and Early Identification for High Risk Youth in School-based Clinics This study, sponsored by the Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), seeks Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino, and Afro-Caribbean youth age 12 years or older who attend a high school with a CHA school teen health center. The study will be carried out at the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School and the CHA Health Equity Research Lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts, as well as Everett High School in Everett, Massachusetts.
Community-Based Mental Health Intervention to Address Structural Inequities and Adverse Disparate Consequences of COVID-19 Pandemic on Latino Immigrant and African Refugees This study, sponsored by the University of New Mexico and National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), seeks Hispanic/Latino immigrants and African refugees age 18 years or older who live in New Mexico. The study will be carried out at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico. |  | | Workforce Development | 2021-2022 NCUIH Project Firstline Fellowship The National Council of Urban Indian Health (NCUIH), in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Project Firstline National Collaborative, seeks applications for the Urban Indian Organization Infection Prevention and Control Training Program on Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases and COVID-19. This fellowship is intended to offer American Indian/Alaska Native students hands-on experience in building capacity and providing technical assistance in Urban Native Public Health, with an emphasis on infectious diseases.
Deadline for application is December 22. RAMP Scholar Program for Black/African American and Hispanic/Latino Medical Students The Research and Mentorship Program (RAMP) Scholar Program, offered by the HIV Vaccine Trials Network in collaboration with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), provides Black/African American and Hispanic/Latino medical students with opportunities to conduct independent research while receiving mentoring, training, and professional development opportunities.
Deadline for application is January 3, 2022, by 8:00 p.m. ET. | |  | | Knowledge Center | | | | Recommended Reading The holiday season can be a joyful time, but the stress can also be challenging, especially for those struggling with mental and behavioral health concerns. This week, the OMH Knowledge Center is featuring a collection of digital toolkits, articles, and reports focused on mental health promotion and recent statistics. All of these resources are free to read and can be accessed through links in the online catalog here. | | | | | | |      
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