Larry Hogan, Governor
Boyd K. Rutherford, Lieutenant Governor
Robert R. Neall, Health Secretary
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Elizabeth Chung
Scott T. Gibson
J. Wayne Howard
Celeste James
Surina Jordan, PhD
Barry Ronan
Erica I. Shelton, MD
Ivy Simmons,PhD
Julie Wagner
Anthony C. Wisniewski
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Grant Opportunity: Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Grant Program
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) is accepting applications for fiscal year 2018 Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Grant Program. Applications are due June 29, 2018. Eligible children for services include children from birth to not more than 12 years of age, who are at risk for, show early signs of, or have been diagnosed with a mental illness, including a serious emotional disturbance. The purpose of this program is to improve outcomes for these children by developing, maintaining, or enhancing infant and early childhood mental health promotion, intervention, and treatment services. For more information about this funding opportunity, click here.
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Grant Opportunity:
Innovative State and Local Public Health Strategies to Prevent and Manage Diabetes and Heart Disease and Stroke
This NOFO will support the design, testing, and evaluation of novel approaches to address evidence-based strategies aimed at reducing risks, complications, and barriers to prevention and control of diabetes and cardiovascular disease in high-burden populations. Applications are due July 9, 2018. Work will occur in state and local/city/county health departments with a population of 900,000 or more where significant reach may be achieved. Consortia of smaller local/city/county health departments may submit one application that, together, includes a population of 900,000 or more (using July 2012 U.S. Census estimates). High burden populations are those that data indicate are affected disproportionately by high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, or prediabetes due to socioeconomic or related factors. For more information, click here.
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Funding Available for Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health
CDC's Division for Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity announces the availability of Fiscal Year 2018 funds to implement
CDC-RFA-DP18-1813: Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH). This 5-year program is to improve health, prevent chronic diseases, and reduce health disparities among racial and ethnic populations with the highest risk, or burden, of chronic disease, specifically for African Americans/Blacks, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islanders, American Indians, and Alaska Natives.
Applications are due
July 16, 2018.
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CHRC awards four grants totaling $650,000 in second round of grant awards for FY 2018
On May 15, 2018, the CHRC awarded four grants totaling $650,000 to expand access to health care in underserved communities, reduce health disparities, and increase the capacity of safety net providers to serve vulnerable residents (see project summaries below). These awards represent the second cycle of grant awards issued by the CHRC this year. Earlier this year, the Commission issued sixteen awards totaling $3.1 million. For more information about the CHRC grant awards, click
here
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Care For Your Health -
This project will increase access to geriatric primary care services for home bound and low-income senior citizens in Baltimore City who do not have or have not been able to see a primary care provider and support home visitation to seniors unable to travel for care.
Baltimore City Health Department -
This project will support the continued implementation of the B'More for Healthy Babies Initiative. Pregnancy engagement specialists at HealthCare Access Maryland and Baltimore Healthy Start will outreach pregnant women who are currently unable to be located through traditional outreach methods and direct them and their newborns into appropriate obstetric and pediatric homes.
Worcester County Health Department -
This project involves the enhancement of an existing Medication Assisted Therapy program through the addition of Naltrexone for: (1) individuals released from inpatient addictions treatment programs; (2) inmates leaving Worcester County Detention Center with opioid addiction; and (3) individuals involved in Drug Court.
Frederick Memorial Hospital -
This project will implement the evidence-based "5-2-1-0 Campaign," which is a nationally recognized childhood obesity prevention program. The project involves multiple intervention strategies to fight obesity which would engage the Frederick County Public School System.
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CHRC receives $30,000 grant from Kaiser
Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic States awarded a $30,000 grant to the CHRC in its Call for Proposals this year. This is the second grant that the CHRC has received from Kaiser Permanente; in 2013, the CHRC also received a $50,000 grant.
The grant funding from Kaiser Permanente will be utilized by the CHRC to enhance two projects previously awarded by the CHRC. Mary's Center will utilize the additional funding to support its prenatal and Centering Pregnancy program in Montgomery and Prince George's Counties. La Clinica del Pueblo will utilize the additional funding to expand a school-based obesity prevention program. For more information about CHRC grantees leveraging additional resources, click
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Reminder: Six-week public comment period on CHRC regulations began May 1 and continues until June 15, 2018
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Health Partners launches a new dental program in Nanjemoy
On April 25, 2018, Health Partners celebrated the opening of its new dental clinic in Nanjemoy. This is the second dental site for Health Partners, which has been providing dental and primary care services in their Waldorf clinic since 1996. The event was attended by a number of state and local officials, community, and business leaders.
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From left to right: Chrisie Mulcahey, Health Partners; Ken Robinson,
Charles County Commissioner; Peter Murphy, President of the Charles County Commissioners; Amy Kleine, Weinberg Foundation; Mark Luckner, CHRC; Senator Mac Middleton; Debra Rivkin, CareFirst; Delegate Edith J. Patterson; and Kit Wright, Health Partners.
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The Commission has awarded 39 grants totaling $7.8 million to expand access to dental services. These grants have supported programs in 15 jurisdictions. For more information about CHRC's dental health grants, click
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Charles County Mobile Integrated Health Program highlighted at 2nd annual MIH Symposium and receives special award from MIEMMS
The Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS) hosted its second annual symposium on mobile integrated health on May 11 in Montgomery County. The symposium highlighted several mobile integrated health (MIH) initiatives underway in Maryland, including the MIH program in Charles County, which is supported by a three-year grant for $400,000 from the CHRC and matched by an additional $150,000 grant from University of Maryland Charles Regional Medical Center. Since its launch in August 2017, the Charles MIH program has served 58 individuals. In conducting a three-month pre vs post analysis, the MIH program reported achieving a 60% reduction in ED utilization, 48% reduction in EMS utilization, and 86% reduction in 30-day readmissions among the first 50 participants in the program. Click here for a copy of the presentation given by Charles County.
The accomplishments of the Charles MIH program were also highlighted in a MIEMMS forum on May 23, when Charles EMS Chief John Filer received a special award from MIEMMS in recognition of his efforts to promote MIH programs in the state.
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From left to right: Amber Starn, Charles County Health Department; John Filer, Charles EMS; and Dr. Dianna Abney, Health Officer, Charles County
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The CHRC's grant to Charles County is one of three grants awarded by the CHRC to support the expansion of mobile integrated health programs in Maryland. Earlier this year, the CHRC awarded grants to support the expansion of MIH programs in Prince George's and Wicomico Counties. For more information about these programs, click here.
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