availability of the Request for Proposal (RFP) for Minority Health Month (MHM) 2012 grants. The maximum award for this grant program is $3,000 per agency.
* One of the major minority health events in the U.S. occurs every
April when the Commission conducts Minority Health Month, a 30-day
celebration of wellness. This annual event focuses attention on health
promotion and disease prevention activities in Ohio's minority
communities. Minority Health Month is designed to:
o Promote healthy lifestyle choices among Ohio's economically disadvantaged minority communities;
o Provide crucial information to allow individuals to practice disease prevention;
o Showcase the resources for and providers of grass roots health care and information;
o Highlight the resolution of disparate health conditions between Ohio's minority and non-minority populations;
o Gain additional support for on-going efforts to improve minority health year round; and
o Increase the opportunity to collaborate with local community resources.
* The above grant application will be available beginning the week of July 18, 2011
* Statewide technical assistance sessions will be held in five (5) regions as the following:
o Northwest - Hosts by Ronata Bryant or Mary Frank, Toledo Office of Minority Health, July 25, 2011, from 1-3pm
o Northeast - Hosts by Yvonka Hall, Cleveland Office of Minority Health, July 26, 2011, from 1-3pm
o Central - Hosts by Ryan Johnson, Columbus Office of Minority Health, July 27, 2011, from 2:30pm to 4:30pm
o Southwest - Hosts by Cheryl Scroggins, Dayton Office of Minority Health, July 27, 2011, from 10am - 12:00 p.m.
o Southeast - Hopefully Athens County Health Department will host this session on July 28, from 1-3 p.m.
* Grant deadline: Received in the Commission office no later than Monday, August 22, 2011 by 5:00 p.m.
To obtain a copy of the 2012 Minority Health Month RFP, you can visit our website, write, call, and email or fax the Commission at:
Ohio Commission on Minority Health
77 S. High Street, 18th Floor
Columbus, Ohio 43215
Phone (614) 466-4000 Fax 614-752-9049
Web: www.mih.ohio.gov
erin.conn@mih.ohio.gov
