This page includes awards made during the current NNLM award period (May 1, 2021 - April 30, 2026).
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Project Title | Lead Organization | Project Summary | Project Start Date | Project End Date | State |
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Preparados Ante la Tormenta | Apoyo y Servicios Integrados, Inc. | Preparados Ante la Tormenta is an initiative led by Apoyo y Servicios Integrados Inc. (ASI) to enhance the resilience and preparedness of Puerto Rico's vulnerable communities in anticipation of the 2024 hurricane season. Through a series of public events and informational tours from June to August, ASI will focus on low-income areas along Puerto Rico's west coast. These interactive learning events aim to educate residents on emergency preparedness, ensuring timely evacuations and potentially saving lives. Collaborating with the National Library of Medicine, the state office… | Puerto Rico | ||
Preserving Access to Tuberculosis History Through Wiki Migration | Historic Saranac Lake | Historic Saranac Lake (HSL) maintains a local history wiki website that includes thousands of pages documenting the history of the tuberculosis (TB) industry in our community. The wiki is available for free to the public, and anyone can contribute information and photographs. The wiki has been featured in AASLH magazine, many in-person and virtual presentations, and several conference sessions. HSL proposes to migrate the wiki website to a more secure, sustainable in-house hosting solution to continue to provide… | New York | ||
Preventative Care Family Package: Increasing Equity and Understanding | University of North Texas Health Science Center - Library | The Preventative Care Family Package seeks to help families understand the importance of preventative care through two sets of educational materials distributedto patients of the University of North Texas Health Science Center (HSC)at Fort Worth Pediatric Mobile Clinic(PMC) and North Texas Eye Research Institute (NTERI). Theclinicand institutehaveprovided over 10,000 children, from infants to 18-years old, healthcare services in some of the most vulnerable populations in North Texas. The proposed project focuses on developing and distributing educational materials and tools that… | Texas | ||
Project "TORDS) Technology Outreach to Reduce health Disparities and Stigma-Making Health Happen | South Central Educational development, Inc | Making Health Happen”, is a pilot program that promotes health screening and use of telehealth in rural communities and has leveraged community resources to promote their health services/screenings at these events. Making Health Happen is similar to a health fair, but provides health screenings, such as HIV/Hep C, A1C screening,COVID-19 screenings, Etc. We currently are collaborating with Southern Highlands Mental Center, Connection to the Connections-Senior Service, Open Heart Ministries-Homeless Services, Tug River Clinic, Stop Abusive Family… | West Virginia | ||
Project CORDS-Making Health Happen | South Central Educational development, Inc | Making Health Happen is a pilot program designed to provide health education and health screenings to rural, underserved and marginalized communities in Southern West Virginia. Making Health Happen goals are to increase access to health screening and referrals for health services, build a Culture of Health and Health literacy among rural populations and rural residents. Making Health Happens recruit health resource vendors, social services agencies, and community resources to participate in these health screening events with the goal of creating… | West Virginia |