Past Funded Projects

La Casa de Salud LCS is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to improve the health and wellbeing of the Hispanic community by providing health information and resources and by facilitating the provision of health services through community health workers CHWs. Over the last two years, LCS has educated and trained approximately 30 CHWs and strategically placed them where they can serve the greater Richmond Hispanic community. LCS has provided a variety of services to over 1,000 individuals during this time.

The COVID pandemic has highlighted the need for the long-overdue dissemination of appropriate, timely, and accurate information to the 125. With the rising tide of misinformation and the safety of the public in jeopardy, it is imperative that people are trained to find the most accurate information from reliable sources. Empowering individuals, community leaders, and engaged citizens with the tools to uncover accurate information lays the foundation for trust so that a sustainable web of understanding, information, and knowledge can be built.

Amish settlements can be found in 31 states in the US, and Ohio is home to two of the worlds largest communities. Many communities follow a collectivistic lifestyle where faith and community are prioritized over self, and technology is often limited due to its intrusion on family life and values. Outbreaks of COVID-19 have been observed in locations where Amish communities reside, and results of a current survey of Amish community members noted a lack of access to health information and misinformation about the COVID-19 / SARS-CoV-2 global pandemic.

The COVID-19 Health Information Access-What You Need to Know program is designed to train community members and healthcare professionals on strategies on how to manage information overload and combat misinformation. The goals of the program are to promote awareness of mis- and disinformation that lead to serious and harmful physical and mental consequences and to provide access to high quality electronic information resources to help make informed health care decisions relating to COVID-19.

Bellevue College will improve health information access for underrepresented populations by purchasing 30 hotspots and data plans for student use, as well as create a series of workshops instructing patrons in finding high-quality information about COVID-19, including NIH and NLM sources. The workshops will also address combating misinformation around COVID-19, and educating participants about evaluating online information.

The COVID-19 pandemic is disproportionately impacting underserved and underrepresented minority communities, highlighting the public health effects of deeply-rooted institutional distrust. This campaign provides easily accessible, culturally appropriate information to vulnerable populations through a multimedia campaign conducted through means compatible with social distancing guidelines.

Mothers Matter is Black Girl Health Foundations newest programming and has been developed to provide support to moms in every aspect of their lives, including: new motherhood, child mortality, parenting, mental and holistic health, marriage and relationships, leadership, and navigating the workforce. Mothers Matter is presenting a pilot titled The Superwoman Project, which is designed to help 92 of color cope with the needs and challenges of mothering in the wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

The Superwoman Project is Black Girl Health Foundations BGHF newest programming and has been developed to provide support to moms in every aspect of their lives, including: new motherhood, child mortality, parenting, mental and holistic health, marriage and relationships, leadership, and navigating the workforce. In 2020, The Superwoman Project was developed as a pilot which was launched in Houston, TXa city that has struggled badly with mitigating its Coronavirus cases.

The rise of the COVID-19 pandemic called for individuals to seek out and apply health information at a rapid pace. The sheer amount of available information proved to be overwhelming, and the complexity, contradictory, and sometimes misinformation made an already difficult situation even more devastating. Historically, public libraries have been known for being community-centered institutions providingequitableaccess to informationandresources.