Recent Funded Projects
| Title | Description | Amount | Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Covid-19 information outreach for the homeless and people with opioid use disorders: Creating a train-the-trainer program to promote health information to a high risk population | Margaret Zimmerman, an Assistant Professor with the Florida State University’s (FSU’s) School of Information (SI) requests a grant for a Train the Trainer project to be developed and piloted with volu |
Funding Amount: $26746 |
2021 |
| Virtual Health and Wellness Classes | The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on every aspect of life in the United States and across the world. |
Funding Amount: $24247 |
2021 |
| DO NOT USE: Virtual Health and Wellness Classes | The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on every aspect of life in the United States and across the world. |
Funding Amount: $24247 |
2021 |
| Community Health Literacy Training | For this award of $25,000 P. I. Advocates International, Inc. |
Funding Amount: $25000 |
2021 |
| Providing access to health information documents and promoting health education. | Healthdove Inc. is seeking this funding to expand their health information resources with the objective of increasing health literacy and reducing health disparities. |
Funding Amount: $15000 |
2021 |
| Orlando Health Literacy Ambassador Program | The Orlando Health Literacy Ambassador will include: Train-the-Trainer projects using NLM resources that enhance the skills of public library/organization staff and other consumer health information |
Funding Amount: $12050 |
2021 |
| Using Little Free Libraries to Improve Access to Health Information | In North Carolina, residents of both urban and rural areas live in underserved communities with limited access to medical care and information, healthy food retail, and other resources that make indiv |
Funding Amount: $24866 |
2021 |
| Informacion para tu Salud en tu Casa | 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 |
Funding Amount: $22400 |
2021 |
| Taking Effective Action (TEA) Healthy Sound Bites | Taking Effective Action, Incorporated (TEA) is applying for the Health Information Outreach Award grant to advance and support equal access to biomedical information and improve individual access to i |
Funding Amount: $24999 |
2021 |
| Citizen Science: Gearing Up for Discovery 20-21 | The HSHSL proposes a course to build skills in people to become effective citizen scientists. |
Funding Amount: $39074 |
2021 |
| TEACH Across Alabama: Training, Educating, Advising, Connecting, and Helping Alabama’s Healthcare Workforce and Healthcare Consumers Navigate the COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 Global Pandemic | The COVID pandemic has highlighted the need for the long-overdue dissemination of appropriate, timely, and accurate information to the general public. |
Funding Amount: $11593 |
2020 to 2021 |
| COVID-19 Health Information Access-What You Need! | 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 |
Funding Amount: $18975 |
2020 to 2021 |
| A Virtual Reality Library Space for Health Centered Education and Wellbeing | Virtual Reality (VR) provides a tremendous number of opportunities in education for teachers, researchers, and students. |
Funding Amount: $10458 |
2020 to 2021 |
| COVID Learning, Engagement & Assistance for all Neighborhoods (CLEAN) Program | The Institute for Community, Youth and Family Services Inc. (The Institute) proposes to provide COVID-19 resources and education to Alabama’s most low-income communities. |
Funding Amount: $18975 |
2020 to 2021 |
| Public Libraries and Health Information Outreach in the Time of COVID-19 | The rise of the COVID-19 pandemic called for individuals to seek out and apply health information at a rapid pace. |
Funding Amount: $16461 |
2020 to 2021 |
| WVSOM Healthy Behavior Outreach Program | According to the West Virginia Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, West Virginia ranked 1st in the nation, for the prevalence of poor physical health, poor mental health, and activity limitati |
Funding Amount: $15000 |
2020 to 2021 |
| CHIME: COVID-19 Health Informatics Module Development and Implementation Through Library | This project seeks to establish a multi-disciplinary effort dedicated to the practice of Health Informatics through the COVID-19 pandemic time, by development and implementation of current health deli |
Funding Amount: $18974 |
2020 to 2021 |
| The Superwoman Project - North Carolina | “The Superwoman Project” is Black Girl Health Foundation’s (BGHF) newest programming and has been developed to provide support to moms in every aspect of their lives, including: new motherhood, child |
Funding Amount: $18975 |
2020 to 2021 |
| Health and Science Literacy Programs and Resources for the Rural Communities of Charles City and New Kent Served by Heritage Public Library | Heritage Public Library will improve public health by providing health and science programs and resources to improve individuals’ access to health and science information. |
Funding Amount: $22900 |
2020 to 2021 |
| Exhibit 2: Rural Health Association of Tennessee (RHAT) Annual Conference | This exhibit takes place at Rural Health Association of Tennessee (RHAT) annual conference, November 2020, Music Road Hotel and Inn, Pigeon Forge, TN 37863. |
Funding Amount: $1762 |
2020 |