Five New Grantees Funded for REACH
Great news! Due to increased funding for REACH in the FY2020 Appropriations Act, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (Alaska), Faith Formula Human Services (Texas), Leadership Council for Healthy Communities, Inc. (District of Columbia), Lowell Community Health Center (Massachusetts) and University of Hawaii (Hawaii) will receive funding through the Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health […]
REACH Grantees Address COVID-19 Disparities
Many of the communities served by REACH Grantees have been severely hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Four REACH Grantees, Pennsylvania State University Hershey Medical Center, Eastern Michigan University: School of Nursing and Allegheny County Health Department shared some of the outreach materials they have created. Penn State College of Medicine created COVID-19 related resources for […]
National REACH Coalition Webinar: Flipping the Paradigm: Community Leading Health Equity Efforts
On August 27th, the National REACH Coalition (NRC) in collaboration with Arizona Telemedicine Program at the Southwest Telehealth Resource Center and the Department of Health Promotion Sciences at the University of Arizona’s Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health held a webinar: Flipping the Paradigm: Community Leading Health Equity Efforts. The National REACH Coalition’s […]
We Do Not Have to Accept What is Unacceptable
The CDC, the acknowledged global leader in public health, has been severely criticized in how it has managed its role in the COVID-19 pandemic. Health equity champions were deeply disturbed when we heard CDC was not collecting or publishing data on the impact of COVID-19 on racial and ethnic populations. That notwithstanding, the NRC has […]
NRC Webinar – August 27th: Flipping the Paradigm: Community Leading Health Equity Efforts
The National REACH Coalition (NRC) in collaboration with Arizona Telemedicine Program at the Southwest Telehealth Resource Center and the Department of Health Promotion Sciences at the University of Arizona’s Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health invites you to join us for a FREE webinar: Flipping the Paradigm: Community Leading Health Equity Efforts. What […]
Letter sent to the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the Implementation of the Resolution on Police Violence and Structural Racism
A letter has been sent to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (endorsed by 143 families of victims of police violence and 368 civil society organizations), calling for the High Commissioner to ensure effective implementation of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights resolution on police violence and structural racism. […]
Tuesday, July 21st is the Deadline to Sign On in Support of Accessible COVID-19 Communications
We would like to pass along this important message from the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum: In addressing the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress has yet to address the needs of people who need language and communications assistance. This has led to a lack of information going out to limited English proficient (LEP) communities, hospitals […]
SOPHE Celebrates 70 Years
The National REACH Coalition (NRC) congratulates the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) on their 70th anniversary! SOPHE has been an amazing partner of the NRC and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s REACH (Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health) program for many years. By championing the cause of health equity and the […]
RWJF County Health Rankings & Roadmaps
Do you know where your county ranks in health outcomes? The County Health Rankings & Roadmaps (CHR&R), a collaboration between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, measures health outcomes and contributing factors such as education, employment, income and the environment, all of which contribute to the community’s health […]
Spotlighting a REACH 2010 Grantee: The Genesee County REACH Project
Last year, in 2019 we marked the 20th anniversary of the REACH program. 1999 was the planning year for REACH 2010 grantees. In 2000, REACH grantees were given funding to implement the Community Action Plan that was the outcome of the planning they did in 1999. Here we feature the work and accomplishments of one […]