Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH)

Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) Good Health and Wellness in Indian Country (GHWIC) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity & Division of Population Health FY 2025 Labor HHS Appropriations Bill FY 2023 FY 2024 FY 2025 President’s Request FY 2025 TFAH $68,950,000 $68,950,000 $68,950,000 $102,500,000 • REACH: • RE. [...] REACH grantees (which include community- based organizations, universities, local health departments, tribal organizations, and cities) develop and implement evidence-based practices and provide resources to communities to identify and implement solutions to reduce health disparities. [...] In addition, chronic diseases like Type 2 diabetes, which disproportionately impact people of color, are also hypothesized to increase the probability that a person experienced long COVID symptoms.4 Many of these same risk factors are contributing to the higher risk of developing obesity in some communities of color.5 Healthy Tribes Program (Good Health and Wellness in Indian Country (GHWIC)) Back. [...] While there are 574 federally recognized tribes, the Healthy Tribes program (Good Health and Wellness in Indian Country non–add subline under REACH) can only fund 35 tribes directly and supports other tribes through funding 12 tribal organizations, 17 Urban Indian Organizations, and 12 Tribal Epidemiology Centers (TECs). [...] Recommendation: TFAH recommends that REACH be funded in FY 2025 at $102,500,000: $75,500,000 for the REACH grant program, which CDC estimates would enable funding for at least an additional 33 programs, and $27,000,000 for the Healthy Tribes program (Good Health and Wellness in Indian Country).