Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (CDC)

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 FY2024 Labor HHS Appropriations Bill FY 2022 FY 2023 FY2024 President’s Request FY 2024 TFAH Request $65,950,000 $68,950,000 $68,950,000 $102,500,000 • REACH. [...] 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. [...] Given the demonstrated ability of REACH recipients to be trusted community messengers, CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases provided supplemental funding to REACH recipients to improve COVID-19 and flu vaccination confidence in racial and/or ethnic populations experiencing disparities in vaccination rates. [...] GHWIC and TPWIC continue to support healthy behaviors in Native communities by enhancing coordinated and holistic approaches to chronic disease prevention; supporting culturally appropriate, effective public health approaches; and expanding the program’s reach and impact by working with more tribes and tribal organizations, including Urban Indian Organizations.