Minority Health Initiatives

Department of Health

64100000 - Executive Direction and Support

64100200 Administrative Support

GAA #435, FY 2026-2027, $45,834,898

050310 G/A - Minority Health Initiatives

Sections 381.7351-7356, Florida Statutes

The Closing the Gap grant program created an initiative that works to eliminate racial and ethnic health disparities in Florida.  It provides grants to community organizations, local CHDs and minority communities with the intent to stimulate the development of community-based and neighborhood-based projects to improve the health outcomes of disparate racial and ethnic populations through health promotion and disease prevention activities. 

The Closing the Gap grants are for communities to mobilize and organize their resources in support of effective and sustainable programs which will assist in eliminating the health disparities of racial and ethnic populations.  The grantees will be expected to provide community-level prevention, education, and interventions that are effective in eliminating health disparities, with the goal of becoming sustainable and developing successful projects that may be replicated in other communities.  Priority areas include maternal and infant mortality, adult and child immunizations, HIV/AIDS, cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, oral healthcare, sickle cell disease, lupus, Alzheimer's and the social determinants of health.

Grants

Local Government, Non-Profit

Funding under this state program is limited to the following projects;
   1.  Closing the Gap - General Initiatives $3,285,607
   2.  Curative Therapies for Floridians Living with Sickle Cell Disease, 
        $2,500,000

These funds may not be used to support treatment, facilities construction, or to supplant or duplicate existing funding, lobbying, out of state travel, fringe benefits for temporary employees, fund raising activities, grant writing services, or medical supplies.  Funds may not be used for capital improvements, renovations, or alterations, direct patient services, or costs not directly related to the Closing the Gap grant program.

Notice of available funding is posted on the Department's website and internet and VBS system. Direct appropriations are coordinated with each recipient organizations.

Applications are accepted in accordance with the guidelines outlined in the grant application. Applicants may address one or more of the health priority areas identified for funding. Each priority health area that funds are sought must be addressed thoroughly, with support data, using the information provided in the addendum of the grant application.  

An original and five copies of the application are submitted by the specified application deadline.  Applicants are responsible for ensuring a prompt and timely method of delivery of applications.

This funding is for the time period of July 1 through June 30.

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Florida Department of Health
c/o Office of Minority Health
4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin A-25
Tallahassee, FL
Phone: (850) 245-4480

http://www.flhealth.gov/