Health Federation Of Philadelphia

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EARLY HEAD START

EARLY HEAD START

THIS AWARD FUNDS THE APPROVED 2022?23AMERICORPS NATIONAL DIRECT FIXED AMOUNT PROGRAM. THIS AWARD IS A FIXED AMOUNT GRANT AT $21,600.00 PER MSY. NO MEMBER MAY ENROLL PRIOR TO THE APPROVED START DATE OF THE MEMBER ENROLLMENT PERIOD. INCREASE THE LIVING ALLOWANCE, PROVIDE MATCH REPLACEMENT FUNDS, AND/OR EXPAND CURRENT ACTIVITIES. TO DO THIS, WE WILL INCREASE THE LIVING ALLOWANCE FROM $13,893.00 TO $21,600.

EARLY HEAD START

THE SBIRT PROJECT: AN IMPLEMENTATION INITIATIVE BY A REGIONAL FQHC NETWORK

THE HEALTH FEDERATION OF PHILADELPHIA PROPOSES TO HAVE 119 AMERICORPS MEMBERS WHO WILL PROVIDE INDIVIDUALS IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES WITH HEALTH ACCESS AND EDUCATION THROUGHOUT PENNSYLVANIA, ILLINOIS, FLORIDA, CALIFORNIA AND NEW YORK. AT THE END OF THE FIRST PROGRAM YEAR THE AMERICORPS MEMBERS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING 120,000 UNDERSERVED INDIVIDUALS WITH HEALTH ACCESS AND EDUCATION. IN ADDITION, THE AMERICORPS MEMBERS WILL LEVERAGE 1000 VOLUNTEERS WHO WILL BE ENGAGED IN PROVIDING HEALTH ACCESS AND EDUCATION IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNIITIES. THIS PROGRAM WILL FOCUS ON THE CNCS PRIORITY AREA OF HEALTHY FUTURES, INCLUDING ADDRESSING THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC, INCREASING SENIORS' ABILITY TO REMAIN IN THEIR OWN HOMES WITH THE SAME OR IMPROVED QUALITY OF LIFE FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE; AND INCREASING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND IMPROVING NUTRITION WITH THE PURPOSE OF REDUCING OBESITY. THE CNCS INVESTMENT OF $1,653,267 WILL BE MATCHED WITH $1.6 MILLION IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FUNDING.

HEALTH CENTER CONTROLLED NETWORK - PROJECT TITLE: HEALTH CENTER CONTROLLED NETWORKS APPLICANT ORGANIZATION NAME: THE HEALTH FEDERATION OF PHILADELPHIA ADDRESS: 123 SOUTH BROAD ST, SUITE 650, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19109 PROJECT DIRECTOR NAME: SUZANNE COHEN PHONE: 215-246-5445 FAX: 215-246-5445 E-MAIL ADDRESS: SCOHEN@HEALTHFEDERATION.ORG WEBSITE ADDRESS: WWW.HEALTHFEDERATION.ORG AMOUNT OF FUNDING REQUESTED: $1,000,000 FOR YEAR 1 THE HEALTH FEDERATION OF PHILADELPHIA (HFP) (CURRENT HCCN GRANT NUMBER H2QCS30281) WAS ESTABLISHED AS A HEALTH CENTER CONTROLLED NETWORK IN 1983, MAKING IT ONE OF THE OLDEST NETWORKS OF FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS AND LOOK-ALIKES IN THE COUNTRY. HFP HAS A 38-YEAR HISTORY OF DEVELOPING, IMPLEMENTING, EVALUATING, AND SUSTAINING A WIDE ARRAY OF NETWORK INITIATIVES, WITH A FOCUS ON HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INTEGRATED PRIMARY CARE SERVICES, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT. HFP IS PROPOSING TO EXPAND AND BUILD ON THE SUCCESS OF OUR PRIOR HEALTH CENTER CONTROLLED NETWORK GRANTS TO ASSIST PARTICIPATING HEALTH CENTERS TO LEVERAGE HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND DATA IN SUPPORT OF HIGH-QUALITY, CULTURALLY COMPETENT, EQUITABLE, AND COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY CARE. PARTICIPATING ARE 32 PENNSYLVANIA HEALTH CENTERS WITH 656,044 PATIENTS, COMPRISING 74 PERCENT OF THE STATE’S TOTAL FQHC/FQHCLA PATIENTS, AND OVER 225 CARE DELIVERY SITES. PARTICIPATING HEALTH CENTERS REPRESENT A RANGE OF COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE STATE, INCLUDING RURAL, SUBURBAN AND URBAN AREAS AND VARY FROM VERY SMALL, SERVING 1700 PATIENTS ANNUALLY AT ONE SITE, TO VERY LARGE, SERVING 100,000 PATIENTS ACROSS DOZENS OF SITES. OF PARTICIPANTS, FOUR HEALTH CENTERS WITH SEVENTEEN SITES ARE LOOK-ALIKES, WHILE THE OTHER TWENTY-EIGHT ARE PROGRAM AWARD RECIPIENTS. IN THIS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT, HCCN ACTIVITIES WILL FOCUS ON A NUMBER OF AREAS THAT PRESENT IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR PENNSYLVANIA HEALTH CENTERS, INCLUDING REMOTE PATIENT MONITORING AND OTHER DIGITAL ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS, OPTIMIZATION OF PATIENT PORTALS AND TELEHEALTH, ENGAGEMENT WITH EFFECTIVE HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE, DIGITAL LITERACY AND ACCESS FOR PATIENTS, INCREASED AND SUSTAINABLE STAFF COMPETENCY RELATED TO DIGITAL TOOLS, AND ADVANCED DATA ANALYTICS AND POPULATION HEALTH MANAGEMENT, INCLUDING INCORPORATION AND USE OF ATTRIBUTION DATA, RISK STRATIFICATION, AND CARE MANAGEMENT/COORDINATION. FINALLY, THE HCCN WILL SUPPORT PARTICIPATING HEALTH CENTERS IN MOVING TO THE SUBMISSION OF DISAGGREGATED, PATIENT-LEVEL DATA AS REQUIRED BY HRSA.

AMERICORPS NATIONAL

GRANTS WILL BE AWARDED TO ORGANIZATIONS PROPOSING TO ENGAGE AMERICORPS MEMBERS TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNITIES.

YOUNG CHILD AND PARENT PROJECT

PHILADELPHIA PARTNERSHIP PROMOTING FAMILY RECOVERY AND WELL-BEING

HEALTH CENTER CONTROLLED NETWORKS

A STRATEGIC, COMMUNITY-BASED APPROACH TO DIABETES PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT IN PHILADELPHIA - THE HEALTH FEDERATION OF PHILADELPHIA (HFP), LOCATED AT 123 S. BROAD STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19109, IS SUBMITTING THIS APPLICATION FOR $903,991 IN FUNDING UNDER COMPONENT B OF CDC-RFA-DP-23-0020. THE HFP PROJECT WILL FOCUS ON PHILADELPHIA COUNTY/CITY, A HIGH-NEED COUNTY THAT HAD A POPULATION OF 1,576,251 IN 2021, ACCORDING TO THE US CENSUS. PHILADELPHIA IS AMONG THE POOREST CITIES IN THE COUNTRY AND IT HAS FOUR TIMES THE PROPORTION OF BLACK RESIDENTS AS THE STATE AND TWICE THE PROPORTION OF HISPANICS. THE RATE OF DIABETES IN THE CITY INCREASED BY OVER 70% IN THE LAST TWENTY YEARS. STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH DATA FOR 2021 INDICATE THAT THE PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE IN PHILADELPHIA REPORTING A DIAGNOSIS OF DIABETES IS 13%, INCLUDING 19% OF BLACK RESIDENTS AND 14% OF HISPANICS. HFP WILL CONDUCT THE PROPOSED PROJECT WITH FOUR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS (PHILADELPHIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH, DELAWARE VALLEY COMMUNITY HEALTH, ESPERANZA HEALTH CENTER, AND NEW KENSINGTON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION), ALL OF WHICH ARE LOCATED WITHIN AND SERVE PHILADELPHIA. THE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT WILL BE TO UTILIZE EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACHES TO REDUCE RISK FOR DIABETES IN ADULTS AND CHILDREN AND IMPROVE CARE FOR INDIVIDUALS ALREADY DIAGNOSED WITH DIABETES. WITH A COMBINATION OF HEALTH CARE-SYSTEM AND COMMUNITY-BASED APPROACHES, HFP WILL STRENGTHEN THE CLINICAL AND COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE AND WORKFORCE, STRATEGICALLY UTILIZE TECHNOLOGY, AND INVEST IN EVIDENCE-BASED PREVENTION PROGRAMS. ALL WORK WILL FOCUS ON PRIORITY POPULATIONS – BLACK AND HISPANIC INDIVIDUALS WITH INCOMES BELOW 200% OF POVERTY. WITHIN THE FIVE-YEAR PROJECT PERIOD, HFP WILL UTILIZE LESSONS LEARNED WITH THE INITIAL COLLABORATING PARTNERS TO SCALE AND SPREAD THE WORK ACROSS THE FQHC NETWORK IN PHILADELPHIA. ALONG WITH ITS PARTNERS, HFP HAS DEVELOPED A WORK PLAN FOR THE PROPOSED PROJECT THAT INCLUDES OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES UNDER SEVEN OF THE COMPONENT B STRATEGIES; #3 PREVENT EYE AND KIDNEY COMPLICATIONS OF DIABETES; #4 IMPROVE DIABETES SERVICES FOR PRIORITY POPULATIONS; #5 INCREASE ENROLLMENT AND RETENTION IN NDPP PROGRAMMING; #8 INCREASE USE OF CHILDHOOD OBESITY INTERVENTIONS; #10 IMPROVE MULTI-DIRECTIONAL E-REFERRAL SYSTEMS BETWEEN HEALTH CARE AND CBOS; #12 IMPROVE THE EFFECTIVENESS AND SUSTAINABILITY OF COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS IN DIABETES SERVICES; AND #13 INCREASE SDOH SCREENING AND REFERRAL FOR SERVICES. THE OUTCOMES THE PROJECT WILL SEEK TO ACHIEVE ARE: INCREASES IN THE PROPORTIONS OF DIABETIC PATIENTS RECEIVING RETINOPATHY SERVICES AND CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE SCREENING; INCREASES IN THE NUMBER OF PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS WITH EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS ADAPTED/TAILORED FOR PRIORITY POPULATIONS AND EVIDENCE-BASED COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL CHANGE PROGRAMS; INCREASES IN THE NUMBERS OF PATIENTS PARTICIPATING IN EVIDENCE-BASED COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL CHANGE PROGRAMS AND RECEIVING SCREENINGS FOR SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH NEEDS AND REFERRALS FOR SERVICES; INCREASED MULTI-DIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATION AMONG CLINICAL AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES; AND INCREASED EFFECTIVE AND SUSTAINABLE ENGAGEMENT OF CHWS IN DIABETES CARE. OVERALL, THE PROJECT WILL SEEK TO DECREASE THE PROPORTION OF DIABETIC PATIENTS IN THE PARTNER FQHCS WHO HAVE UNCONTROLLED HBA1C LEVELS >9. HFP HAS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE RELATED TO THE PROPOSED STRATEGIES, INCLUDING LONGSTANDING COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH PROJECT PARTNERS, FORTY YEARS OF HISTORY ADDRESSING HEALTH DISPARITIES IN PHILADELPHIA COUNTY, WORK WITH THE NDPP AND WITH THE COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER WORKFORCE, AND SOPHISTICATED REFERRAL SYSTEM AND DATA MANAGEMENT AND ANALYSIS CAPABILITY. HFP WILL LEAD A ROBUST QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROCESS FOR THE PROJECT, ALLOWING IMPROVEMENTS IN THE OUTCOMES OVER TIME, SUSTAINABILITY AND SPREAD OF THE IMPROVEMENTS, AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE EVIDENCE BASED FOR THE STRATEGIES.

AMERICORPS*NATIONAL

YOUNG CHILD PARENT PROJECT-TWO

ENGAGES AMERICORPS MEMBERS IN FULL AND PART-TIME SERVICE TO MEET COMMUNITY NEEDS IN EDUCATION, THE ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH, VETERANS, AND OTHER AREAS

ABANDONED INFANTS ASSISTANCE

HEALTH CENTER CONTROLLED NETWORKS

HEALTH CENTER CONTROLLED NETWORKS

THIS AWARD FUNDS THE APPROVED 2023?24 PUBLIC HEALTH AMERICORPS PROGRAM. NO MEMBER MAY ENROLL PRIOR TO THE APPROVED START DATE OF THE MEMBER ENROLLMENT PERIOD. YOUR 2023?24 REGULATORY MATCH IS 0%. THE HEALTH FEDERATION OF PHILADELPHIA PROPOSES TO HAVE 40 AMERICORPS MEMBERS WHO WILL PROVIDE A BLEND OF PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES INCLUDING HEALTH EDUCATION, COVID-19 VACCINATION SUPPORT, DIGITAL HEALTH NAVIGATION, LINKAGES TO BASIC NEEDS, MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER PREVENTION AND RESPONSE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: PHILADELPHIA, NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA, NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DELAWARE AND THE CENTRAL VALLEY AND SOUTHERN INLAND REGIONS OF CALIFORNIA. AT THE END OF THE PROGRAM YEAR, THE AMERICORPS MEMBERS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR INCREASING KNOWLEDGE ABOUT DISEASE PREVENTION AND MITIGATION AND ACCESS TO RESOURCES NECESSARY TO IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES AND REDUCE HEALTH DISPARITIES AMONG APPROXIMATELY 4,000 INDIVIDUALS WHO LIVE IN HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. AFTER THEIR YEAR OF SERVICE, 27 AMERICORPS MEMBERS WILL PURSUE FUTURE ENGAGEMENT IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH SECTOR.

EARLY HEAD START ARRA EXPANSION

ENHANCED HOME VISITATION PROGRAM

FAMILY CENTERED HOME VISITATION PROGRAM

AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN

AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDING FOR HEALTH CENTER CONTROLLED NETWORKS

ARRA - HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IMPLEMENTATION

AMERICORPS NATIONAL

SPECIAL PROJECTS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE

HEAD START 2009 ARRA COLA QUALITY IMPROVEMENT FUNDING

ARRA - HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IMPLEMENTATION

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SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAM