Request for Applications (RFA) for the LBTQ Health Equity Initiative March 1, 2022

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March 1, 2022 Climate Change and Health Equity Updates The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Climate Change and Health Equity Section (CCHES) envisions a state where all Californians thrive in healthy, equitable, and resilient communities. We work to achieve this by building health equity, advancing climate action, and improving living conditions through policies, systems, and environmental changes. Learn more here

 

CDPH OFFICE OF HEALTH EQUITY PROGRAM UPDATES   CDPH Office of Health Equity's Gender Health Equity Unit Announces Funding Opportunity   The Gender Health Equity Unit within the Office of Health Equity (OHE) recently released a Request for Applications (RFA) for the LBTQ Health Equity Initiative: Healthcare Access and Community Outreach Program. This initiative seeks to address the well-documented health inequities experienced by LBTQ Californians that result from a range of challenges, including systemic anti-LBTQ bias, lack of culturally responsive care, and lack of medical services and research tailored to lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer women as well as transgender men, non-binary, and gender non-conforming persons. Existing inequities and other factors such as higher rates of poverty and homelessness also put LBTQ people at greater vulnerability to climate-related disasters.   Funding will provide an opportunity to administer community-based projects focused on healthcare access and outreach and education for LBTQ communities. CDPH will fund four contracts comprised of a consortia of community-based partner organizations over a two-year period, with awards totaling approximately $1.9 million per contract. The application deadline is April 22, 2022. Questions can be submitted to LBTQInitiative@cdph.ca.gov and official responses to questions and comments will be posted on the Gender Health Equity Unit's Funding Opportunities page. Read the full RFA for LBTQ Health Equity Initiative Healthcare Access and Community Outreach Program   CCHES Bids Farewell to Team Member Dorette Quintana English   In February 2022, long-time CCHES team member Dorette Quintana English retired from CDPH. Dorette served as a Health Planning and Policy Specialist with CCHES and program manager of the CDC-funded California Building Resilience Against Climate Effects (CalBRACE) project. In her nine years at CDPH, Dorette was a tireless advocate for health equity and the wellbeing of Californians, contributing her unique expertise and knowledge to countless policies, programs, and plans aimed at improving health and building resilience to climate change impacts. The CCHES and OHE team thank Dorette for her service and wish her the very best in the next phase of her journey.