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Enhancing COVID-19 Health Literacy by Growing Community Health Workers Influence

Award Number: CPIMP211262
ORGANIZATION: OFFICE OF MINORITY HEALTH
OPDIV: DHHS/OS
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: DEMONSTRATION
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 07/01/2021
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 03/31/2024

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Enhancing COVID-19 Health Literacy by Growing Community Health Workers Influence - Washington County, Oregon has an estimated population of 589,481 living in 229,077 households making it the second most populous county in the state. Hispanic/Latino/a/x residents comprise nearly one-fifth (16.7%) of its population and represent the largest racial/ethnic minority group. Washington County as an organization has long standing working relationships and partnerships with culturally specific community-based organizations which have deepened during the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 surveillance and epidemiology demonstrated significant disparities in health outcomes related to COVID-19 disease, mitigation, and prevention in communities of color, particularly among the Latino/a/x community. Key informant interviews and listening sessions with local community-based organizations demonstrated a lack of services in the Latino/a/x community and barriers to COVID-19 prevention and mitigation as well as long standing disparities for many social determinants of health. This highlighted the need for culturally and linguistically appropriate COVID-19 services and resources. Washington County deepened relationships with community-based organizations through mechanisms such as direct funding and collaboration. Community-based organizations allocated these funds to community health workers that provided culturally and linguistically responsive support specifically for COVID-19 isolation or quarantine. Community health workers share the ethnicity, language, socioeconomic status, or life experience of the community members they work with. They are often the most trusted messengers in their community, making a direct impact on health promotion with a reach that local public health agencies cannot match. Through their roles within both health care and community settings, community health workers deliver culturally appropriate health education and provide informal counseling and advocacy. During an emergency it is even more important that community members understand and can rapidly act on the information they receive. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic community health workers have been and continue to be critical in protecting the health of their community by ensuring community members understand and comply with public health mitigation practices, including quarantine, physical distancing, face coverings, and limiting gatherings. In collaboration with community-based organizational partners who are leaders in the field and foundational to the proposed project, Washington County will expand on the existing community health worker program and relationships to enhance health literacy related to COVID-19. This project will also include the development of a community health worker learning collaborative to ensure best practices and lessons learned are gathered and shared across community-based organizations and within the health system. The project goal is to increase evidence-based culturally appropriate personal and organizational health literacy by (1) increasing resources and strategies for residents to improve the use of health information and the ability to make well-informed decisions related to COVID-19 and (2) through increased availability of trained community health workers in Washington County. The three areas of focus are: (1) grow the community health worker workforce by directly supporting community-based organizations to employ individuals in their community of service; (2) strengthen organizational health literacy by forming a community health worker learning collaborative; and (3) integrate health literacy learnings into health systems. By expanding on the community health worker program in place, Washington County expects to see improvement in the number of Latino/a/x residents who report better communication with healthcare providers, involvement in decisions and improvement in vaccination outcomes.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2025	2021	WASHINGTON, COUNTY OF	155 N 1ST AVE	HILLSBORO	OR	97124	WASHINGTON	USA	Community Programs to Improve Minority Health	08	1	11/18/2024	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2023	2021	WASHINGTON, COUNTY OF	155 N 1ST AVE	HILLSBORO	OR	97124	WASHINGTON	USA	Community Programs to Improve Minority Health	06	1	5/1/2023	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2023	2021	WASHINGTON, COUNTY OF	155 N 1ST AVE	HILLSBORO	OR	97124	WASHINGTON	USA	Community Programs to Improve Minority Health	05	1	2/7/2023	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2023	2021	WASHINGTON, COUNTY OF	155 N 1ST AVE	HILLSBORO	OR	97124	WASHINGTON	USA	Community Programs to Improve Minority Health	07	1	5/5/2023	EXTENSION WITH OR WITHOUT FUNDS	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2022	2021	WASHINGTON, COUNTY OF	155 N 1ST AVE	HILLSBORO	OR	97124	WASHINGTON	USA	Community Programs to Improve Minority Health	03	1	4/20/2022	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2022	2021	WASHINGTON, COUNTY OF	155 N 1ST AVE	HILLSBORO	OR	97124	WASHINGTON	USA	Community Programs to Improve Minority Health	02	1	3/28/2022	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2022	2021	WASHINGTON, COUNTY OF	155 N 1ST AVE	HILLSBORO	OR	97124	WASHINGTON	USA	Community Programs to Improve Minority Health	04	1	5/20/2022	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $3,998,575 )
2021	2021	WASHINGTON, COUNTY OF	155 N 1ST AVE	HILLSBORO	OR	97124	WASHINGTON	USA	Community Programs to Improve Minority Health	01	1	8/23/2021	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2021	2021	WASHINGTON, COUNTY OF	155 N 1ST AVE	HILLSBORO	OR	97124	WASHINGTON	USA	Community Programs to Improve Minority Health	00	1	6/21/2021	NEW	$3,998,575
														Subtotal = $3,998,575

Grand Total All Awards = $3,998,575

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Enhancing COVID-19 Health Literacy by Growing Community Health Workers Influence

Award Number: CPIMP211262

ORGANIZATION: OFFICE OF MINORITY HEALTH

OPDIV: DHHS/OS

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: DEMONSTRATION

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 07/01/2021

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 03/31/2024

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