Community Health Workers for Covid Response and Resilient Communities (CDC-CCR) Grant

On August 23, 2021, the Arizona Advisory Council on Indian Health Care (AACIHC) was awarded the CDC-CCR grant. The grant runs through August 31, 2021 to August 30, 2024.The grant is a CDC initiative, funding over 68 government and tribal entities. 

Grant Goals:

1. To enhance and expand the training and deployment of CHW/CHR to COVID-19 response efforts;
2. To build and strengthen community resilience to respond to COVID-19 and future public health emergencies;
3. To decrease the impact of COVID-19 on at-risk populations;
4. To decrease health disparities and increase health equity in target populations.

Who are the partners to the CDC-CCR grant?

Subcontracted Grant Partners:

• Cocopah Indian Tribe
• White Mountain Apache Tribe
• Hualapai Tribe
• Salt River Pima- Maricopa Indian Community
• Hopi Tribe

Non-Subcontracted Partners:

• Navajo Nation
• Gila River Health Care
• Colorado River Indian Tribes
• CHR Movement

Evaluation Partner

• Northern Arizona University
  • Provide overall support, including oversight of development of instrument design, data collection, database development and management, collaborative analysis, and development.​

Three Objectives with implementation of the CDC-CCR grant:

• Objective 1: Train CHRs to ensure comprehensive acquisition and reinforcement of relevant knowledge, roles, and skills to support the COVID-19 public health response to manage outbreaks and community spread.​
• Objective 2: Deploy CHRs to support the COVID-19 Public Health Response to manage outbreaks and spread of COVID-19 among AI communities in Arizona.​
• Objective 3: Engage CHRs to help build and strengthen AI communities’ resilience to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 by improving the overall health of their populations.

Meetings:

• CHRs with uS! Quarterly Meeting
• Annual CHR summit

For more information please visit the CDC website : https://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/programs-impact/nofo/covid-response.htm
For more information please contact: Bella Denton, Grants Manager at [email protected]