NATIONAL INITIATIVE TO ADDRESS COVID-19 HEALTH DISPARITIES AMONG POPULATIONS AT HIGH-RISK AND UNDERSERVED, INCLUDING RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITY POPULATIONS AND RURAL COMMUNITIES - THE INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PROPOSES TO USE GRANT PROCEEDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $34,800,194 WITH A CARVED-OUT AMOUNT OF $7,895,990 FOR ITS RURAL AREAS. THE FUNDING WILL BE USED TO SUPPORT 30 COMMUNITY-BASED PARTNERS THAT CURRENTLY PROVIDE HEALTH CARE, SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND HOUSING SERVICES TO POPULATIONS AT HIGHER RISK, UNDERSERVED, AND DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED, INCLUDING RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITY GROUPS AND PEOPLE LIVING IN RURAL COMMUNITIES. PURDUE HEALTH ADVISORS WILL PROVIDE PROJECT ADMINISTRATION, EVALUATION, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AND COMMUNICATION SUPPORT FOR SELECTED ACTIVITIES WHICH INCLUDE: TESTING, CONTACT TRACING, QUARANTINE, AND ISOLATION BY COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS AT REFUGEE AND IMMIGRANT SERVING ORGANIZATIONS. EXPANDING A VERSION OF THE CDC WISEWOMAN PROGRAM TO INCLUDE CARDIOVASCULAR SCRE

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NATIONAL INITIATIVE TO ADDRESS COVID-19 HEALTH DISPARITIES AMONG POPULATIONS AT HIGH-RISK AND UNDERSERVED, INCLUDING RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITY POPULATIONS AND RURAL COMMUNITIES - THE INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PROPOSES TO USE GRANT PROCEEDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $34,800,194 WITH A CARVED-OUT AMOUNT OF $7,895,990 FOR ITS RURAL AREAS. THE FUNDING WILL BE USED TO SUPPORT 30 COMMUNITY-BASED PARTNERS THAT CURRENTLY PROVIDE HEALTH CARE, SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND HOUSING SERVICES TO POPULATIONS AT HIGHER RISK, UNDERSERVED, AND DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED, INCLUDING RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITY GROUPS AND PEOPLE LIVING IN RURAL COMMUNITIES. PURDUE HEALTH ADVISORS WILL PROVIDE PROJECT ADMINISTRATION, EVALUATION, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AND COMMUNICATION SUPPORT FOR SELECTED ACTIVITIES WHICH INCLUDE: TESTING, CONTACT TRACING, QUARANTINE, AND ISOLATION BY COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS AT REFUGEE AND IMMIGRANT SERVING ORGANIZATIONS. EXPANDING A VERSION OF THE CDC WISEWOMAN PROGRAM TO INCLUDE CARDIOVASCULAR SCRE