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 NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (NYSDOH) IS PROPOSING A COMPREHENSIVE SET OF ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT THE FOUR STRATEGIES AND ACHIEVE THE OUTCOMES OF THE CDC GRANT TO ADDRESS ?COVID-19 HEALTH DISPARITIES AMONG POPULATIONS AT HIGH-RISK AND UNDERSERVED, INCLUDING RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITY POPULATIONS AND RURAL COMMUNITIES.? THE ENCLOSED APPLICATION WAS DEVELOPED BY THE NYSDOH?S OFFICE OF RURAL HEALTH, THE OFFICE FOR MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES PREVENTION, AND THE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH, RECOGNIZING THE SCOPE AND BREADTH OF THE WORK NEEDED TO ADDRESS HEALTH DISPARITIES AND PROMOTE HEALTH EQUITY. THE NYSDOH HAS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE ENGAGING COMMUNITIES AS PARTNERS AND FUNDING COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS (CBOS) TO IDENTIFY UNDERLYING ISSUES IMPACTING THEIR COMMUNITIES AND TO IMPLEMENT COMMU

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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 NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (NYSDOH) IS PROPOSING A COMPREHENSIVE SET OF ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT THE FOUR STRATEGIES AND ACHIEVE THE OUTCOMES OF THE CDC GRANT TO ADDRESS ?COVID-19 HEALTH DISPARITIES AMONG POPULATIONS AT HIGH-RISK AND UNDERSERVED, INCLUDING RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITY POPULATIONS AND RURAL COMMUNITIES.? THE ENCLOSED APPLICATION WAS DEVELOPED BY THE NYSDOH?S OFFICE OF RURAL HEALTH, THE OFFICE FOR MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES PREVENTION, AND THE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH, RECOGNIZING THE SCOPE AND BREADTH OF THE WORK NEEDED TO ADDRESS HEALTH DISPARITIES AND PROMOTE HEALTH EQUITY. THE NYSDOH HAS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE ENGAGING COMMUNITIES AS PARTNERS AND FUNDING COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS (CBOS) TO IDENTIFY UNDERLYING ISSUES IMPACTING THEIR COMMUNITIES AND TO IMPLEMENT COMMU