REACH 2014

REACH uses evidence-based strategies to create healthier communities for populations experiencing chronic disease health disparities.

REACH is a national program administered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to reduce racial and ethnic health disparities. REACH 2014, a 3-year initiative, will build on a body of knowledge developed through previous REACH programs. It will also strengthen capacity and implement evidence- and practice-based strategies in racial and ethnic communities.

Download the REACH 2014 factsheet [PDF–972K] to learn more about the program.

Download the REACH map [PDF-443K] to learn more about DCH investments.

In FY 2016, CDC awarded $34.3 million to support 49 REACH awardees, including:

• 20 Basic Implementation awardees that will address at least one chronic disease risk factor in the proposed target populations.
• 29 Comprehensive Implementation awardees that will address at least two chronic disease risk factors in the proposed target populations.

For more information on this program, view the original funding opportunity.

REACH Community Health Efforts

REACH awardees use tailored community-based and participatory approaches to identify, develop, and disseminate effective strategies for addressing racial and ethnic health disparities. Awardees will implement strategies that address the following risk factors:

• Tobacco use and exposure.
• Physical inactivity.
• Poor nutrition.
• Lack of access to chronic disease prevention, risk reduction, and disease management opportunities.

Examples of community strategies include:

• Protecting people from secondhand smoke exposure and giving low-income smokers access to reduced-cost, evidence-based cessation treatments.
• Encouraging healthy eating and working with partners to improve the affordability of healthy foods and beverages in organizational or institutional settings.
• Increasing physical activity opportunities by working with partners to decrease out-of-pocket costs for using community recreation facilities.
• Increasing the number of multidisciplinary health care teams that help patients manage chronic disease and training teams in cultural competency.

Awardees

Learn more about REACH 2014 awardees.

Basic Implementation

State	Locality	Awardee	Award Amount (FY14)
California	Stockton County	California Center for Public Health Advocacy	$484,389
	Alameda County	Mandela Marketplace, Inc.	$500,000
	City of San Diego	Operation Samahan, Inc.	$464,000
	City of San Diego	Project Concern International (PCI)	$500,000
	City of San Diego (Southeast)	The Regents of the University of California, University of California-San Diego	$369,712
	Inyo and Mono Counties	Toiyabe Indian Health Project	$500,000
	City of Pasadena (Northwest Areas)	City of Pasadena	$500,000
Colorado	City of Denver (Montbello and Northeast Park Hill Areas)	The Stapleton Foundation for Sustainable Urban Communities	$484,635
	City of Denver	Colorado Black Health Collaborative, Inc.	$455,239
District of Columbia	Washington	Leadership Council for Healthy Communities	$499,753
	Prince George County (Langley Park)	The George Washington University	$500,000
Hawaii	Kalihi Valley of Honolulu County	Kokua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services	$400,580
Maine	Androscoggin County (Cities of Lewiston and Auburn)	Central Maine Community Health Corp.	$313,469
Massachusetts	Brockton and Stoughton Counties	Old Colony Y	$400,316
Mississippi	Mississippi Delta (Leflore, Holmes, and Tallahatchie Counties)	Greenwood Leflore Hospital	$313,107
Nebraska	Douglas County	Creighton University	$492,926
Ohio	Cuyahoga County	Asian Services In Action, Inc.	$422,123
Pennsylvania	City of Philadelphia	Temple University	$465,876
Tennessee	City of Nashville (Northeast and North Areas)	Meharry Medical College	$451,430
Virginia	City of Richmond	The Balm In Gilead, Inc.	$500,000

Comprehensive Implementation

State	Locality	Awardee	Award Amount
Alabama	Jefferson County	The University of Alabama at Birmingham	$943,212
	Central Alabama’s River Region (Montgomery, Lowndes, and Macon Counties)	Montgomery Area Community Wellness Coalition	$909,455
Arkansas	Benton and Washington Counties	University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences	$999,882
California	Los Angeles County (Bell, Commerce, East Los Angeles, Maywood, Montebello, Pico Rivera, and West Whittier-Los Nietos)	AltaMed Health Services Corporation	$997,952
	Orange County	Boat People SOS-California	$700,000
	Los Angeles County (South Los Angeles)	Community Coalition for Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment	$1,000,000
	San Diego County (Chula Vista)	Community Health Improvement Partners	$685,982
	San Joaquin County (Northern, Central and Southern Areas)	Public Health Institute	$977,400
	City of Los Angeles	Regents of the University of California, Los Angeles	$1,000,000
	San Francisco County	San Francisco Department of Public Health	$799,159
Georgia	DeKalb County	DeKalb County Board of Health	$928,453
	City of Atlanta	Morehouse School of Medicine	$999,214
Hawaii	U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands	University of Hawaii	$1,000,000
Idaho	Benewah, Kootenai, and Washington Counties	Benewah Medical & Wellness Center	$671,336
Kansas	Wyandotte County (Eastern Section of Kansas City)	University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc.	$723,299
Massachusetts	City of Boston (Roxbury and North Dorchester Neighborhoods)	Boston Public Health Commission	$966,385
	Navajo Nation	Partners In Health	$994,284
Michigan	Kent County (City of Grand Rapids)	Kent County Health Department	$726,611
	The Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe	Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan, Inc.	$994,621
	Oakland County (City of Pontiac)	Oakland University	$650,748
Minnesota	City of Minneapolis (North)	Asian Media Access	$500,000
New Mexico	Bernalillo County (Urban and Rural South Valley)	Presbyterian Healthcare Services	$981,022
New York	South Bronx (Highbridge and Morrisania Neighborhoods)	Bronx Community Health Network, Inc.	$326,234
	New York/New Jersey Metropolitan Area	New York University School Of Medicine	$1,000,000
	South Bronx	The Institute for Family Health	$999,985
North Carolina	Cabarrus County (Cities of Concord and Kannapolis)	Public Health Authority of Cabarrus County	$836,147
Ohio	Cuyahoga County (East Cleveland)	Cuyahoga County District Board of Health	$997,350
	City of Cleveland	YMCA of Greater Cleveland	$986,270
Oregon	Multnomah County	Multnomah County Health Department	$986,196