City Of Jacksonville: City Of Jacksonville Awarded $3.2 Million Grant To Enhance Equitable Community Response To COVID-19

Press release from the City of Jacksonville:

July 09, 2021

The City of Jacksonville was awarded a $3,295,342 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Minority Health (OMH) to advance health literacy among vulnerable communities and underserved populations.

Health literacy is a person’s ability to find, understand and use information and services to help them make health-related decisions for themselves and others. During the COVID-19 pandemic, health literacy has been crucial for national COVID-19 vaccination, testing and treatment efforts.

This new initiative will help local governments enhance their health literacy efforts to reduce COVID-related disparities within racial and ethnic minority populations and other vulnerable communities. Over the next two years, the City will work with local community-based partners like Edward Waters University, Health Planning Council of Northeast Florida, UF Health Jacksonville, Population Health Consortium and Duval Safety Net Collaborative to develop a health literacy plan for underserved populations.

“Health and wellness of all Jacksonville citizens has been a top priority of my administration,” said Mayor Lenny Curry. “I am incredibly proud that Jacksonville is one of three cities in Florida to receive this funding to reduce health disparities.”

This press release was produced by the City of Jacksonville. The views expressed here are the author’s own.