Asthma-Related Health Disparities Short Term Project Funding Opportunity Grant

The Asthma-Related Health Disparities Short Term Project Funding Opportunity, offered by the Rhode Island Department of Health, provides funding up to $4,999 for three eligible 501(c)(3) organizations. The program focuses on community engagement to implement CDC’s EXHALE strategies, aiming to improve asthma management and reduce healthcare costs. This initiative supports diverse partnerships to enhance asthma awareness and management services.

Asthma-Related Health Disparities Short Term Project Funding Opportunity
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) Asthma Control Program (RIACP) is offering short-term project funding opportunities of up to $4,999 each to a maximum of three (3) eligible entities that have a 501(c)(3) status and have demonstrated proven engagement with communities affected by asthma health disparities. One application per agency will be reviewed. The Asthma-Related Short-term Project award period will begin immediately after the organization is awarded.
Short-term Project activities must be completed by August 31, 2025. A final summary report, project deliverables, and project invoices are due within thirty (30) days of the project end date. RIACP will provide all awardees with a project summary and invoice template. The final report must be completed in its entirety prior to receiving reimbursement for project-related expenses.
Awardees would assist RIACP in community engagement practices to ensure wider adoption of the CDC’s EXHALE technical package. EXHALE represents a group of strategies to improve asthma control and reduce health care-related costs. RIACP and awardees will collaborate across sectors with national and local partners to ensure that all people living with asthma can achieve healthy lives.
Awardees will work with RIACP and its partners to engage with communities and implement at least one of the following strategies from the CDC’s EXHALE technical package:

• E: Education on asthma self management
• X: X-tinguishing smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke among people with asthma
• H: Home visits for trigger reduction and asthma self-management education
• A: Achievement of guidelines-based medical management
• L: Linkages and coordination of care across settings
• E: Environmental policies or best practices
• Awardees can expect to use EXHALE as a guide to do one or more of the following:

Engage diverse partners to promote and support social, economic and community change to increase asthma awareness and the availability of management services.Educate the public, community leaders, partners, and decision-makers on policy, systems, and environmental changes that can prevent and reduce asthma-related hospitalizations and emergency department visits.Implement culturally appropriate interventions tailored for community needs to prevent and reduce asthma-related hospitalizations and emergency department visits.Use research, surveillance, and evaluation to measure progress made in increasing asthma management awareness and reducing asthma symptoms including asthma-related hospitalizations and emergency department visits to inform public health action.