HealthLit4Wake Mini-Grant

The HealthLit4Wake Mini-Grant, funded by Wake County, aims to enhance health equity by addressing vaccine hesitancy and improving health literacy among historically marginalized communities in Wake County. This initiative encourages partnerships among local non-profits, businesses, and health agencies to promote accurate health information and increase vaccination rates among Black and Hispanic populations. By fostering trust and collaboration, the grant seeks to eliminate health disparities and improve community health outcomes.

Background
Population Health works to advance health equity and eliminate health disparities among all populations living in Wake County.
The CDC views population health as an interdisciplinary, customizable approach that allows health departments to connect practice to policy for change to happen locally. This approach uses non traditional partnerships among different sectors of the community – public health, industry, academia, health care, local government entities, etc. – to achieve positive health outcomes.
The HealthLit4Wake Health Equity Coalition works collaboratively to dispel vaccine hesitancy, increase health literacy around vaccines, increase understanding around the need for continued masking and testing, and increase the percentage of Black and Hispanic people getting vaccinated.
HealthLit4Wake aims to increase confidence and trust in local health service providers while establishing a stronger link between historically marginalized communities and government health agencies in Wake County. This work occurs through the bidirectional engagement of all partners.
Through the HealthLit4Wake grant, Wake County Government will use the mini grant awards to further relationships with community partners that are working in underserved communities across the county. Moreover, the awards will be distributed to organizations that can help promote accurate, timely, and culturally sensitive health information to historically marginalized populations.

Eligibility

All local non-profits, faith-organizations, universities, local businesses, and entrepreneurs are encouraged to apply Organizations must serve Wake County communities and residents.