Montgomery County’s Asian American Health Initiative Accepting Applications for Healthy Community Grant Program

For Immediate Release: Friday, June 23, 2023

Montgomery County’s Asian American Health Initiative (AAHI), which is part of the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services, is now accepting applications for the upcoming Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) Healthy Communities Fund grant program. The grant program offers $1.5 million in funding to support Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) organizations in providing linguistically and culturally responsive services to the diverse community in Montgomery County.  

 Organizations can apply for up to $150,000 in funding for the upcoming fiscal year.

 This is the third year that AAHI has offered grant funding to community organizations, and the second year that the Healthy Communities Fund is being administered. The Healthy Communities Fund for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders aims to fund AAPI-serving organizations to deliver programs in behavioral health, senior wellness, and health and social support services to meet the complex needs of their communities.

Montgomery County is one of the most diverse communities in the United States, with more than 49 percent of the population being minorities. Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities account for about 15 percent of the total population. The AAPI community can be further broken down into multiple groups, each characterized by a unique mix of language, culture, religion and social norms. Because of the growing diversity and wide range of languages, cultures and socioeconomic status within AAPI communities, providing community health education, services and programs to people of AAPI descent is more complex and requires custom approaches to reach the at-need communities.

 The Healthy Communities Fund is funded by the Asian American Health Initiative and administered by the Primary Care Coalition of Montgomery County Inc. (PCC). Applications for the funding can be found on the Asian American Health Initiative’s website and will be accepted until 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, July 31.

 There will be an information session on the fund and how to apply from 4:30-6 p.m. on Thursday, June 29, on Microsoft Teams. Organizations can register for the session here.

 To ensure equitable access to funding, and to support AAPI-serving organizations in developing successful programs and writing compelling grants, AAHI will be offering grant writing and program development consultations through Community Development Professionals LLC to 40 AAPI-serving organizations during the grant application period. This one-on-one technical assistance is provided on a first-come, first-served basis.  Organizations will have two 90-minute self-paced workshops and one 60-minute consultation with a grant writing expert. Register for the consultation here.

For questions about the Healthy Communities Fund, email [email protected].

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Release ID: 23-268
Media Contact: Sanjana Quasem
Categories: Health