Funding | Best Practices in Hep B Education Outreach (Due 1/29/16)

The National Task Force on Hepatitis B Focus on Asian and Pacific Islander Americans is offering seven $3,000 awards to recognize hepatitis B education outreach projects by member organizations. The projects should document culturally and linguistically competent approaches to providing hepatitis B education outreach to Asian American and Pacific Islander communities in the applicant’s service area. Successful applicants will be required to attend the full day face-to-face meeting on Sunday, March 6, 2016 in Washington, DC to share their best practices and activities.

The submission deadline will be Friday, January 29, 2016 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time. The awards will be announced by February 12, 2016.

Eligible Organizations

Applicants must meet all of the following conditions:

• Be an active member of the National Task Force on Hepatitis B Focus on Asian and Pacific Islander Americans, i.e. active
  members have participated in at least two teleconference call within the last 12 months.
• Nominated or self-nominated by a Regional Director on the Task Force
• Demonstrate the capacity (human and financial resources) to have effectively carryout the requirements of this award
• Demonstrate experience serving the Hep B Task Force’s target population
• Be able to complete a W-9 form, demonstrating eligibility to receive funding from the Task Force

Application Requirements

• Applicants will be required to create a presentation demonstrating their organization’s successful ability to provide targeted culturally and linguistically competent approaches to providing hepatitis B education outreach to a focused community, e.g. an ethnic community, LGBTQ, and/or religious community among the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities;
• PLEASE PICK ONLY ONE COMMUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT!
• PowerPoint presentations must include images of activities being highlighted. Please limit presentation to no more 20 slides. A 3-minute video clip can be presented in place of a PowerPoint presentation.
• Applicants’ project must have included a physician in their area that they worked with to conduct hepatitis B education outreach and/or screening and linkage to care.
• Applicants must be able to attend or send a representative from their organization to attend the face-to-face meeting on Sunday, March 6, 2016 in Washington, DC to share their best practices.

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