Other Agencies Funded
Through The Commission
Chronic Disease and Tobacco Grants
In November 1998, the Ohio Attorney General, and Attorney Generals from various states entered into a Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement with the United State Tobacco Product Manufacturers. The Master Settlement Agreement called for block installments of moneys to be made to various states over a number of years. In February 2000, the Ohio Legislature approved and Governor Taft signed a comprehensive Bill (Am. Sub. S.B. 192), which allocated moneys that the State of Ohio was designated to receive from the Master Settlement agreement. The Ohio Tobacco Use Prevention and Control Foundation (TUPCF) is funded from this resource. The TUPCF has as a general mission to prevent and control the use of tobacco, including smokeless tobacco, in Ohio and reduce the health consequences tobacco has imposed on Ohio’s citizens.
TUPCF is following the guidelines of the Center for Disease Control and Preventions Best Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs. These guidelines can be found online at http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/bestprac.htm.
This RFP results from an agreement between TUPCF and the Ohio Commission on Minority Health to fund grants addressing Chronic Disease Programs to Reduce the Burden of Tobacco-Related Diseases in Minority Communities (Component A-II of the Best Practices Document). A similar effort is being initiated by the Ohio Department of Health.
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Agency Name/Address
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Project Name | Executive Director/Phone |
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Ohio Sickle Cell and Health Association 380 South 5th Street, Suite G-3 Columbus, Ohio 43215 |
No More T.E.I.R.S. (Tobacco Education Intervention and Referral Support) |
Wendy Berry-West 614-228-0157 |
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Rural Opportunities, Inc. 2-453 County Road V Liberty Center, Ohio 43532 |
ROI Health Referral Project |
Michal Urrutia 419-875-6654 |
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Community Health Partners Regional Foundation 3700 Kolbe Road Lorain, Ohio 44053 |
Smoking Cessation (Project Temple) |
Jo-Anne A. Curry 440-233-1017 |
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Elyria Club of Negro Business and Professional Women 401 Broad Street, Suite B Elyria, Ohio 44035 |
Elyria Club's Tobacco Project
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Willie Evans 440-323-2222 |
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North American Indian Cultural Center, Inc. 111 West Avenue Tallmadge, Ohio 44278 |
Sacred Old Smoke (SOS)- Tobacco and Chronic Disease Prevention |
V. Lanna Samaniego 330-724-1280 |
In October 1998, the presidential administration declared HIV/AIDS in racial and ethnic minority communities a "severe and ongoing health crisis." The Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, in collaboration with the Congressional Black Caucus, announced a new initiative to address this crisis through increased funding and outreach to these communities.
The Minority AIDS Initiative funds target programs to enhance effective HIV/AIDS efforts that directly benefit racial and ethnic minority communities in three broad funding categories: technical assistance and infrastructure support, increasing access to prevention and care, and building stronger community linkages to address the HIV prevention and health care needs of specific populations.
The Ohio Commission on Minority Health is partnering with The Ohio Department of Health’s HIV Care Services Section to make available the Minority AIDS Initiative Funding to the African American community for fiscal year 2006.
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Agency Name/Address
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Project Name | Executive Director/Phone |
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The Tobias Project 844 E. Main Street, Ste. A Columbus, Ohio 43205 |
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E. William Jones, Jr. 614-252-2727 |
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Urban Minority Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Outreach Program |
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Michael Langford 513-541-0989
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This project funded under the State Partnership Program is designed to build capacity for diabetes education capitalizing on the intrinsic value of lay community health worker (CHW) models developed in Columbus and Cincinnati, Ohio. The community health worker model is an evidenced-based model that has been proven effective in increasing access to health information, health promotion education and health care for minority and underrepresented populations.
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Agency Name/Address
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Project Name | Executive Director/Phone |
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Santa Maria Community Services |
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H.A. Musser, Jr., MA, MSW 513-557-2730 |
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Community Health Access Project, Inc. |
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Mark Redding, MD,. FAAP 419-525-2555
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The Ohio State University, Division of Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism |
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Kwame Osei, MD, FACP, FACE 614-292-0678 |