About the Initiative

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In July 2021, the City of Montgomery and its grant partners were awarded $3.9 Million by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' - Office of Minority Health as part of the federal Advancing Health Literacy to Enhance Equitable Community Responses to COVID-19 Initiative.

 

The Central Alabama Neighborhood Health Initiative (CANHI) was founded to collaboratively increase the rates of COVID-19 testing and vaccinations, increase health literacy, improve patient experience and patient-provider relations in Elmore, Montgomery, and Pike Counties.

 

CANHI will demonstrate the effectiveness of working with local community-based organizations to develop health literacy plans. The hope is to increase the availability, acceptability, and use of COVID-19 public health information and services by racial and ethnic minority populations.

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Using local data, we will identify communities at the highest risk for health disparities and low health literacy as well as those not currently reached through existing public health campaigns.

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For additional information on The Bridge Center's Health Literacy Program or if you are interested in contracting as a Community Health Worker (CHW) for this grant opportunity, please contact:

 

Ayanna J. Sterling, MHA

Program Manager, Health Literacy

asterling@thebridgecenter.org

 

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