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Program Description

  Minority Programs

The three minority health programs (MHIPs) comprise the following: the African American Health Program (AAHP), the Latino Health Initiative (LHI), and the Asian American Health Initiative (AAHI). The MHIPs support department-wide efforts to eliminate disparities and increase access to population-targeted programs and services. The knowledge, expertise, and experiences across the MHIPs in racial, ethnically, and linguistically diverse communities inform department-wide programs, policy, and budget decisions.

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Program Contacts

Contact Mark Hodge of the HHS - Administration and Support at 240-777-1568 or Deborah Lambert of the Office of Management and Budget at 240-777-2794 for more information regarding this department's operating budget.

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Program Performance Measures

Program Performance MeasuresActual FY24Actual FY25Estimated FY26Target FY27Target FY28
African American Health Program: Number of individuals encountered at events and programs 133,82683,74284,00080,00080,000
African American Health Program: Percent of clients who improved A1C blood sugar level test at 3-month follow up (diabetes management/prevention) 285%85%75%75%75%
Number of individuals served by the Asian American Health Initiative 3195,676126,723120,386114,366108,648
Percent of clients satisfied with services provided by the Asian American Health Initiative 498%99%95%95%95%
Asian American Health Initiative: Average percent of Asian American Health Initiative participants who improved on one of four program outcomes (Increased knowledge; increased confidence; behavioral intent or change; enhanced access) 591%98%90%90%90%
Number of individuals served by the Latino Health Initiative 673,07569,03770,00070,00070,000
Percent of clients satisfied with services provided by the Latino Health Initiative 796%98%96%96%96%
Latino Health Initiative: Average percent increase in wages from time participants entered program until hired as health professionals 8167%162%160%160%160%
1  The number of individuals may be duplicative across events and programs run by the African American Health Program (AAHP). In FY25, data collection expanded beyond classes and programs to include mass events, media appearances, and family units. As such, FY25 may not be comparable to prior years' reporting. The program projects a slight decrease in FY27 due to changes to programming and service delivery.
2  Projections of 75% reflect target outcome agreed upon in contract.
3  The number of individuals served represents the total duplicated (non-unique) services delivered across all Asian American Health Initiative (AAHI) programs and contracts. These include Healthy Communities Fund awardees (107,775), contractors (11,815), and AAHI programs and workshops (7,133). The decrease from FY24 reflects more stringent reporting requirements for contractors and grantees around unduplicated and duplicated clients. It also reflects inflation and the rising cost of service delivery without an incremental increase in the grant funding pool which leads to projected decreases in FY26-FY28 as well.
4  Asian American Health Initiative contractors collect satisfaction levels across all programs.
5  All Asian American Health Initiative (AAHI) and AAHI funded programs assess outcomes based on increased confidence, increased knowledge, behavior intent or change, and enhanced access. Each program captures one or more of these outcomes based on its specific goals and relevance. On average, 98% of clients achieved at least one of these outcomes. As data collection methods become more robust across contractors and grantees, and inflation continues to impact service delivery, the program projects a potential decline over time.
6  In FY25, the Latino Health Initiative (LHI) saw a very small decrease compared to previous years, mainly due to a short period of transition of the contractual mechanism in which LHI conducts outreach interventions by Community Health Workers. In line with this, LHI increased the number of clients served in the climate and health program, the new substance use prevention program, and the golden years program serving elders. Over 46,998 individuals were served through 849 outreach activities and events.
7  In FY25, the Latino Health Initiative improved its survey methodology to ensure it is sampling across all of its programs. Assessment of clients satisfied is based on 5,532 survey responses.
8  Average increase in wages was calculated using the wage of the four Registered Nurses (RN) who secured employment during FY25.
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Program Budget Changes

FY27 Recommended ChangesExpendituresFTEs
FY26 Approved1792561027.00
Technical Adj: Convert Contractual Community Health Workers to Merit Staff in the Asian American Health Initiative02.50
Technical Adj: Staff for Administration of the Healthy Communities Fund Grant in Asian American Health Initiative01.00
Technical Adj: Reduction of African American Health Program Contract and Create Four Merit Staff Positions to Fully Offset Contract Reduction04.00
Reduce: Tutoring Services for Youth and Senior Wellness Services for Seniors in the Vietnamese Community and Transition Non-Competitive Contract to Healthy Communities Fund Grant Program-926380.00
Decrease Cost: Information Line Contract in the Latino Health Initiative Due to Decreased Usage-1516100.00
Decrease Cost: Case Management Services in the Latino Health Initiative by 50 Percent of Contract Value Due to Transition of Clients to Lighthouse Initiative-5375620.00
Multi-program adjustments, including negotiated compensation changes, employee benefit changes, changes due to staff turnover, reorganizations, and other budget changes affecting multiple programs.14392351.00
FY27 Recommended1858303535.50