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The Center at Sierra Health Foundation was awarded the California Department of Health Care Services Asthma Mitigation Project contract. This statewide program will provide $12 million in funding for grantees, plus additional support through technical assistance and evaluation services, for local health departments, medical providers and community-based organizations to offer culturally and linguistically appropriate asthma home visiting services to individuals with poorly controlled asthma, with a focus on low-income communities and communities of color that have disproportionate rates of asthma.

Funding Opportunity

Grants of up to $500,000 per project will fund local health departments, medical providers and community-based organizations providing asthma home visiting, education and environmental mitigation services to individuals with poorly controlled asthma throughout the state, with a focus on the following three outcomes:

1. Improvement in asthma self-management
2. Decreased exposure to environmental triggers
3. Improved asthma outcomes

In addition, activities should lead to: Increased capacity to serve individuals with poorly controlled asthma, increase advocacy related to prevention and treatment of asthma and to build a network of partners to engage in asthma preventive services.

Proposals are due by 1 p.m. on April 28, 2020.

Request for Proposals

Frequently Asked Questions (updated April 2)

Proposers’ Webinar

A proposers’ webinar was held on March 4. Participation was encouraged, but not required to apply for funding. The webinar recording is available below.

Webinar recording

E-mail us any questions.

Asthma Mitigation Project Evaluation

The Center at Sierra Health Foundation is seeking an experienced team to conduct an evaluation of the Asthma Mitigation Project. Proposals are due by May 7 at 1 p.m.

Evaluation Request for Proposals

Select Resources

Below is a listing of select resources. This list is not comprehensive.

Asthma health equity:

• RAMP

Asthma data:

• CalEnviroScreen
• California Breathing
• California Health Interview Survey
• Kidsdata.org
• Tracking California

Asthma home visiting program information:

• American Journal of Preventive Medicine: Better Home Visits for Asthma Lessons Learned from the Seattle–King County Asthma Program by James Krieger et al
• AsthmaCommunityNetwork.org
• Community Preventive Services Task Force review of “Asthma: Home-Based Multi-Trigger, Multicomponent Environmental Interventions”
• National Center for Healthy Housing: Building Systems to Sustain Home-Based Asthma Services program

Workforce resources:

• Association of Asthma Educators (AAE), a national organization developed to strengthen the asthma educator workforce, offers a variety of trainings and resources. Classes include preparatory sessions for those reading for the Certified Asthma Educator exam, as well as more introductory trainings for community health workers.
• California Breathing, a program of the California Department of Public Health, runs the Asthma Management Academy, which is a curriculum that meets the unique needs of non-licensed members of the asthma care team. These include community health workers, promotoras de salud, health or patient advocates, and others with trusted relationships who visit the homes of those in underserved areas.

Managed care organization information:

• Regional Asthma Management and Prevention published Leading the Way to Better Breathing: Managed Care Organizations and Asthma Home Visiting Services in California – a Tool for MCOs and Partners. The tool highlights the MCO-relevant benefits and opportunities for asthma home visiting services, and may be a good resource for MCOs unfamiliar with the asthma home visiting model.
• The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has a how-to guide specifically for MCOs. Implementing an Asthma Home Visit Program: 10 Steps to Help Health Plans Get Started, provides helpful, nuts and bolts-level details for this work.