(a) For fiscal year 2010, the Director of the Department of Health shall have the authority to issue grants to qualified community organizations for the purposes of conducting health promotion, preventing disease, and providing health services; provided, that any grant in excess of $250,000 shall be awarded through a competitive process unless otherwise authorized under law.
(b) The Department of Health shall submit a quarterly report to the Council on all grants issued pursuant to the authority granted in subsection (a) of this section.
(c) For fiscal year 2014, the Director of the Department of Health shall have the authority to issue grants to:
(1) Qualified community organizations for the purpose of providing the following services:
(A) Ambulatory health services for an amount not to exceed $3,236,980;
(B) Poison control hotline and prevention education services for an amount not to exceed $350,000;
(C) Operations and primary care services for school-based health clinics for an amount not to exceed $2,250,000; and
(D) Clinical nutritional home delivery services for individuals living with cancer and other life-threatening diseases; and
(2) Organizations for the purpose of providing the following programs and services:
(A) A teen pregnancy prevention program for an amount not to exceed $400,000;
(B) Programs designed to promote healthy development in girls attending public and chartered schools in grades 9 through 12 located in areas of the city possessing the highest rates of teen pregnancy and highest enrollment in state-funded health programs in the District of Columbia, not to exceed $400,000;
(C) Farmers market incentive programs, not to exceed $200,000;
(D) Food-pantry services, not to exceed $52,000;
(E) Wildlife rehabilitation services, not to exceed $250,000;
(F) Mother-to-child (vertical) HIV transmission programs and services, not to exceed $50,000; and
(G) Nonprofit organizations dedicated to preventing any of the following chronic diseases, not to exceed $850,000:
(i) Asthma;
(ii) Cancer;
(iii) Diabetes;
(iv) Hypertension;
(v) Kidney disease; and
(vi) Obesity.
(1) All grants issued pursuant to subsection (c) of this section shall be administered pursuant to the requirements set forth in part B of subchapter XII-A of Chapter 3 of Title 1 [ § 1-328.11 et seq.].
(2) The Department of Health shall submit a quarterly report to the Secretary to the Council on all grants issued pursuant to the authority granted in subsection (c) of this section and any grant in excess of $250,000 shall be awarded through a competitive process unless otherwise authorized by law.
(1) Through Fiscal Year 2015, the Director of the Department of Health may issue grants totaling $ 1,550,000 to District of Columbia HIV prevention programs for a combination of HIV prevention interventions. These interventions shall include HIV screening in clinical and non-clinical settings and effective behavioral programs.
(2) Through Fiscal Year 2015, the Director of the Department of Health may issue HIV prevention grants for a combination of HIV prevention interventions that include:
(A) HIV screening;
(B) Harm reduction;
(C) Social network HIV screening;
(D) Partner services;
(E) Faith-based initiatives;
(F) Youth peer education; and
(G) Other health-education services for adolescents and older adults.
(3) For the purposes of this subsection, the term “faith-based initiative” means a program to encourage and support places of worship in delivering HIV prevention messages that promote safe-sex practices, educate people about HIV, and promote HIV screening.
(4) In Fiscal Year 2015, the Director of the Department of Health shall issue a competitive grant totaling $480,000 to a qualified community-based nonprofit corporation or organization for the creation of a comprehensive concussion care protocol for children.
(f) For Fiscal Year 2015, the Director of the Department of Health may issue grants to qualified community organizations to provide:
(1) Clinical nutritional home delivery services for individuals living with cancer and other life-threatening diseases;
(2) Ambulatory health services;
(3) Poison control hotline and prevention education services;
(4) Operations and primary care services for school-based health clinics; and
(5) A teen pregnancy prevention program.
(1) All grants issued pursuant to subsections (e) and (f) of this section shall be administered pursuant to the requirements set forth in part B of subchapter XII-A of Chapter 3 of Title 1 [ § 1-328.11 et seq.].
(2) The Department of Health shall submit a quarterly report to the Secretary to the Council on all grants issued pursuant to the authority granted in subsections (e) and (f) of this section.
(1) For Fiscal Year 2016, the Director of the Department of Health shall have the authority to issue grants to qualified community organizations for the purpose of providing the following services:
(A) Programs designed to promote healthy development in girls attending public and chartered schools in grades 8-12 located in areas of the city possessing the highest rates of teen pregnancy and highest enrollment in state-funded health programs in the District, not to exceed $569,000;
(B) Clinical nutritional home delivery services for individuals living with cancer and other life-threatening diseases, not to exceed $150,000; and
(C) Programs designed to support teen peer educators who work to provide sexual health information and condoms to youth, not to exceed $157,000.
(2) All grants issued pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be administered pursuant to the requirements set forth in part B of subchapter XII-A of Chapter 3 of Title 1 [ § 1-328.11 et seq.].
(3) The Department of Health shall submit a quarterly report to the Secretary to the Council on all grants issued pursuant to the authority granted in paragraph (1) of this subsection.
(i) For Fiscal Year 2017, the Director of the Department of Health shall have the authority to issue grants to qualified community organizations for the purpose of providing the following services:
(1) Programs designed to improve food access:
(A) Through mobile, vehicle-based farm stands that operate at regularly scheduled stops, provide recipes and cooking demonstrations, and distribute locally produced food to communities in underserved communities, not to exceed $50,000; and
(B) By delivering fresh produce to small retailers and corner store owners that operate in underserved communities, not to exceed $250,000;
(2) A Farmers Market Subsidy program aimed at establishing healthy dietary habits, providing incentives for farmers to locate in low-income communities, and reducing chronic illness in District residents by providing monetary assistance for the purchase of fresh fruits and vegetables to those receiving federal assistance, not to exceed $1,200,000;
(3) Programs designed to support teen peer educators who work to provide sexual health information and condoms to youth, not to exceed $150,000; and
(4) Programs designed to promote healthy development in girls attending public and chartered schools in grades 8-12 located in areas of the city possessing the highest rates of teen pregnancy and highest enrollment in state-funded health programs in the District, not to exceed $500,000.
(j) For Fiscal Year 2017, the Director of the Department of Health shall issue grants totaling $100,000 to nonprofit pediatric dental clinics to provide oral health literacy and awareness programming.
(1) All grants issued pursuant to subsections (i) and (j) of this section shall be administered pursuant to the requirements set forth in part B of subchapter XII-A of Chapter 3 of Title 1 .
(2) The Department of Health shall submit a quarterly report to the Secretary to the Council on all grants issued pursuant to the authority granted in subsections (i) and (j) of this section.
(1) For Fiscal Year 2021, the Director of the Department of Health shall have the authority to award one or more competitive grants in an amount not to exceed $250,000 to fund an initiative to connect prenatal care for residents in Wards 7 and 8 to labor and delivery options in other parts of the District.
(2) In establishing the criteria for the award of grants pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Department shall prioritize community-based initiatives that:
(A) Offer peer support networks;
(B) Provide co-management of the patient's treatment;
(C) Arrange for access to maternal and fetal medicine specialty services;
(D) Utilize a health information exchange; and
(E) Furnish financial assistance with transportation needs.
(1) For Fiscal Year 2025, the Director of the Department of Health shall issue one or more grants totaling $300,000 to non-governmental entities to provide childcare to pregnant and birthing parents or legal guardians who are receiving urgent treatment related to pregnancy at a hospital or birthing facility in the District.
(A) For childcare lasting 5 hours or less, the grantee shall provide on-site childcare.
(B) For childcare lasting for more than 5 hours, the grantee may transfer the child to a childcare facility; provided, that the Department of Health and the parents or legal guardians of the child are notified of the transfer and the identity and location of the childcare facility.
(3) For the purposes of this subsection:
(A) "On-site childcare" means childcare provided at the same hospital or birthing facility where the parent or legal guardian is receiving urgent treatment related to pregnancy.
(B) "Urgent treatment related to pregnancy" means healthcare treatment outside of standard prenatal care and labor and delivery services that is recommended by a licensed health professional to occur immediately to protect the health of the pregnant or birthing individual or the fetus.
(1) By October 21, 2024, the Department of Health ("Department") shall award one or more competitive grants totaling at least $150,000 to non-governmental entities to train, compensate, and supervise at least 50 high school students to work in public and public charter high schools as sexual health educators ("student health educators").
(2) To qualify for the grant established by this subsection, an applicant shall include in its application:
(A) A list of at least 8 public or public charter school high schools, with a preference for schools located in Wards 5, 7, or 8, with whom the applicant intends to partner;
(B) The number of student health educators the applicant plans to hire, train, compensate, and supervise;
(C) The types of interventions the applicant will train student health educators to perform, including classroom presentations on pregnancy prevention, condom distribution, and referrals to sexually transmitted infection testing centers, and target numbers for each intervention type;
(D) Confirmation that the applicant is based in the District;
(E) Demonstrated experience providing programming to youth ages 14 to 21 related to sexual and reproductive health; and
(F) A commitment to provide quarterly reports to the Department that shall include:
(i) A list of public and public charter high school students working as student health educators;
(ii) A list of interventions performed by student health educators and how many students were reached by each intervention;
(iii) The total number of training hours conducted with student health educators and the topics covered, including the number of student health educators who participated in each training session;
(iv) A list of the training topics that were covered during the reporting period; and
(v) Progress made on objectives and benchmarks identified in the grant agreement.