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Health Foundation awards 13 grants totaling more than $1.7M under Diabetes Initiative

September 18, 2024

In El Paso, the prevalence of diabetes outpaces the national numbers, with an estimated 15.3 percent of adults, or about 94,000 adults, living with diabetes.

The Paso del Norte Health Foundation recently awarded 13 grants totaling more than $1.7 million under the Disease Prevention & Management priority area to implement initiatives and programs for diabetes prevention, early detection, and management in the region.

Awarded grants

Centro Familiar para la Integracion y Crecimiento, A.C. - $50,917.90
Aprende a cuidar de ti - Adolescencia
To pilot a youth pre-diabetes education program targeting up to 40 students in Ciudad Juárez, MX.

Centro Familiar para la Integracion y Crecimiento, A.C. - $60,869.60
Aprende a cuidar de ti 3
To develop a train-the-trainer program for sustaining the Aprende a Cuidar de ti and provide technical assistance to 12 health professionals implementing the Aprende Cuidar de ti program in Juárez, MX.

El Paso Diabetes Association, Inc. - $459,312.96
2024 - 2025 “Now What?” Diabetes Awareness and Advocacy Campaign
To create strategies and communication materials to promote the Diabetes Now What media campaign and continue to develop the Diabetes Alliance within the Paso del Norte Region.

El Paso Diabetes Association, Inc. - $250,778.75
2024 - 2025 Diabetes Education
To offer diabetes education services in El Paso, TX.

New Mexico State University Foundation, Inc. - $39,502.10
NMSU On the Road to Living Well with Diabetes
To enroll 150 participants into On the Road to Living Well with Diabetes within the Doña Ana, Otero, and Luna Counties in Southern New Mexico.

PHIX - $23,648.06
Promoting Diabetes Intervention and Management Through Health Analysis and Notifications
To lead the Diabetes Data Workgroup and support gestational diabetes planning in El Paso, TX.

Project Amistad - $76,666.70
Diabetes Prevention Program
To provide the Prevent T2 for ALL, a CDC-approved adaptation curriculum to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, for 65 people in El Paso, TX.

Project Vida Health Center - $68,244.00
Diabetes Prevention Program
To provide a diabetes prevention program to at least 64 adults while implementing depression screenings and mental health referrals in El Paso, Ft Hancock, and Socorro, TX.

Southern New Mexico Diabetes Outreach - $23,263.46
Capacity Building for Southern New Mexico Diabetes Outreach
To build the capacity of Southern New Mexico Diabetes Outreach in Las Cruces, NM.

The University of Texas at El Paso - $58,161.00
Technical Assistance, Documentation, and Evaluation of Regional Diabetes Campaigns and Initiatives
To provide technical assistance for regional diabetes media campaigns and future gestational diabetes efforts.

The University of Texas at El Paso - $181,370.72
Expanding a CHW led diabetes intervention to increase diabetes education
To deliver On the Road to living with Diabetes, a five-week program to at least 1000 participants in El Paso, TX.

The University of Texas at El Paso - $29,416.20
UTEP Diabetes Awareness Training for Community Outreach
To train and supervise 40 students to deliver the Diabetes Awareness Training Program for Community Outreach to 200 individuals across the Paso del Norte Region.

University Medical Center Foundation - $$422,692.00
Diabetes Care Plus
To establish and stain an integration of a clinical pharmacist into a diabetes care management team in El Paso, TX.

For more information, contact Dr. Michael Kelly, Vice President of Programs, at mkelly@pdnfoundation.org, 915-218-2619 or Audrey Garcia, Program Officer, at agarcia@pdnfoundation.org or 915-218-2623.