Results To Date
Impact on the Community (as of March 01, 2022)
Success measured by community engagement, testing and vaccination events, and those tested and/or vaccinated
Key Milestone: Addressing Health Equity in the Black Community
Establishment of the National Black Clergy Health Leadership Council – Quest Diagnostics provides support as founding partner
Choose Healthy Life Launches with its First National Conclave – Medical Advisory Board introduced
Regional launches in NYC, Detroit, Newark, Atlanta and DC – 50 churches onboarded
Visits from First Lady Jill Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris
HRSA Funding – $9.9 Million – only faith-based organization to receive funding to expand vaccination efforts
Additional HRSA funding of $1 million
HRSA initiative implementation – 120 Churches and 13 states
Recent Highlights
National Black Clergy and Medical Leaders from ‘Choose Healthy Life’ Meet with HHS Sec. Xavier Becerra to Discuss Role of the Black Church in Addressing Health Equity, Opportunities for Improving Health Outcomes for Communities of Color
6-28-2022 Secretary of Health & Human Services Press Conf Reproductive Rights Following Meeting, Rev. Al Sharpton, Rev. Calvin O. Butts III, Debra Fraser-Howze and Dr. Louis Sullivan Say [...]
Watch Cornerstone Baptist Church Live Sermon Honoring Choose Healthy Life W/ Special Guest Eric Adams
https://youtu.be/Q7HE3yqowq4
GOVERNOR HOCHUL ANNOUNCES $3.38 MILLION FOR CHOOSE HEALTHY LIFE TO ADDRESS HEALTH INEQUITIES IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY THROUGH THE BLACK CHURCH
Funding Will Support Preventative Wellness Programs Run by 20 Churches Across New York City Governor Kathy Hochul today recognized Choose Healthy Life for its work during the pandemic for offering [...]
Impact on the Community – CHL Conclave – Nov. 2021
“Your model of establishing in each church a full-time public health navigator … trained and charged with providing access to COVID-19 testing and vaccinations in the immediate short-term while addressing other health disparities in the long term … is a sustainable, scalable, and transferable approach to address public health disparities and inequities in the Black community … it will serve us well far beyond the pandemic.”
– Dr. Rochelle Walensky, CDC Director, remarks at the Choose Healthy Life Conclave on Nov. 19, 2021
