Eliminating Health Disparities Initiative (EHDI) Grantee Portal
Welcome EHDI grantees and others interested in eliminating health disparities!
This space was created for EHDI grantees and the broader community to access resources, get answers to questions, learn from one another and share ideas and materials. Take a moment to explore, experiment and learn in this “virtual community” of grantees.

EHDI Discussion Board
Log on to the discussion board to share questions, experiences and resources with grantees. Want others from your organization to join? The primary organization contact for EHDI should contact their OMMH Grant Manager with a request.
Discussion board tips (PDF:
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Webinars Join Dr. José Pagán to learn how to assess the benefits and costs of health and health care interventions and programs on Wed, Feb 22 at 12 noon (CST). Please register for this event.
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EHDI Resources
Find materials, tutorials on evaluation and topics related to health disparities and the social determinants of health. |
 Events Calendar
View upcoming events or ADD YOUR OWN event related to your health-disparities work! |
2010 Grantee Profiles |
Have a question or need help?
Meet the team of people who are ready to help EHDI grantees!
Clockwise from top right: Eric Moore, Mia Robillos, Nyagatare Valens, Sharon Smith, Becky Stewart, Rodolfo Gutierrez, Xiaoying Chen, Sherry Ou, Mary Johnson, Ann Zukoski, Barry Cohen, Rosemarie Rodriguez-Hager, José Gonzalez, Edie French |
Find the contact person for your question
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OMMH Grant
Management Team
Each organization is assigned an OMMH Health Coordinator who is responsible for answering questions that you may have about details of your grant agreement, connecting you with content experts available within MDH, and helping you connect with other grantees who are working on similar issues. In addition, Nyagatare Valens, our OMMH Grants Specialist, can help with invoices and other compliance issues.
Content Area Experts
Each Priority Health Area covered by EHDI has an MDH content area expert who has agreed to provide information to grantees.
Find a content expert
| Evaluation Technical Assistance and Support Team
A team of experts is available to provide evaluation
technical assistance (TA) and support to grantees with
questions on evaluation planning or implementation. The
team is also working with OMMH staff to coordinate
resources and learning opportunities on topics that will
support grantees’ success.
The team is offering these services:
- Individual meetings to develop evaluation plans and
provide TA on their implementation
- Review and feedback on all evaluation-related materials
- Web access to evaluation resources and tip sheets
- Interactive working sessions with small groups of
grantees on special topics of interest
- Webinars on topics related to the reduction of health
disparities and social determinants of health
The TA team is managed by Rainbow Research, Inc. and is
made up of evaluation experts from HACER, the Improve Group, and NorthPoint Health
and Wellness Center.
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Questions about how to get on the discussion board, join a webinar or use any of the tools on this web page?
Contact Becky at (877) 467-7847, ext. 13 or beckys@theimprovegroup.com