The North Carolina Center for Health and Wellness (NCCHW) at UNC Asheville has been awarded a $750,211 2020 Innovations in Nutrition Programs and Services – Demonstration grant to provide person-centered diabetes care and support through services available under the Older Americans Act. The three-year grant will be administered in collaboration with the Piedmont Triad Regional Council Area Agency on Aging and Rockingham County’s Aging, Disability, & Transit Services (ADTS).
Funding for the first year of the project begins with $249,938 and will focus on person-centered carbohydrate (carb)-controlled home delivered (HD) and congregate nutrition (CN) meals and wrap-around services to clients with pre-diabetes and diabetes who are enrolled in these services in Rockingham County.
“As adults age and are challenged by chronic health conditions and a multitude of social drivers of health, it’s important to provide access to services in their communities that improve health, reduce healthcare costs, increase dignity, and offer socialization. This new grant will offer older adults receiving nutrition services with healthy, diabetes friendly meal options, and with wrap-around services such as health assessments, health coaching, and engagement in diabetes prevention and self-management programs,” said Nicolle Miller, NCCHW director of state and community collaborations.
ADTS’ Senior Nutrition Services provide older adults a nutritious meal, social engagement, and a safety check. Rockingham County residents age 60 and older may be eligible for the program and can contact ADTS if they want to enroll: https://adtsrc.org/contact/ or 336.349.2343.
The grant is one of 11 awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community Living for innovative projects that will enhance the quality, effectiveness and outcomes of nutrition services programs provided by the national aging services network. It is also the second grant from the ACL to NCCHW in 2020. NCCHW received a $1.2 million grant from ACL to extend its evidence-based falls prevention programs partnership and network across the state. The Integrated Networks Grant follows a 2017 award of $600,000 to NCCHW which expanded access and utilization of the programs across 18 counties in Western North Carolina.
The awards come at a time when NCCHW’s Healthy Aging NC remains committed to supporting the agencies across NC to keep older adults safe in their homes, particularly during COVID-19. Read more at https://ncchw.unca.edu/news-events/ncchw-awarded-three-year-grant/.
In addition, NCCHW leads statewide research related to COVID-19 and was awarded $610,000 from the UNC Board of Governors HMSI Committee to lead the research and evaluation elements of a project examining the impact of social isolation on well-being during COVID-19 and a statewide study of comorbidity for individuals who have died from COVID-19. Read more at https://www.unca.edu/events-and-news/stories/unc-board-of-governors-hmsi-committee-announces-the-award-of-610000-in-funding-to-unc-asheville-to-fight-covid-19/.
To learn more about these projects, contact Nicolle Miller, NCCHW director of state and community collaborations, at nmiller2@unca.edu or 828.258.7711.
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