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Audit of Morehouse School of Medicine's National Infrastructure for Mitigating the Impact of COVID-19 Initiative

The National Infrastructure for Mitigating the Impact of COVID-19 (NIMIC) initiative seeks to develop and coordinate a strategic and structured national network of national, State, Territorial, Tribal, and local public and community-based organizations that will mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on racial and ethnic minority, rural, and socially vulnerable populations. The NIMIC initiative is a 3-year, $40 million cooperative agreement between HHS's Office of Minority Health and the Morehouse School of Medicine to fight COVID-19 in racial and ethnic minority, rural, and socially vulnerable communities. The Morehouse School of Medicine is leading the initiative to coordinate a strategic network to deliver COVID-19-related information to communities hardest hit by the pandemic. The NIMIC initiative is expected to result in: (1) improving the reach of COVID-19-related public health messaging to racial and ethnic minority, rural, and socially vulnerable populations; (2) increasing connections to health care and social services for racial and ethnic minority, rural, and socially vulnerable populations; (3) decreasing disparities in COVID-19 testing and vaccination rates among racial and ethnic minority populations in highly impacted geographic areas; and (4) enhancing State, Territorial, and Tribal capacities and infrastructures to support response, recovery, and resilience among racial and ethnic minority, rural, and socially vulnerable populations. We intend to determine which strategies the Morehouse School of Medicine implemented to achieve the goals of the NIMIC initiative, and whether the Morehouse School of Medicine met the project goals and complied with Federal regulations.

Announced or Revised Agency Title Component Report Number(s) Expected Issue Date (FY)
October 2023 Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Office of Minority Health Audit of Morehouse School of Medicine's National Infrastructure for Mitigating the Impact of COVID-19 Initiative Office of Audit Services WA-24-0038 (W-00-24-59482) 2025