Next meeting:
The next Kentucky REACH event will be a CHOW (Community Health Outreach Worker) Training on Aug. 27 - 28 at the Lexington Fayette County Health
Department, 650 Newtown Pike, Lexington. For more information, contact.

REACH U.S. (Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health Across the U.S.) is a national program and a cornerstone of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's efforts to address and reduce the root causes of racial and ethnic health disparities in the United States. REACH U.S. funds 40 grantee partners throughout the U.S. to implement programs that focus on eliminating health disparities among minority populations. REACH grantees operate under one of two levels of funding: Centers of Excellence in the Elimination of Disparities (CEEDs), and Action Communities (ACs). 

The University of Alabama is a Center of Excellence to Eliminate Disparities (CEEDs) grantee to provide funding, support, training and guidance to states working towards eliminating health disparities in the Mid-South region (Kentucky, Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee).  The mission of REACH Mid-South is to develop a comprehensive outreach model that addresses breast and cervical cancer disparities among African-American women at each level of the health care continuum: prevention, early detection, treatment, and survivorship.

Kentucky REACH, a REACH Mid-South partner, has the following goals:

• Build a leadership team made up of organizations, researchers and community members working on African-American health issues, especially breast and cervical cancer.
  
  
• Develop a comprehensive statewide community action plan addressing breast and cervical cancer issues.

Currently Kentucky REACH has four work groups: Community Action Plan Development; Communication; Grant Applications; and Evaluation.

If you would like to be a part of Kentucky REACH efforts, contact Keisha Houston, MPH at or (859) 219-0772 x263.