Rep. McNally Announces $9K in State Grants for Youngstown City Health District

COLUMBUS - State Rep. Lauren McNally (D-Youngstown) today announced the awarding of $9K in state funds from the Ohio Commission on Minority Health for the Youngstown City Health District as part of the commission’s Minority Health Month grant program.

“Minority Health Money is an important opportunity to bring attention, information, and support to our communities and help our neighbors lead healthier, better lives,” said Rep. McNally. “I look forward to celebrating alongside everyone in April.”

Created in 1989 and recognized each April, Minority Health Month is a 30-day, high visibility, nationwide health promotion and disease prevention campaign. The Ohio Commission on Minority Health’s grant program funds efforts with and by community-based agencies and organizations, with local offices of Minority Health located within urban areas in Ohio including, Akron, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Toledo and Youngstown, that will:

• Provide crucial information that allows  individuals practice disease prevention;
• Promote healthy lifestyles;
• Showcase the providers of grassroots healthcare resources and information;
• Highlight the disparate health conditions between Ohio’s minority and non-minority populations; and
• Gain additional support for on-going efforts to improve minority health year round.

The 2025 Minority Health Month theme will be “Good Health Begins With You!” and all Commission funded programs and activities must be free and open to the public.

“The Youngstown Office on Minority Health is grateful for this funding that will help with the implementation of the Annual Community-Wide Baby Shower on April 18, 2025, and an Interactive Health Fair on April 26, 2025,” said Erin Bishop, Health Commissioner and Local registrar of the Youngstown City Health District. “Save the dates, more information to follow.”

The Minority Health Division of the Youngstown City Health District’s mission is to:

• Inform community members and leaders of health issues that affect minority and under-served populations.
• Educate community members and leaders about health disparities through events, workshops, and programs.
• Empower community members by providing access to the information and resources needed to improve their health.

The Ohio Commission on Minority Health receives state funding, via general revenue dollars, from the Ohio General Assembly to support its grants and programs.