PPMW Promotoras program awarded Montgomery Co. Underserved Communities Projects (UCP) grant to advance health outreach
WASHINGTON, May 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington, DC (PPMW) recently received an Underserved Communities Projects grant from Montgomery County, Maryland, to grow the PPMW Promotoras de Salud community health outreach program.
- WASHINGTON, May 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington, DC (PPMW) recently received an Underserved Communities Projects grant from Montgomery County, Maryland, to grow the PPMW Promotoras de Salud community health outreach program.
- The Promotoras de Salud program is one of 11 awardees selected through a highly competitive process, out of 132 applicants.
- PPMW's Promotoras de Salud are Spanish-speaking peer educators who teach their communities about sexual and reproductive health and rights and work to destigmatize these complex topics.
- "Community health workers can make an important difference in addressing unmet needs related to social determinants of health, which can drive health disparities in Latinx communities," Augustine notes.