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REACH 2010

In the year 2000, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) funded 24 different REACH projects in cities across the country. These projects will be funded for at least four years.

REACH stands for Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health. In the U.S.A., communities of color are more likely than whites to suffer from health problems such as diabetes and high blood pressure and their complications. The common aim of all REACH 2010 projects is to eliminate the large differences in the health status of racial/ethnic minorities in these and other key health areas. Each REACH project develops and implements a community action plan designed to reduce the community burden of a given health problem.