MOTA Summary
The Minority Outreach and Technical Assistance (MOTA) program, MHHD’s legacy program, was initially born in 2001 from the Cigarette Restitution Program to ensure participation in the state's Tobacco and Cancer Community Health Coalition. MOTA has grown to be a chronic disease program providing prevention, education, outreach, and linkage to care services.
In recent years, the MOTA program has provided funding to organizations providing preventative programming, utilizing community engagement, partnerships, outreach, technical assistance, and ongoing intervention with individuals with need. The current health focus areas include:
- Asthma
- Cardiovascular Diseases
- Cancer
- Obesity
- Diabetes/Prediabetes
- Pregnancy and Birth Outcomes
- Mental Health
MHHD will monitor grantee activities through narrative reports and performance measures and data collection throughout the course of the funding period.
Application information:
The FY27 RFA deadline is March 11, 2026, at 5 p.m.
FY27 MOTA RFA
To apply for the grant, visit eMMA at https://emma.maryland.gov/
Solicitation ID: BPM055355
A Pre-Application Webinar was held in February. View the recording here.
View the webinar slides here.
The FY2027 competitive RFA is open to all. Once selected for funding, grantees may be considered for funding into the next fiscal year (FY28) based on their year 1 performance. These RFAs are called continuation RFA’s.
Have questions about the RFA process? Please contact [email protected]. We request that all questions be submitted at least seven (7) days prior to the RFA deadline.
