New FOAs Released by CDC Create Opportunities to Promote Health Equity
Six new funding opportunities from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offer a variety of stakeholders — including public health departments, community coalitions, school districts, local housing and transportation authorities, American Indian tribes, national and community based organizations — the opportunity to build healthier communities with federal support. Potential applicants will need to demonstrate strong partnerships and the capacity to engage local organizations. Letters of intent for three of the programs are due June 5 or June 6 (typically LOIs are not scored), with full applications to follow by July 22 and 23rd.
By emphasizing comprehensive strategies to improve community environments including policy and systems change, prioritizing equitable health outcomes, advancing multi-sector collaboration and building connections between clinical and community prevention efforts, these opportunities can help put in place a stronger and more innovative system of prevention and advance health in the first place.
The six FOAs include:
Partnerships to Improve Community Health
- “Supports implementation of evidenced- and practice-based strategies that address previously-identified community gaps and needs within a defined jurisdiction to reduce the prevalence of chronic disease and related risk factors.”
- Letter of Intent (required) due June 5, 2014
- Application deadline July 22, 2014
National Implementation and Dissemination for Chronic Disease Prevention
- “Supports national organizations and their chapters/affiliates in building and strengthening communities’ abilities to implement community health improvement strategies.”
- Letter of Intent (required) due June 5, 2014
- Application deadline July 22, 2014
Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH)
- “Seeks to strengthen existing capacity to implement locally tailored evidence- and practice-based population-wide improvements in priority populations experiencing chronic disease disparities and associated risk factors and support implementation, evaluation, and dissemination of strategies.”
- Letter of Intent (required) due June 6, 2014
- Application deadline July 22, 2014
- “Supports implementation of population-wide and priority population approaches to prevent obesity, diabetes, and heart disease and stroke and reduce health disparities in these areas among adults.”
- Application deadline July 22, 2014
A Comprehensive Approach to Good Health and Wellness in Indian Country
- “Offers support to prevent heart disease and prevent and manage type 2 diabetes and associated risk factors, such as tobacco use, physical inactivity, and unhealthy diet in American Indian tribes and Alaskan Native villages through a holistic approach to population health and wellness.”
- Application deadline July 22, 2014
Programs to Reduce Obesity in High Obesity Areas
- “Funds up to 6 Land Grant Colleges and Universities located in states with counties with an adult obesity prevalence of over 40%”
- Application deadline July 23, 2014