Open Call: Closing the Gap with Social Determinants of Health Accelerator Plans (US)

Deadline: 12-Jun-23

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the availability of funds to develop multi-sector action plans that address the social determinants of health (SDOH) by accelerating action in state, local, territorial, and tribal jurisdictions, and communities that lead to improved chronic health conditions among Americans experiencing health disparities and inequality.

Health equity is achieved when every person has the chance to “attain his or her full health potential” and no one is “disadvantaged from achieving this potential because of social position or other socially determined circumstances” (World Health Organization (WHO)). Achieving health equity can be realized by addressing the social determinants of health (SDOH) such as systemic racism, poverty, poor access to quality healthcare, transportation, housing insecurity, nutrition insecurity, commercial tobacco-free policies, safe spaces for physical activity, and social connectedness.

To maximize public health impact, policy, systems, environmental, and programmatic strategies that address SDOH have the potential to narrow disparities in many chronic diseases by removing systemic and unfair barriers to practicing healthy behaviors. Sustaining positive health outcomes require a focus not just on individual behaviors and patient care, but on root causes of disparities and community-wide approaches aimed at improving population health. Healthy People 2030 categorizes SDOH into five domains:

• Economic Stability;
• Education Access and Quality;
• Health Care Access and Quality;
• Neighborhood and Built Environment; and
• Social and Community Context.

Purpose

• Approximately 15 applicants will be funded to collaborate with multisectoral partners to develop implementation ready SDOH Accelerator Plans to reduce disparities in health outcomes related to chronic disease within a state, local, territorial, and tribal jurisdiction, community, or catchment area.
• A community within the state could be defined as a city, county, parish, or jurisdiction/subjurisdiction.
• Catchment areas are defined in this NOFO as a county, metropolitan statistical area(s) or a group of contiguous counties.

Funding Information

• Estimated Total Program Funding: $1,875,000
• Award Ceiling: $125,000

Strategies

• Strategy 1: Convene and Coordinate a Leadership Team Consisting of Multisectoral Partners
• Strategy 2: Develop an Implementation-Ready SDOH Accelerator Plan

Outcomes

• Based on the five domains of Healthy People 2030, CDC’s National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP) developed an integrated framework to address SDOH with a specific focus on five determinants that impact chronic disease risk factors and health outcomes:
  • Built Environment
  • Community-Clinical Linkages
  • Food and Nutrition Security
  • Social Connectedness
  • Tobacco-Free Policy

Eligibility Criteria

• Special district governments
• Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
• City or township governments
• State governments
• County governments
• Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
• Additional Eligibility Category:
  • Government Organizations:
    • State governments or their bona fide agents (includes the District of Columbia)
    • Local governments or their bona fide agents
    • Territorial governments or their bona fide agents in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianna Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau
    • American Indian or Alaska Native tribal governments (federally recognized or state-recognized)
    • Non-government Organizations
    • American Indian or Alaska native tribally designated organizations

For more information, visit Grants.gov.