Deadline: 1-Jun-23
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) / Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) is now accepting applications for its Building Capacity for Chronic Disease Education and Awareness Grant Program.
The purpose of this NOFO is to expand and advance CDC’s work on education, outreach, and public awareness activities to strengthen the science base for prevention, education, and public health awareness for a variety of chronic diseases that do not currently have dedicated resources that would lead to meaningful patient outcomes. Recipients will focus on data collection and dissemination, education, and public awareness activities that will support effective, evidencebased clinical and population-level approaches to improve health and health equity.
Funding Information
- Approximate Number of Awards: 4
- Total Period of Performance Length: 4 year(s)
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $5,200,000
- Award Ceiling: $400,000
- Award Floor: $300,000
Outcomes
- All recipients are expected to achieve the following outcomes by the end of the period of performance. These outcomes are bolded in the logic model.
- Intermediate outcomes
- Increased number of national and/or state indicator reports disseminated to public health professionals
- Increased number of informational materials and messages disseminated by media outlet and priority audience
- Increased number of best practices and referral options for a proposed chronic disease disseminated to health care professionals
- Long-term outcomes
- Increased number of public health professionals who are aware of the public health surveillance data and evidence-based strategies for the proposed chronic disease
- Increased number of people who are aware of information related to prevention, screening, and treatment and/or management of the proposed chronic disease
- Increased number of health care professionals who are aware of tools and best practices for screening, referral, and treatment and/or management options for the proposed chronic disease
- Intermediate outcomes
Proposed Strategies and Activities
- Strategy 1: Data dissemination for the proposed chronic disease
- Strategy 2: Develop survey tools to fill data gaps
- Strategy 3: Develop and disseminate educational activities that support public awareness
- Strategy 4: Develop and disseminate educational activities that support health care professionals
Target Populations: Public health professionals Public, including people with the proposed chronic disease and their caregivers Health care professionals
Eligibility Criteria
- State governments
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Special district governments
- Independent school districts
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- Small businesses
For more information, visit Grants.gov.