Deadline: 31 May 2017
The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Centers for Disease Control (NCEH) is seeking applications for Enhancing Innovation and Capabilities of the Environmental Public Health Tracking Network.
Environmental Public Health Tracking (Tracking) is the integrated surveillance of health, exposure, and hazard information and data from a variety of national, state, and local sources. The Tracking Network is unique in that it provides the United States with accurate and timely standardized data and supports ongoing efforts within the public health and environmental sectors to improve data collection, accessibility, and dissemination as well as analytic and response capacity.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $104,000,000
- Award Ceiling: $1,200,000
- Award Floor: $600,000
Eligibility Criteria
- The funding is open to any type of entity.
- Applicants must demonstrate that their program will be a collaborative effort by including the following with their application:
- A letter of collaboration signed by both the state (or local) Secretary/Director of Health or equivalent and the state (or local) Secretary/Director of Environmental Quality/Protection/Natural Resources or the equivalent agency/department confirming that partnership exists or will be developed within 90 days from receiving funds: Between Health and Environmental Agencies/Departments to exchange and/or share data, provide technical expertise on data interpretation. Evidence of a partnership may be a confirmation of an existing memorandum of understanding (MOU) between Health and Environment that covers activities related to this Program. Between appropriate organizational units within each Agency/Department (Within the Health Department this may include birth defect programs, cancer registries, vital statistics, lead programs, environmental epidemiology, the state laboratory, chronic disease, and others). If Health and Environment are organized under one state agency/department, a letter of intent from the Secretary/Director or equivalent of that agency/department confirming that partnership exists or will be developed across appropriate organizational units within the Agency/Department as required.
- A letter designating a public health liaison within the environmental agency/department and an environmental liaison within the health agency/department, describing their roles and responsibilities respectively.
- Eligible local health departments must provide a letter from responsible state authority assuring that activities related to this program will be coordinated with the State Health Department, and that the state will cooperate in providing relevant data to support NCDMs on the local and CDC network portals.
- A letter of collaboration from the awardee & rsquo; Public Health and/or Environment Health Laboratory director to confirm their collaboration with the awardee throughout the funding period.
- A letter of commitment from awardee & rsquo; information technology management office indicating intent for collaboration and coordination on all IT focused activities listed under “ Recipient Activities & rdquo.
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted online via given website.
For more information, please visit Grants.gov.