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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention �Affordable Care Act (ACA) � Communities Putting Prevention to Work

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF

Opportunity #: 93.520

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usa-93.520

Description

This funding was appropriated under the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of (Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S. Code 241(a) and 247b (k) (2) to reduce Chronic Disease risk factors, prevent and delay chronic disease, promote wellness, and better manage chronic conditions. This initiative will address the following: Increased levels of physical activity Improved nutrition (e.g. increased fruit/vegetable consumption, reduced salt and transfats);Decreased smoking prevalence and decreased teen smoking initiation; and Decreased exposure to secondhand smoke. Communities funded under this announcement will accomplish this by implementing population-based approaches such as policy, systems, and environmental changes across 5 evidence-based strategies � access, media, point of decision information, social support services, and price � in both schools and communities. Both components are necessary to achieve behavior change in youth that sustain from school settings into family and community settings, and supports sustaining healthy behavior into adulthood. Communities funded by this announcement will receive a menu of evidence-based interventions along with support and tools from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to strengthen and develop effective strategies tailored to their needs. The cooperative agreements will address the �Healthy People 2010� focus areas of obesity, cardiovascular disease, tobacco, and educational and community-based programs; the Health Protection Goals of �Healthy People in Every Stage of Life� which states that �all people, and especially those at greater risk of health disparities, will achieve their optimal lifespan with the best quality of health in every stage of life,� and �Healthy People in Healthy Places� which states that �the places where people live, work, learn, and play will protect and promote their health and safety, especially those at greater risk of health disparities.�

Types of Assistance: COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS

Eligible Applicants

Eligible applicants that can apply for this funding opportunity are listed below: �All grant applications not funded under DP09-912ARRA consisting of Federally recognized Tribal Governments, Regional Area Indian Health Boards, Urban Indian organizations, and Inter-Tribal Councils as designated by the Principal Tribal elected official or chief executive officer County/City Health Departments �The official state health department (or its bona fide agent), or its equivalent, as designated by the Governor, is to serve as the lead/fiduciary agency for Small City and Rural Community applications. For this announcement, the term �State� includes the 50 states, 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. �The official local health department (or its bona fide agent), or its equivalent, as designated by the mayor, county executive, or other equivalent governmental official. �All grantees funded under funding opportunity announcement CDC-RFA-DP09-901 and CDC-RFA-DPPO-902 which are all official state health departments (or its bona fide agent) of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, 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.

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