Partnerships to Improve Community Health

Eligible applicants are considered responsive if providing: 1. Evidence of being a member of or working through a functioning multi-sector community coalition of organizations and agencies that are committed to improving the health of their community ( of 2 or more years); 2. Documentation of how they have helped populations with high documented burdens of chronic diseases, conditions and risk factors (for example, a documented diabetes prevalence rate greater than 8.3% among the population); 3. Results of a community health needs assessment completed no earlier than May 1, 2011; 4. Description of how the organization has helped implement strategies to address chronic disease risk factors related to tobacco use or exposure; poor nutrition; physical inactivity; or limited access to opportunities for chronic disease prevention, risk reduction, or management through clinical and community linkages.