[HealthyTribes] Attention! New funding opportunities

[Freewynn Sabrina L]

Hello everyone,

Two new funding opportunities open to tribes.

Over the next several days, CDC is announcing the availability of six new funding opportunity announcements (FOAs) to advance the nation's chronic disease prevention and health promotion efforts.

  *   All six FOAs address one or more of the leading risk factors for the major causes of death and disability in the United States: tobacco use, poor nutrition, and physical inactivity.
  *   A number of the FOAs also address key health system improvements and community supports to help Americans manage their chronic conditions such as high blood pressure and pre-diabetes.
  *   All the FOAs involve partnerships at the national, state, or local level because public health cannot solve these problems alone.

Through these FOAs, CDC is concentrating resources on key risk factors and major diseases that contribute substantially to suffering, disability, and premature death among Americans. Together, the six FOAs form a mutually reinforcing set of activities designed, in synergy, to reach the overall goals of reducing:

  *   Rates of death and disability due to tobacco use by 5%.
  *   Prevalence of obesity by 3%.
  *   Rates of death and disability due to diabetes, heart disease, and stroke by 3%.

Individually, each FOA contributes uniquely to these goals by:

  *   Working through unique awardees (e.g., state health departments, national organizations).
  *   Delivering interventions to unique populations (e.g., racial and ethnic minorities, populations with very high obesity rates).
  *   Emphasizing specific interventions (e.g., health system improvements, environmental approaches).
  *   Implementing interventions in specific places (e.g., large cities, tribes).
  *   Addressing specific risk factors, disease management, or both (e.g., tobacco use, obesity, high blood pressure).

Two of the funding opportunities already released are open to tribes. We encourage you to apply!


(DP14-1421PPHF14): A Comprehensive Approach to Good Health and Wellness in Indian Country
This 5-year, $14 million/year initiative aims to prevent heart disease, diabetes, stroke, and associated risk factors in American Indian tribes and Alaskan Native villages through a holistic approach to population health and wellness.  The initiative will support efforts by American Indian tribes and Alaskan Native villages to implement a variety of effective community-chosen and culturally adapted policies, systems, and environmental changes. These changes will aim to reduce commercial tobacco use and exposure, improve nutrition and physical activity, increase support for breastfeeding, increase health literacy, and strengthen team-based care and community-clinical links. Funds will support approximately 12 American Indian tribes and Alaskan Native villages directly and approximately 12 Tribal Organizations (one of each in each of 12 IHS administrative areas)  to provide leadership, technical assistance, training, and resources to  American Indian tribes and Alaskan Native villages within their IHS Administrative Areas.
CDC website: http://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/about/tribalhealthwellness/

Teleconference for potential applicants:  2:00 - 3:30 p.m. U.S. Eastern Daylight Time, May 28, 2014 1-800-779-8307 participant code: 3508689
The application deadline date is July 22, 2014 11:59 p.m. U.S. Eastern Daylight Time on www.grants.gov.<http://www.grants.gov>[Description: External Web Site Icon]<http://www.cdc.gov/Other/disclaimer.html>


(DP14-1417) Partnership to Improve Community Health
Partnerships to Improve Community Health (PICH) will fund and support a new 3-year, $50 million/year initiative to improve health and reduce the burden of chronic diseases through evidence- and practice-based strategies to create or strengthen healthy environments that make it easier for people to make healthy choices and take charge of their health. An estimated 30 to 40 cooperative agreements will be awarded to governmental agencies and non-governmental organizations to work through multi-sectoral community coalitions consisting of businesses, schools, non-profit organizations, local health departments, health care organizations, community planning agencies, local housing authorities, social service agencies, agricultural extension programs, civic organizations, park and recreation departments, faith-based institutions, and other community-based organizations. Awardees will work to reduce tobacco use and exposure, improve nutrition, increase physical activity, and improve access to chronic disease prevention, risk reduction, and management opportunities. Projects will serve three types of geographic areas: large cities and urban counties, small cities and counties, and American Indian tribes and Alaska Native villages.

CDC website: http://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/about/PICH/

Teleconference for potential applicants:  Wednesday, May 28 from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. U.S. Eastern Daylight Time. 1-888-324-7573 participant code: 5878439
Letter of Intent Deadline: Letters of Intent must be emailed by 5 p.m. or postmarked by June 5, 2014 Eastern Daylight Time.
The application deadline date is July 22, 2014 11:59 p.m. U.S. Eastern Daylight Time, on www.grants.gov<http://www.grants.gov>[Description: External Web Site Icon]<http://www.cdc.gov/Other/disclaimer.html>.


Please don't hesitate to contact your liaison if we can be of help to you as you write your application.

Sabrina

Sabrina Freewynn
Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention
800 NE Oregon Street
Portland, OR 97232
Phone: 971-673-1121
BB: 971-212-1661

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