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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">NACCHO is pleased to announce two new funding opportunities to decrease syphilis via community engagement. Both opportunities focus on engaging community members to develop, or tailor, a plan to decrease syphilis
burden in the local community. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Community engagement is pivotal for public health, and the cornerstone of these funding opportunities. It is a process that seeks out insight from the community into their own needs and priorities. Involving
community members, including people with lived experience, in a community engagement and planning process can identify challenges that contribute to the increases in syphilis, reduce stigma, and help improve sexual health literacy. It can also facilitate opportunities
to develop or enhance interventions that can contribute to better sexual health outcomes (e.g., decreasing syphilis, congenital syphilis, HIV, and/or other STIs).
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The first opportunity is </span>
<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#944F71"><a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Furldefense.us%2Fv3%2F__https%3A%2F%2Fwww.naccho.org%2Fuploads%2Fbody-images%2FDecreasing-Syphilis-RFA.pdf__%3B!!Og_tST9LxTiQE1I!_AWBVSvYtMWITDNuj9BvrKcfwdxq8Ibde_54MkQDsEDlVw7GW_272CGjM-gHKJTxpJw%24&data=05%7C01%7Cjillian.d.garai%40DHSOHA.STATE.OR.US%7C22f1f03d35744451400708db05f3675f%7C658e63e88d39499c8f4813adc9452f4c%7C0%7C0%7C638110315577953720%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=QxvhK8RKKcYhGI60qX5oKvt9ahk18GRU96Dbq7m8Zx8%3D&reserved=0">Community
Engagement to Strengthen Local Health Department Approaches to Decreasing Syphilis</a></span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#944F71"> (Ctrl+ Click to follow link)
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">for which any local health department is eligible to apply, and which can be used to focus on a specific population, geographic area, or other target identified by local data which experiences significant syphilis burden.
NACCHO will fund up to 8 health departments $75,000-150,000 each, for this process.
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The second is </span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0562C1"><a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Furldefense.us%2Fv3%2F__https%3A%2F%2Fwww.naccho.org%2Fuploads%2Fbody-images%2FDecreasing-Syphilis-in-AIAN-Populations-RFA-Final-9.pdf__%3B!!Og_tST9LxTiQE1I!_AWBVSvYtMWITDNuj9BvrKcfwdxq8Ibde_54MkQDsEDlVw7GW_272CGjM-gHBl3Buu8%24&data=05%7C01%7Cjillian.d.garai%40DHSOHA.STATE.OR.US%7C22f1f03d35744451400708db05f3675f%7C658e63e88d39499c8f4813adc9452f4c%7C0%7C0%7C638110315577953720%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=c0M6v3b9%2BRjbvnLGuUAxETFNgO2cs4YxcG1x5MKlqZM%3D&reserved=0">Community
Engagement to Strengthen Approaches to Decreasing Syphilis Among American Indian/Alaska Native Populations</a></span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0562C1">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#944F71">(Ctrl+ Click to follow link) </span>
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">which is open for applications from health departments (local or tribal/IHS facilities) to use community engagement approaches to develop, or tailor, a plan to address syphilis within AI/AN communities. Non-AI/AN organizations
applying for this RFA must do so in partnership with AI/AN organizations already engaged with the community (i.e., Indian health organizations or health boards). This opportunity is available for up to three entities for $75,000-150,000 each.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Applications for both RFAs are due on <b>March 3, 2023, </b>
and all additional information can be found in the linked RFAs above. For questions, contact Rebekah Horowitz, Director, STI Programs, at
<span style="color:#0562C1"><a href="mailto:rhorowitz@naccho.org">rhorowitz@naccho.org</a></span>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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