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<b><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#008996">Community Engagement to Strengthen Local Health Department Approaches to Decreasing Syphilis RFA<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3E4543">Released Aug 28, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Are you interested in working directly with your community members to create a community-informed and tailored plan that addresses syphilis? The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)
has partnered with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Division of STD Prevention (DSTDP) to provide a funding opportunity for local health departments that supports that type of approach. Through this funding opportunity, up to 5 health
departments (not already apart of cohort 1) will receive funding to implement a community engagement process that contributes to a plan aimed at addressing the syphilis burden in their communities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Prospective applicants can find the details of the RFA <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/rbtzyajm9swdyvtkavkdm/Decreasing-Syphilis-RFA-Round-2-final.pdf?rlkey=0gtxqn05yr3s63s9xx0vygttv&dl=0" target="_blank"><span style="color:#3E4543">here</span></a> and
the deadline to submit applications is September 29, 2023. Applications should be submitted via email to <a href="mailto:sti@naccho.org"><span style="color:#3E4543">sti@naccho.org</span></a>. If applicants have additional questions, feel free to reach out
to Daisha Washington, STI Program Analyst, at <a href="mailto:dwashington@naccho.org"><span style="color:#3E4543">dwashington@naccho.org</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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