OpportunityTitle: Tribal Epidemiology Centers Public Health Infrastructure (TECPHI)
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: The intent of this Notice of Funding Opportunity Announcement is to support Tribal Epidemiology Centers (TECs) that have been established to serve each IHS or Urban Area&#160; Urban Indian Organizations   Office of Urban Indian Health Programs (ihs.gov).&#160;&#160;  Applications submitted will be considered non-responsive and will not receive further review if the following criteria is not met:&#160;    Applicants must identify the component they will be applying for in the project abstract. If the applicant does not identify the component in the project abstract, the application will be deemed non-responsive.&#160;    Component A applicants:&#160;      Must be physically located and operate within the IHS Area or Urban Area for which the work is proposed. Applicants must identify the IHS Area or Urban Area in which they will do the proposed work in the project abstract. If the IHS Area or Urban Area is not identified in the project abstract the application will be deemed non-responsive.&#160;      Must identify if they are a TEC or not a TEC in the project abstract. If not identified in the project abstract the application will be deemed non-responsive.&#160;         &#160;If the applicant is not a TEC, the applicant must provide a Letter of Support from the current TEC director (or equivalent acting official) as described in the General Capacity section of this NOFO. The letter should be titled &#8220;TEC Letter of Support&#8221; and uploaded as a &#8220;other attachments/mandatory other attachments.&#8221; If the letter of support is not provided the application will be deemed non-responsive.&#160;&#160;
Description: CDC expects to fund up to 12 Component A recipients and one (1) Component B recipient. Only one Component A recipient will be selected to serve each of the IHS Areas or the Urban Area as defined in the funding opportunity. These areas are: Alaska Area, Albuquerque Area, Bemidji Area, Billings Area, California Area, Great Plains Area, Nashville Area, Navajo Area, Oklahoma City Area, Portland Area, Phoenix/Tucson Area, and the Urban Area. This NOFO will also fund up to one Component B recipient. This funding opportunity offers support to strengthen public health capacity and infrastructure among Tribal Epidemiology Centers (TECs), Tribes, and Urban Indian Health Organizations (UIOs) to meet national public health accreditation standards and deliver the 10 essential public health services. Through TECs, recipients will provide public health leadership, surveillance and epidemiology, public health program design, implementation and evaluation, technical support and training to address a wide range of public health needs. This funding opportunity is intended to contribute to reductions in chronic diseases and risk factors, reductions in disparities in health outcomes, and improvements in overall health by building public health capacity and infrastructure in Indian Country. Component A recipients will implement activities to strengthen TECs/Tribes/UIOs public health capacity and infrastructure to meet National Public Health Accreditation Standards and deliver the 10 Essential Public Health Services. The Component B recipient will establish a Network Coordinating Center to foster peer-to peer learning, support training, and coordinate a national evaluation approach and communication efforts.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: gpk9@cdc.gov
GrantorContactText: Kelly Bishop&lt;br/&gt;gpk9@cdc.gov
CloseDateExplanation: Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 pm ET on the listed application due date.