OpportunityTitle: Sodium Reduction in Communities
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligible applicants that can apply for this funding opportunity are listed below:   &#149; An official local health department (or its bona fide agent), or its equivalent, as designated by the mayor, county executive, or other equivalent governmental official, will serve as the lead/fiduciary agent for a Large City application.  For this announcement, the term &#147;large city&#148; is defined as a local health department that serves a jurisdiction with a population of more than 1 million people.     &#149; An official local health department (or its bona fide agent), or its equivalent, as designated by the mayor, county executive, or other equivalent governmental official, will serve as the lead/fiduciary agent for an Urban Area application.  For this announcement, the term &#147;urban area&#148; is defined as a local health department that serves a jurisdiction with a population more than 250,000 and up to 1 million people.     &#149; Federally recognized Tribal Governments, Regional Area Indian Health Boards, Urban Indian organizations, and Inter-Tribal Councils as designated by the Principal Tribal elected official or chief executive officer will serve as the lead/fiduciary agency for Tribal Community applications.    &#149; An official state health department (or its bona fide agent), or its equivalent, as designated by the Governor, is to serve as the lead/fiduciary agency for Small City and Rural Community applications.  For this announcement, the term &#147;State&#148; includes the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The term &#147;small city&#148; is defined as a local health department that serves a jurisdiction with a population between 50,000 &#150; 250,000 people.  The term &#147;rural area&#148; is defined as a local health department that serves a jurisdiction with a population of 50,000 people and below.
Description: The purpose of this program is to create healthier food environments to reduce sodium intake through public health application and implementation of broad-based (population-based) sodium reduction strategies related to policy, system, and environmental change. Applicants funded under this FOA will work collaboratively to promote and sustain policy and environmental change efforts in communities and conduct program evaluation on their progress toward reducing consumption of sodium in the population. Each applicant/program should include the following program elements
GrantorContactEmailDescription: pgotim@cdc.gov
GrantorContactText: CDC Procurement and Grants Office &lt;br/&gt;grants &lt;br/&gt;Phone 770-488-2700