OpportunityTitle: Implementation of Essentials for Childhood: Safe, Stable, Nurturing Relationships and Environments
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: 1. Eligible Applicants:   State health departments or their Bona Fide Agents (this includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianna Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau). A Bona Fide Agent is an agency/organization identified by the state as eligible to submit an application under the state eligibility in lieu of a state application. If applying as a bona fide agent of a state health department, a legal, binding agreement from the state government as documentation of the status is required.   2. Special Eligibility Requirements:   State Health Departments or their Bona Fide Agents
Description: The purpose of this funding is to support sustainable, multi-sectorial collective impact efforts that promote safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments. Specifically, state health departments will be funded to 1) coordinate and manage existing and new partnerships with other child maltreatment prevention organizations and non-traditional partners to promote safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments for children; 2) work with partners to identify strategies across sectors that promote safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments; 3) identify, coordinate, monitor and report on the strategies implemented by multi-sector partners; 4) coordinate improvement processes (e.g., continuous quality improvement) for multi-sector partners to refine strategies that support safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments; and 5) establish state-level impact of these efforts.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: TECHNICAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SECTION (TIMS)
GrantorContactText: CDC  &lt;br/&gt;Procurement and Grants Office (PGO) &lt;br/&gt;Technical Information Management Section (TIMS) &lt;br/&gt;Phone: 770-488-2700 &lt;br/&gt;
CloseDateExplanation: &#149;Letter of Intent Deadline Date: May 30, 2013 (letter of intent is optional)    &#149;Application Deadline Date: June 24, 2013, 11:59 p.m. U.S. Eastern Standard Time, on www.grants.gov