OpportunityTitle: Healthy Communities, Tobacco Control, Diabetes Prevention and Control, and Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: III. Eligibility Information  III.1. Eligible Applicants  This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is a Competing Continuation.    The following organizations are eligible to apply:  a) Currently funded DP09-901 state department of health tobacco control program grantees or their designated bona fide agent.  Limiting eligibility to currently funded state-based tobacco control grantees will allow CDC the ability to gain critically important information from grantees experiences in 2014 to better inform the structure of future tobacco prevention and control programming.
Description: The purpose of the program is to reduce the morbidity and premature mortality associated with chronic diseases and to eliminate associated health disparities by supporting capacity building, program planning, development, implementation, evaluation, and surveillance for chronic disease conditions and chronic disease-related risk factors. This program addresses the Healthy People 2010 focus areas of Diabetes (focus area 5), Educational and Community-Based Programs (focus area 7), Public Health Infrastructure &#150; Data and Information Systems (focus area 23), and Tobacco Use (focus area 27). This program also addresses the CDC goal of &#147;Healthy People in Every Stage of Life&#148; (&#147;All people, and especially those at greater risk of health disparities, will achieve their optimal lifespan with the best possible quality of health in every stage of life.&#148;) and &#147;Healthy People in Healthy Places&#148; (&#147;The places where people live, work, learn, and play will protect and promote their health and safety, especially those at greater risk of health disparities.&#148;).Activities and interventions funded under this program announcement should be evidence based and implemented in consultation with CDC. When preparing the application, applicants should avail themselves of technical assistance resources available from the program to ensure that evidence-based capacity building, surveillance and evaluation activities, intervention strategies, and the infrastructure to implement them are proposed for funding.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Technical Information Management Section (TIMS)
GrantorContactText: CDC Procurement and Grants Office &lt;br/&gt;(PGO) Technical Information Management Section (TIMS) &lt;br/&gt;Phone:  770-488-2700 &lt;br/&gt;E-mail: pgotim@cdc.gov &lt;br/&gt;
CloseDateExplanation: Application Deadline:  February 28, 2014, 11:59PM Eastern Standard Time