OpportunityTitle: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009Supplemental Funding to Support Enhanced Evaluation within ARRA Funded Obesity Communities
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligibility is limited to current CPPW grantees who are implementing the nutritional and physical activity MAPPS strategies that are expected to drive changes in height and weight (to calculate BMI) and, where applicable, other biometric and related measurements and observational measures such as data on physical activity and/or nutrition/dietary intake under DP09-912 ARRA09 and that have the necessary infrastructure in place and experience to perform the measurement activities required, and have some degree of height and weight and, where applicable, other biometric or related measurement activities currently ongoing in their community..    Competition is limited to the 25 CPPW grantee communities funded through cooperative agreement: DP09-912ARRA09 for obesity prevention as follows:  Boston Public Health Commission, Massachusetts  Cherokee Nation Health Service Group, Oklahoma  Cook County (Cook County Department of Public Health/Public Health   County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health, California  County of San Diego Health &amp; Human Services Agency, California  Douglas County Health Department, Nebraska  Hamilton County General Health District, Ohio  Hawaii - State of Hawaii Department of Health (Kauai and Maui)  Indiana - Indiana State Department of Health (Bartholomew County and Vanderburgh County)  Jefferson County Department of Health, Alabama  Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government, Kentucky  Maine Department of Health and Human Services, Maine (Healthy Lakes and Portland)  Miami-Dade County Health Department, Florida  Minnesota &#150; Minnesota Department of Health (Olmstead County and Minneapolis)  Multnomah County Health Department, Oregon  Nashville/Davidson County Metro Public Health Department, Tennessee  New York City (Fund for Public Health in New York, Inc.), New York  Philadelphia Department of Public Health, Pennsylvania  Pima County, Arizona  Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico  San Antonio Metropolitan Health District, Texas  Seattle-King County Department of Public Health, Washington  Tri-County Health Department, Colorado  West Virginia - West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (Mid-Ohio Valley)  Wisconsin - Wisconsin Department of Health Services (LaCrosse County and Wood County)
Description: The purpose of this supplemental funding opportunity is to expand existing collection and evaluation of individual-level data on height and, weight (used to create BMI) and, where applicable, other biometric and related measurements, in selected communities funded for obesity prevention. In addition, awardees should add or expand the use of supplementary observational measures of policy/environmental changes to augment individual-level measurements.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: pgotim@cdc.gov
GrantorContactText: CDC Procurement and Grants Office &lt;br/&gt;grants &lt;br/&gt;Phone 770-488-2700