OpportunityTitle: PPHF 2014:  Tobacco Use Prevention &#191; Public Health Approaches for Ensuring Quitline Capacity &#191; financed solely by 2014 Prevention and Public Health Funds
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligible Applicants:     Eligibility is limited to state health departments, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. territories: Guam and Puerto Rico, or their bona fide agents.
Description: The primary purpose of this FOA is to ensure and expand quitline capacity so that all callers to the quitline during a federal media campaign are offered at least one coaching call, either immediately upon calling or by being re-contacted within two to three days. The secondary purpose is to continue to expand the capacity of state tobacco control programs to implement evidence-based cessation interventions in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and Guam. These interventions include: (1) ensure infrastructure for state quitline; (2) improve quitline capacity; (3) participate in surveillance and evaluation efforts; (4) identify and target disparate populations; (5) improve sustainability; (6) increase media efforts; (7) enhance quitline protocol and operations; (8) improve understanding of comprehensive cessation coverage for Medicaid recipients; and (9) promote health systems change.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: PGO Technical Information Management Section (TIMS)
GrantorContactText: CDC Procurement and Grant Office &lt;br/&gt;PGO Technical Information Management Section (TIMS) &lt;br/&gt;Phone 770-488-2700 &lt;br/&gt;Email  pgotim@cdc.gov
CloseDateExplanation: Dates:    Letter of Intent (LOI) Deadline:   N/A    Application Deadline:  May 12, 2014, 11:59 p.m. U.S. Eastern Standard Time, on www.grants.gov    Informational conference call for potential applicants:   CDC&#146;s Office on Smoking and Health (OSH) will conduct two conference calls for all interested applicants to provide technical assistance and respond to any questions regarding this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA). The first call will take place on Monday, April 14, 2014 at 03:00PM, U.S. Eastern Standard Time.  The second call will take place on Tuesday, April 15, 2014 at 03:00PM, U.S. Eastern Standard Time. The dial-in information for both calls is 800-619-4068 and the participant passcode is 5442216. A list of Frequently Asked Questions will be available at http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/osh/foa.