OpportunityTitle: Core Violence and Injury Prevention Program (Core VIPP)
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: &#149;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)    &#149;Federally recognized or state-recognized American Indian/Alaska Native tribal governments
Description: The overall purpose of this program is to assist State Health Departments (SHDs) to build and/or maintain effective delivery systems for dissemination, implementation and evaluation of best practice programs and policies. This includes support for general capacity building of SHDs and their local partners, as well as strategy specific capacity building for the implementation of direct best practice interventions (older adult falls and child injury). In addition, this program supports SHDs in their efforts towards integration or the strategic alignment of resources for meaningful change.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: General Email
GrantorContactText: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) &lt;br/&gt;Procurement and Grants Office (PGO) &lt;br/&gt;Technical Information and Management Section (TIMS) &lt;br/&gt;Phone 770-488-2700