OpportunityTitle: Improving Access to Eye Care among Persons at High Risk of Glaucoma
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Section III. Eligibility Information    1. Eligible Applicants    Eligible Organizations    Higher Education Institutions:  &#149; Public/State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education   &#149; Private Institutions of Higher Education     The following types of Higher Education Institutions are always encouraged to apply for CDC support as Public or Private Institutions of Higher Education:     &#149; Hispanic-serving Institutions  &#149; Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)  &#149; Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs)   &#149; Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions    Nonprofits Other Than Institutions of Higher Education  &#149; Nonprofits (Other than Institutions of Higher Education)     For- Profit Organizations  &#149; Small Businesses  &#149; For-Profit Organizations (Other than Small Businesses)    Governments  &#149; State Governments   &#149; County Governments  &#149; City or Township Governments  &#149; Special District Governments  &#149; Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)   &#149; Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Other than Federally Recognized)  &#149; Eligible Agencies of the Federal Government  &#149; U.S. Territory or Possession    Other  &#149; Independent School Districts  &#149; Public Housing Authorities/Indian Housing Authorities  &#149; Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)  &#149; Faith-based or Community-based Organizations  &#149; Regional Organizations  &#149; Bona Fide Agents:  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 or local government, a legal, binding agreement from the state or local government as documentation of the status is required. Attach with &quot;Other Attachment Forms&quot; when submitting via www.grants.gov.    2.  Foreign Organizations    Foreign Organizations are not eligible to apply.     Foreign components of U.S. Organizations are not eligible to apply
Description: Component A: Improving Glaucoma Detection and Management. The purpose of Component A is to conduct implementation research to effectively plan, develop, implement, and evaluate community-based interventions to improve access and utilization of eye care services to promote the detection and follow-up of glaucoma in high-risk populations. Some examples include African Americans over age 40 years, Asians, older people [aged 65+ years] especially Hispanics, those with a family history of glaucoma, and those with diabetes.The purpose of Component B is to design and refine components to establish a functional, comprehensive national glaucoma and vision health surveillance system. The aim of this research is to harmonize methods to assess vision loss, assess vision loss, activity performance, and access to eye care in national and state level surveys, promote the implementation of the surveillance system in conjunction with other public health entities, and provide data to providers and other end users for implementation of policies and programs. This component will be characterized by the capacity to evaluate innovative eye and vision health measures, assess additional data for inclusion, and to propose a plan to integrate, implement, and disseminate information from this surveillance system. This system will be highly accessible to decision makers to enable government agencies, academic institutions, and other interested parties to monitor the burden and trends of glaucoma, vision loss; risk factors for vision loss; social, economic, racial, and ethnic disparities; and to establish effective public health interventions to address problems of access and utilization. This surveillance system will also be instrumental in monitoring trends in the Healthy People 2020 healthy vision objectives.
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: Key Dates    Letter of Intent Due Date:  March 03, 2014,     Application Due Date: April 01, 2014, by 11:59 PM U.S. Eastern Time