Improving the Health of People with Intellectual Disabilities

Post Date

March 19th 2015

Application Due Date

May 20th 2015

Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.

Funding Opportunity Number

CDC-RFA-DD12-12010101SUPP15

CFDA Number(s)

93.184

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Health

Number of Awards

2

Eligibility Categories

Other

This is a competing supplement. Only those applicants who were funded under CDC-RFA-DD12-1201 are eligible to apply.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $1167000

• Award Range:

  $667000 - $1667000

Grant Description

The purpose of this program is to improve the health of people with intellectual disabilities (ID) by improving access to health services and promoting healthy behaviors. The program shall accomplish health improvements by: (1) providing health assessments, referral to services, and education to persons with ID; (2) training health care professionals to improve their skill in caring for people with ID; (3) raising awareness of persons with ID; and (4) improving health care access.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Health and Human Services

• Office:

  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Agency Contact:

  Mary Helen Witten
  muw4@cdc.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Grants Policy

• Agency Email Address:

  muw4@cdc.gov

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