American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009Supplemental Funding to Support Enhanced Evaluation within ARRA Funded Obesity Communities

Post Date

July 20th 2010

Application Due Date

August 20th 2010

Funding Opportunity Number

RFA-DP09-91201SUPP10

CFDA Number(s)

93.724

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Other

Funding Activity Categories

Health

Number of Awards

6

Eligibility Categories

Other

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 & 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 – 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)

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $10000000

• Award Range:

  $50000 - $2000000

Grant 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.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Health and Human Services

• Office:

  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Agency Contact:

  CDC Procurement and Grants Office
  grants
  Phone 770-488-2700

• Agency Mailing Address:

  pgotim@cdc.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  pgotim@cdc.gov