$70M for "community transformation" available

Goal: Healthy, safe communities
Non-government organizations -- including neighborhood groups -- welcome to apply.
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On May 29, 2012 the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced available funding of $70 million aimed at improving the health of small communities across the nation. The Community Transformation Grant program is a comprehensive prevention and wellness initiative launched in 2011 by Health and Human Services and administered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Grants will be awarded to governmental agencies and non-governmental organizations across a variety of sectors, including education. The targeted communities can be specific counties, cities, towns and villages with populations up to 500,000 or neighborhoods, sections, or subgroups of the population (e.g., children or seniors) within a metropolitan area.

 

The Community Transformation Grant Small Communities Program grantees will work toward one or more of the five outcome measures:

1. Tobacco-free living;
2. Active living and healthy eating;
3. Evidence-based quality clinical and other preventive services;
4. Social and emotional wellness; and
5. Healthy and safe physical environments.

The official funding opportunity announcement for the Community Transformation Grant program Small Communities component can be found at www.Grants.gov by searching for NCCDPHP CDC-RFA-DP12-1216PPHF12: PPHF 2012: Community Transformation Grants - Small Communities Programs financed solely by 2012 Prevention and Public Health Funds.

The letter of intent deadline is June 18, 2012 and the application deadline is July 31, 2012. To learn more about the Community Transformation Grant program, please visit www.cdc.gov/communitytransformation.