Strengthening Public Health Systems and Services Through National Partnerships to Improve and Protect the Nation's Health

The purpose of this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) is to announce a program to strengthen the nation's public health infrastructure, ensure a competent, current and connected public health system, and improve delivery of essential services through capacity building assistance (CBA).

CBA

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is defined as activities that strengthen and maintain the infrastructure and resources necessary to sustain or improve system, organizational, community or individual processes and competencies.

CBA is delivered through technical assistance, training, information sharing, technology transfer, materials development, or funding that enables organizations to serve customers better and operate in a comprehensive, responsive, and effective manner.

The goal is to fund organizations that have the capability, expertise, resources, reach, and history of providing capacity building relevant to implementing this program’s key strategies, activities, and outcomes.

The program strategies include strengthening the capacities of health systems infrastructure; leadership and workforce; data and information systems; communication and information technology; partnerships; laws and policies; and programs and services.

Capacity building efforts of this program are expected to strengthen and optimize the public health system and services to improve the nation’s health.
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services

Office: Centers for Disease Control - OSTLTS

Estimated Funding: $40,000,000


Who's Eligible





Obtain Full Opportunity Text:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-18-594.html

Additional Information of Eligibility:
Additional Eligibility Categories:- Nonprofits having 501(c)(6) IRS status, other than institutions of higher education- Community-based organizations- Faith-based organizationsAs a reminder, eligible organizations are permitted to submit up to two stand-alone applications.

Each application must identify one target population.

If two applications are submitted, each application must identify a distinct target population within a single category or across two different categories.

If three or more applications are submitted by one organization, the last two submissions will be reviewed.

All subsequent applications will be deemed non-responsive.

Organizations that meet the eligibility criteria must also meet responsiveness criteria in order to advance to objective merit review.

Eligible applications will be reviewed for responsiveness in accordance with the criteria below.

Non-responsive applications will not advance to objective merit (Phase II) review.Eligible applicants must provide evidence of having a public health charge or mission.For the purpose of this program, a public health charge or mission is a statement of an entity’s organized efforts to promote and protect the health of people and the communities where they learn, live, play, and work.

Evidence of a public health charge or mission should be reflected in documents such as the applicant’s articles of incorporation, bylaws, signed board resolutions, or mission statement.When submitting documentation to support a public health charge or mission, applicants must highlight specific language within the submitted document(s).

Evidence should be submitted by uploading the documentation in https://www.grants.gov under “Other Attachment Forms.” The document should be labeled “Proof of Public Health Charge or Mission."

Full Opportunity Web Address:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-18-594.html

Contact:


Agency Email Description:
Technical Information Managgement Section

Agency Email:


Date Posted:
2018-01-29

Application Due Date:


Archive Date:
2018-04-28


Ganesh Natarajan is the Founder and Chairman of 5FWorld, a new platform for funding and developing start-ups, social enterprises and the skills eco-system in India. In the past two decades, he has built two of India’s high-growth software services companies – Aptech and Zensar – almost from scratch to global success.






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