Opportunity Information: Apply for RFA DP 11 007
Apply for RFA DP 11 007
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Affordable Care Act (ACA) Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.535 Affordable Care Act (ACA) Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration.
- This funding opportunity was created on Apr 15, 2011 and posted on Jan 19, 2011.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 25, 2011 On time submission requires that electronic applications be error free and made available to CDC for processing from eRA Commons on or before the deadline date. Applications must be submitted to and validated successfully by Grants.gov/eRA Commons no later than 500 PM Eastern Time. Note HHS/CDC grant submission procedures do not provide a period of time beyond the application due date to correct any error or warning notices of noncompliance with application instructions that are identified by Grants.gov or eRA systems (i.e., error correction window).. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $5,250,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 4 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
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Opportunity Summary:
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number RFA-DP-11-007) is a CDC discretionary funding program that supports large-scale research demonstration projects aimed at reducing obesity risk factors among underserved children. The central idea is to test whether a coordinated, integrated approach that links primary care with broader public health and community strategies can produce meaningful improvements in childrens nutrition, physical activity, and related health outcomes. Rather than focusing only on clinical counseling or only on community programs, the opportunity is built around combining both, with an emphasis on practical, real-world interventions that can be implemented across the places where children and families actually live, learn, and receive care.
The FOA is structured into two connected components. Component A funds on-the-ground Demonstration Projects. These projects are expected to develop, implement, and evaluate multi-sector and multi-level interventions for underserved children ages 2 through 12 and their families. "Multi-sector" means grantees are expected to work across settings such as childcare, schools, community organizations, and health care systems. "Multi-level" means interventions should not only target the child, but also include strategies that involve families, organizations, communities, and even policy-level changes. The projects are encouraged to use the Obesity Chronic Care Model (and similar frameworks), which is meant to guide how clinical care systems and community/public health supports can be designed to work together, reinforcing healthier behaviors and environments over time.
A major expectation of Component A is that grantees will not only implement interventions, but also evaluate them using shared, standardized measures across all funded sites. These measures are intended to show whether the demonstration leads to changes in areas such as preventive services (for example, screening, counseling, referral pathways, and follow-up practices), policy and system changes, and environmental improvements in settings like schools or community spaces. The evaluation is also expected to track individual-level outcomes, including health indicators, satisfaction, health care use, and quality of life. In other words, the program is not just asking "did we run activities," but "did the integrated model measurably change services, environments, and childrens health-related outcomes."
Component B funds a single Evaluation Center that is responsible for designing and conducting the overarching evaluation across the demonstration projects. This Evaluation Center works collaboratively with the Component A grantees and CDC to ensure the evaluation is consistent and strong enough to inform a national recommendation. The purpose of that recommendation is especially important: the results will be used to decide whether components similar to the funded demonstrations should be implemented nationally for the broader population of children eligible for child health assistance under Title XXI (CHIP) of the Social Security Act. Put plainly, the program is set up not only to test interventions locally, but to generate evidence that could justify scaling effective approaches nationwide for children served through CHIP.
From an administrative standpoint, this is a cooperative agreement (U18), which typically means CDC expects substantial involvement during the project period, often through collaboration on planning, performance monitoring, and evaluation alignment. The FOA anticipated about four total awards, with an award ceiling listed at $5,250,000 and no cost sharing or matching requirement. Eligibility is described as unrestricted (open to any type of entity), subject to any additional eligibility details in the full announcement. The opportunity was posted January 19, 2011, with an original closing date of April 8, 2011, later extended to April 25, 2011, with strict submission requirements through Grants.gov and eRA Commons by 5:00 PM Eastern Time and no extra error-correction window after the deadline.
Overall, this opportunity is best understood as a two-part, evidence-building initiative: local demonstration projects (Component A) that blend health care and public health strategies to address childhood obesity in underserved populations, paired with a centralized evaluation effort (Component B) designed to produce credible, comparable results across sites and support a decision about whether similar models should be rolled out nationally for CHIP-eligible children.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is the ACA Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration grant opportunity?
It is a CDC discretionary funding program (Funding Opportunity Number RFA-DP-11-007) that supports large-scale research demonstration projects intended to reduce obesity risk factors among underserved children.
What is the main goal of this funding opportunity?
The goal is to test whether a coordinated, integrated approach that links primary care with broader public health and community strategies can produce measurable improvements in childrens nutrition, physical activity, and related health outcomes.
What makes this opportunity different from programs that focus only on clinics or only on community programs?
This opportunity is built around combining both clinical and community/public health approaches. It emphasizes practical, real-world interventions that can be implemented across the settings where children and families live, learn, and receive care.
Who is the target population for the demonstration projects?
Component A demonstration projects are expected to focus on underserved children ages 2 through 12 and their families.
How is the FOA structured?
The FOA has two connected components: Component A funds on-the-ground Demonstration Projects, and Component B funds a single Evaluation Center that conducts the overarching evaluation across the demonstration projects.
What is Component A?
Component A funds Demonstration Projects that develop, implement, and evaluate multi-sector and multi-level interventions for underserved children ages 2 through 12 and their families.
What does "multi-sector" mean in this FOA?
"Multi-sector" means grantees are expected to work across multiple settings, such as childcare, schools, community organizations, and health care systems.
What does "multi-level" mean in this FOA?
"Multi-level" means interventions should address more than the child alone and include strategies that involve families, organizations, communities, and potentially policy-level changes.
What kinds of approaches or frameworks are grantees encouraged to use?
The projects are encouraged to use the Obesity Chronic Care Model (and similar frameworks) to guide how clinical care systems and community/public health supports can work together to reinforce healthier behaviors and environments over time.
What is expected regarding evaluation in Component A projects?
Component A grantees are expected to implement interventions and evaluate them using shared, standardized measures across all funded sites to allow consistent comparison of results.
What types of outcomes or changes are the shared measures intended to capture?
Shared measures are intended to assess changes such as preventive services (including screening, counseling, referral pathways, and follow-up practices), policy and system changes, environmental improvements in settings like schools or community spaces, and individual-level outcomes.
What individual-level outcomes does the FOA expect projects to track?
The evaluation is expected to track individual-level outcomes including health indicators, satisfaction, health care use, and quality of life.
Is the program primarily about delivering activities, or about proving results?
The program emphasizes measurable impact. It is designed to answer not only whether activities were implemented, but whether the integrated model measurably changed services, environments, and childrens health-related outcomes.
What is Component B?
Component B funds a single Evaluation Center responsible for designing and conducting the overarching evaluation across the demonstration projects.
How does the Evaluation Center interact with the demonstration project sites and CDC?
The Evaluation Center works collaboratively with Component A grantees and CDC to ensure the evaluation is consistent and strong enough to inform a national recommendation.
Why is the national recommendation important in this FOA?
The results are intended to inform whether similar components should be implemented nationally for the broader population of children eligible for child health assistance under Title XXI (CHIP) of the Social Security Act.
What is the funding mechanism for this opportunity?
This opportunity uses a cooperative agreement (U18) mechanism, which generally indicates CDC expects substantial involvement during the project period, such as collaboration on planning, performance monitoring, and evaluation alignment.
How many awards were anticipated?
The FOA anticipated about four total awards.
What is the award ceiling?
The award ceiling listed in the FOA is $5,250,000.
Is cost sharing or matching required?
No cost sharing or matching requirement was stated for this opportunity.
Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility is described as unrestricted (open to any type of entity), subject to any additional eligibility details in the full announcement.
When was the opportunity posted and when did it close?
The opportunity was posted January 19, 2011. The original closing date was April 8, 2011, and it was later extended to April 25, 2011.
What were the submission systems and deadline requirements?
Applications were required to be submitted through Grants.gov and eRA Commons by 5:00 PM Eastern Time, and the FOA stated there was no extra error-correction window after the deadline.
What is the overall purpose of combining Component A and Component B?
Together, the components are designed to build evidence: Component A tests integrated, real-world interventions locally, while Component B produces credible and comparable evaluation results across sites to support a decision about potential national scale-up for CHIP-eligible children.
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