Affordable Care Act Program for Early Detection of Certain Medical Conditions Related to Environmental Health Hazards | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

The grant opportunity titled "Affordable Care Act Program for Early Detection of Certain Medical Conditions Related to Environmental Health Hazards" is a continuation funding announcement issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (HHS-CDC). It is published under Funding Opportunity Number CDC RFA TS15 150102CONT16 and was posted on April 8, 2016, with an application closing date of May 6, 2016. Because it is labeled as a continuation, the main purpose is typically to extend or continue previously supported work rather than to launch a brand-new, open competition for first-time applicants, although the specific eligibility rules would be spelled out in the full announcement text referenced by the "Additional Information on Eligibility" field.

Programmatically, the focus is on early detection of medical conditions that are connected to environmental health hazards, under authorities and funding streams associated with the Affordable Care Act. In practical terms, this kind of program generally supports activities that help identify health problems earlier in communities affected by environmental exposures, which can include exposure to contaminants, pollutants, or other hazardous environmental conditions. Early detection efforts in environmental health often emphasize improving surveillance and screening capacity, strengthening referral pathways into clinical care, and building systems that can recognize patterns of exposure-related illness sooner. While the short source excerpt does not list targeted diseases or hazards, the title indicates the intention is to detect certain conditions that have a plausible relationship to environmental risk factors, which commonly involve respiratory outcomes, neurologic effects, developmental concerns, or other exposure-associated health issues depending on the local context and the hazards being monitored.

The funding mechanism is a cooperative agreement, which signals that CDC is expected to have substantial involvement in the funded work beyond simply providing a check. Under cooperative agreements, recipients typically coordinate closely with CDC project officers, follow CDC-driven reporting and performance expectations, and align deliverables with federal program goals. The activity category is Health and the CFDA number is 93.534, which is the catalog identifier used to track federal assistance programs and may help applicants or stakeholders locate related program documentation and historical award information.

Eligibility is summarized as "Others," with a note to consult the additional eligibility information in the full announcement. That phrasing usually means the applicant pool could include specific nontraditional entities or a restricted group tied to prior funding, such as current recipients, partner organizations, or certain types of governmental, academic, or nonprofit institutions, depending on how the continuation is structured. Without the full eligibility text, the safest interpretation is that not every organization would automatically qualify and that eligibility likely depends on factors such as prior award status or meeting defined organizational criteria.

Several administrative fields in the source data are notable. The award ceiling is listed as 0, and the expected number of awards is blank, which often happens in continuation notices where funding amounts are determined by prior-year budgets, availability of appropriations, continuation application review, or negotiated workplans rather than a single published maximum award figure. In other words, the listing provides a formal vehicle for continuation applications and renewals, but it does not, by itself, provide a clear public estimate of how many awards will be made or at what dollar level.

Overall, this opportunity is best understood as a CDC-managed continuation cooperative agreement meant to sustain or expand established efforts that detect and respond early to health conditions linked to environmental hazards. The emphasis on early detection suggests a strong public health orientation: collecting and analyzing data, identifying at-risk populations, linking people to appropriate evaluation and care, and improving the systems that allow communities and health agencies to recognize environmental health impacts before they become more severe or widespread.

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