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Opportunity Summary:

The Models of Collaboration for State Chronic Disease and Oral Health Programs funding opportunity (CDC RFA DP16-1609) is a CDC discretionary grant designed to help state health departments break down silos between oral health programs and chronic disease programs. The central idea is that oral health is closely tied to many chronic disease risks and outcomes, and states can often get better public health results by planning, implementing, and measuring prevention efforts together rather than separately. Through a two-year pilot project, the grant aims to strengthen internal partnerships, uncover shared priorities, and promote a more efficient use of staff time, funding, and data systems.

Eligible applicants are state governments, with the expectation that state oral health programs take the lead in applying while working closely with chronic disease counterparts. Funded states are expected to focus on preventing one selected chronic disease or shared risk behavior that matters to both programs, such as tobacco use, obesity prevention, diabetes prevention and management, or heart disease and stroke prevention. The project is meant to be practical and measurable, with awardees choosing strategies that can show progress on at least one state or national chronic disease performance indicator over the project period. The grant structure emphasizes pilots that can demonstrate results and set the stage for longer-term integration.

A major requirement of the award is building a formal collaboration structure through a project advisory panel. Each awardee must convene a panel made up of key oral health and chronic disease personnel who provide oversight throughout the entire two-year period. This is intended to signal real commitment from leadership on both sides, not just informal coordination. The panel is responsible for shaping the integrated project direction by establishing the vision, mission, goals, and objectives, and then tracking progress toward milestones. In addition to governance, awardees must develop a detailed work plan that spells out who is responsible for what, how resources are shared, and how evaluation and performance measurement will be handled.

Evaluation and reporting are also core parts of the grant. Awardees must clearly specify their intended outcomes, identify data sources for baseline and follow-up measurement, and describe how project data will be collected. They must then evaluate the pilot and report both outcomes and success stories back to state and national chronic disease and oral health partners. In practice, this means the project is not only about running activities, but also about demonstrating whether collaboration improves measurable indicators and documenting lessons that other states can replicate.

The opportunity includes examples of the kinds of collaborative projects the CDC expects to see, while leaving room for other innovative approaches. Suggested models include bringing dental providers and dental organizations into statewide tobacco cessation systems, such as training dental teams to screen for tobacco use, counsel patients, and refer them to services like a state quitline. Another example is increasing the number of dental providers who screen, counsel, and refer patients related to hypertension and diabetes, recognizing that dental visits can be an additional touchpoint for identifying risk and connecting patients to care. Other options include joint efforts to reduce sugar-sweetened beverage consumption while encouraging fluoridated tap water, integrating oral health messaging into existing chronic disease public education campaigns, and embedding oral health into chronic disease management systems (for instance, promoting routine dental visits among people with diabetes). The FOA also points to collaboration with state Medicaid programs to encourage bidirectional screening and referrals between dental providers and primary care providers, reinforcing the broader goal of connecting oral health care with medical care pathways.

Over the long term, the CDC frames this grant as a way to make integration durable rather than temporary. The stated longer-range goals include sustainable alignment of oral health and chronic disease program efforts, stronger involvement of oral health leaders in chronic disease planning, increased awareness among public health decision-makers that oral health is part of chronic disease prevention, and better routine communication and information-sharing across programs. Another key aim is expanding the role of dental professionals in chronic disease prevention by increasing screening and referral for chronic disease management, which reflects a broader public health strategy of using every appropriate clinical setting to address shared risk factors.

From an administrative standpoint, the opportunity was posted February 7, 2016, with an application deadline of April 15, 2016. The award ceiling is $250,000, and the CDC anticipated making about eight awards. The program is housed within HHS/CDC, specifically the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), under CFDA 93.875.

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