Opportunity Information: Apply for CDC RFA DP15 1509
Apply for CDC RFA DP15 1509
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "National State Based Tobacco Control Programs" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.305 National State Based Tobacco Control Programs.
- This funding opportunity was created on Nov 4, 2014 and posted on Sep 5, 2014.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Dec 1, 2014 Dates Letter of Intent Deadline A Letter of Intent is not required, but is encouraged for those applying for the Competitive Component. Monday, September 29, 2014, 1159 p.m. U.S. Eastern Standard Time Application Deadline Monday, December 1, 2014, 1159 p.m. U.S. Eastern Standard Time, on www.grants.gov Informational conference call for potential applicants CDC will conduct two conference calls for all interested applicants to provide technical assistance and respond to any questions regarding this Funding Opportunity Announcement. The dial in information for both calls is 877 939 0734 and the passcode is 6933698. Call Number 1 Tuesday, September 16, 2014, 1000AM 1100AM, U.S. Eastern Standard Time. Call Number 2 Wednesday, September 17, 2014, 330PM 430PM, U.S. Eastern Standard Time. In addition, a list of Frequently Asked Questions will be available at http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/osh/foa/statebased/. Please submit questions related to this FOA to mailbox dp151509@cdc.gov.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $305,000,000.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $23,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 58 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
- Eligibility Information Eligible Applicants State and District of Columbia health departments or their Bona Fide Agents . Bona Fide Agents must submit documentation of their status with their application via grants.gov (NOTE The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Commonwealth of the Northern Marianna Islands, American Samoa, Guam, Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of the Marshall Islands, and Republic of Palau are funded under another FOA, CDC RFA DP14 1406). Special Eligibility Requirements Not applicable.
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Opportunity Summary:
The National State Based Tobacco Control Programs funding opportunity (CDC RFA DP15-1509) is a CDC cooperative agreement designed to strengthen and sustain state-level capacity to reduce tobacco use and its harms. The core aim is to pair funding with CDC technical assistance and program guidance so state health departments, working alongside community and state partners, can implement population-based environmental, policy, and systems approaches that have been shown to curb the tobacco epidemic. The program is built around supporting the four National Tobacco Control Program (NTCP) goals, with an emphasis on interventions that shift social norms, improve policy compliance and enforcement, expand access to cessation support, and address tobacco-related disparities through equity-focused strategies.
This opportunity lays out a clear outcomes pathway. In the short term, CDC expects states to build and expand public-private partnerships that can move tobacco control efforts forward, especially efforts focused on disparities and health equity. It also prioritizes increasing what the public and decision makers understand about the dangers of tobacco use and secondhand smoke exposure, and strengthening awareness of evidence-based interventions that work at scale. Other short-term expectations include stronger implementation and enforcement of proven strategies that help people quit, reduce secondhand smoke exposure, and limit youth and community access to tobacco products. The FOA also highlights the role of health communication, calling for targeted messaging that reaches populations disproportionately affected by tobacco use and related harms. On the systems side, states are expected to drive health care changes that promote and support cessation, improve awareness and support for evidence-based cessation treatments, and increase the ability to collect, analyze, and share data tied to disparities and health equity. Underpinning all of this is the expectation that states will increase or at least maintain the infrastructure needed to run a comprehensive state tobacco control program.
In the intermediate term, the FOA anticipates measurable changes in the broader environment and behavior patterns that influence tobacco use. These include reduced exposure to pro-tobacco messaging and reduced availability of tobacco products, along with increased public awareness of pro-tobacco influence. CDC also expects decreased susceptibility to tobacco experimentation, stronger compliance with tobacco control policies, and better insurance coverage and utilization of comprehensive cessation benefits. Behaviorally, intermediate outcomes include more quit attempts and higher rates of successful cessation among current tobacco users. The opportunity also encourages states to develop innovative or promising practices that can add to the tobacco control evidence base, including approaches tailored to vulnerable and underserved populations.
The long-term outcomes represent the ultimate public health goals: fewer youth and young adults starting to use tobacco, lower exposure to secondhand smoke, reduced tobacco use among both adults and youth, and meaningful reductions in tobacco-related disparities. In other words, the FOA is structured to move states from capacity and partnership-building, to stronger policy and systems implementation, to sustained population-level reductions in tobacco use and inequities.
From an administrative standpoint, this is a discretionary funding opportunity using a cooperative agreement mechanism, meaning recipients should expect substantial involvement from CDC in the form of collaboration, technical assistance, and guidance rather than a hands-off grant. CDC anticipated 58 awards under CFDA 93.305, with an estimated total funding level of $305,000,000. Individual awards ranged from a floor of $500,000 up to a ceiling of $23,000,000, and there was no cost sharing or matching requirement.
Eligibility was limited to state health departments and the District of Columbia health department, or their bona fide agents. Applicants using a bona fide agent had to provide documentation of that status with the application submission through grants.gov. The FOA explicitly notes that several U.S. territories and freely associated states were funded under a different CDC announcement (CDC RFA DP14-1406), not this one.
Key dates included a posted date of September 5, 2014 and an application deadline of December 1, 2014 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time via grants.gov, with the archive date listed as December 31, 2014. A letter of intent was not required, but CDC encouraged it for applicants pursuing the competitive component, with a suggested deadline of September 29, 2014. To support applicants, CDC offered two informational conference calls (September 16 and September 17, 2014), maintained an FAQ webpage, and provided an email mailbox for FOA-related questions (dp151509@cdc.gov). For technical access issues related to the full announcement, the CDC Procurement and Grants Office Technical Information Management Section could be contacted by phone or email (pgotim@cdc.gov).
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is the National State Based Tobacco Control Programs funding opportunity (CDC RFA DP15-1509)?
CDC RFA DP15-1509 is a CDC cooperative agreement intended to strengthen and sustain state-level capacity to reduce tobacco use and its harms. It pairs funding with CDC technical assistance and program guidance so state health departments, working with community and state partners, can implement evidence-based, population-level approaches (environmental, policy, and systems strategies) to curb the tobacco epidemic.
What is the primary purpose of this cooperative agreement?
The main purpose is to support comprehensive state tobacco control programs that can shift social norms, improve policy compliance and enforcement, expand access to cessation support, and address tobacco-related disparities using equity-focused strategies.
What does it mean that this is a cooperative agreement rather than a traditional grant?
A cooperative agreement means CDC expects to have substantial involvement with recipients through collaboration, technical assistance, and program guidance. It is not a hands-off funding arrangement; recipients should anticipate ongoing engagement with CDC.
Which overarching program goals does this opportunity support?
This opportunity is built around supporting the four National Tobacco Control Program (NTCP) goals. The FOA emphasizes interventions that influence social norms, strengthen compliance and enforcement of tobacco-related policies, increase access to cessation support, and reduce disparities through equity-focused strategies.
What kinds of approaches are emphasized for reducing tobacco use?
The FOA emphasizes population-based environmental, policy, and systems approaches that have been shown to reduce tobacco use. It also highlights health communication and targeted messaging, health care systems changes that promote cessation, and stronger data capacity focused on disparities and health equity.
What short-term outcomes does CDC expect states to achieve?
Short-term expectations include building and expanding public-private partnerships (especially those focused on disparities and health equity), increasing public and decision-maker understanding of the dangers of tobacco use and secondhand smoke, improving awareness of evidence-based interventions, strengthening implementation and enforcement of proven strategies, delivering targeted health communication to disproportionately affected populations, promoting health care changes that support cessation, improving awareness and support for evidence-based cessation treatments, increasing data collection/analysis/sharing related to disparities and equity, and maintaining or increasing the infrastructure needed for comprehensive state tobacco control programs.
What intermediate outcomes does the FOA anticipate?
Intermediate outcomes include reduced exposure to pro-tobacco messaging, reduced availability of tobacco products, increased awareness of pro-tobacco influence, decreased susceptibility to tobacco experimentation, stronger compliance with tobacco control policies, better insurance coverage and utilization of comprehensive cessation benefits, more quit attempts, and higher rates of successful cessation among current tobacco users.
What long-term outcomes is the program designed to achieve?
Long-term outcomes include fewer youth and young adults initiating tobacco use, reduced exposure to secondhand smoke, reduced tobacco use among adults and youth, and meaningful reductions in tobacco-related disparities.
How does the FOA address tobacco-related disparities and health equity?
The FOA explicitly prioritizes equity-focused strategies. It calls for partnerships and interventions that focus on disparities, targeted health communication for populations disproportionately affected by tobacco-related harms, and improved ability to collect, analyze, and share data tied to disparities and health equity.
What role does health communication play in this funding opportunity?
Health communication is highlighted as an important program component. The FOA calls for targeted messaging designed to reach populations disproportionately affected by tobacco use and related harms and to increase awareness among the public and decision makers about tobacco dangers, secondhand smoke exposure, and evidence-based interventions.
What kinds of health care system changes are expected or encouraged?
The FOA expects states to drive health care changes that promote and support cessation, improve awareness and support for evidence-based cessation treatments, and strengthen systems that help people access and use cessation support.
Does the FOA encourage innovation?
Yes. The FOA encourages states to develop innovative or promising practices that can contribute to the tobacco control evidence base, including approaches tailored to vulnerable and underserved populations.
What is the CFDA number for this opportunity?
The CFDA number listed for this opportunity is 93.305.
How many awards did CDC anticipate making?
CDC anticipated 58 awards under this announcement.
What was the estimated total funding level for the opportunity?
The estimated total funding level was $305,000,000.
What were the minimum and maximum award amounts?
Individual awards ranged from a floor of $500,000 to a ceiling of $23,000,000.
Was cost sharing or matching required?
No. The FOA stated there was no cost sharing or matching requirement.
Who was eligible to apply?
Eligibility was limited to state health departments and the District of Columbia health department, or their bona fide agents.
Can a state apply through a bona fide agent?
Yes. A state could apply through a bona fide agent, but the applicant had to provide documentation of bona fide agent status with the application submission through grants.gov.
Were U.S. territories eligible under this announcement?
The FOA notes that several U.S. territories and freely associated states were funded under a different CDC announcement (CDC RFA DP14-1406), not under CDC RFA DP15-1509.
When was the opportunity posted?
The posted date was September 5, 2014.
What was the application deadline?
The application deadline was December 1, 2014 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time, submitted via grants.gov.
What was the archive date for the announcement?
The archive date listed was December 31, 2014.
Was a letter of intent required?
No. A letter of intent was not required.
Did CDC encourage submitting a letter of intent anyway?
Yes. CDC encouraged a letter of intent for applicants pursuing the competitive component, with a suggested deadline of September 29, 2014.
What applicant support did CDC provide?
CDC offered two informational conference calls (September 16 and September 17, 2014), maintained an FAQ webpage, and provided an email mailbox for FOA-related questions.
What email address was provided for FOA-related questions?
The FOA-related questions mailbox listed was dp151509@cdc.gov.
Who should applicants contact for technical access issues related to the full announcement?
For technical access issues, the FOA directed applicants to the CDC Procurement and Grants Office Technical Information Management Section, reachable by phone or email at pgotim@cdc.gov.
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