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Opportunity Summary:

The Surveillance Program Announcement: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is a CDC discretionary funding opportunity designed to support state health departments in operating and strengthening a statewide, population-based surveillance system focused on adult behaviors that drive chronic disease and injury outcomes. The central aim is to ensure states can consistently collect high-quality data, primarily through telephone and multimode survey methods, on major behavioral risk factors linked to premature illness and death. By keeping this surveillance system robust and comparable over time, the program helps states track trends in health-related behaviors and use that information to improve prevention and health promotion work.

A key part of the opportunity is not just collecting data, but turning it into usable intelligence for public health action. Funding is intended to help states collect, analyze, and disseminate BRFSS data in ways that directly support state categorical programs, meaning topic-specific programs such as chronic disease prevention, injury prevention, and other public health initiatives that rely on population estimates. The expectation is that BRFSS findings will be actively used for assessing trends, guiding program planning, evaluating whether programs are working, setting priorities, shaping policy decisions, and targeting interventions to population groups most affected by specific risks.

This award is structured as a cooperative agreement, which signals that CDC is likely to have substantial involvement beyond simply providing funds. In practice, cooperative agreements typically involve ongoing collaboration, technical assistance, and shared expectations around performance and deliverables. The funding activity category is Health, and the opportunity anticipated 53 awards, consistent with supporting surveillance capacity across states and comparable jurisdictions. The estimated total funding amount listed for the opportunity is $45,000,000, and the announcement indicates no cost sharing or matching requirement, which lowers barriers for state participation and emphasizes federal support for core surveillance infrastructure.

The opportunity is identified as Funding Opportunity Number CDC RFA SO11 1101, titled "Surveillance Program Announcement Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System." It was posted on December 2, 2010, created on December 17, 2010, and had an original closing date of January 18, 2011, later extended to a current closing date of January 25, 2011. The archive date is February 24, 2011. The award ceiling and floor are both listed as 0, which typically means specific award sizes may have been determined by formulas, negotiated budgets, or allocation guidance in the full announcement rather than fixed minimums and maximums shown in the summary.

Eligibility is directed to state health departments, with the listing showing "Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification)," but the stated purpose and repeated description clearly emphasize supporting state-level public health agencies responsible for BRFSS operations and data use. The program is associated with CFDA numbers 93.283 (CDC Investigations and Technical Assistance) and 93.988 (Cooperative Agreements for State Based Diabetes Control Programs and Evaluation of Surveillance Systems), reflecting the surveillance and chronic disease evaluation functions tied to the work.

For applicants or interested parties who had trouble accessing the full announcement, the contact provided is the CDC Procurement and Grants Office, reachable by phone at 770-488-2700 or by email at pgotim@cdc.gov. Overall, the opportunity is about sustaining and enhancing a standardized, state-driven behavioral risk surveillance system so that public health programs can base decisions on timely, reliable data about adult behaviors that influence chronic disease and injury burdens.

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