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Steps to a HealthierUS: Frequently Asked Questions Related to Application for Funding

Community action plans MUST address the three diseases/conditions:

AND the related risk factors:

Funds should be primarily devoted to community and school interventions. Program expenses such as personnel, supplies, contracts, travel, etc., are acceptable. Program expenses also include such areas as direct education, community education, assessments, planning, evaluation, communications, information technology, improved access to services, policy and environmental changes, and various wellness programs.

Expenses such as direct patient care, diagnostic medical testing, patient rehabilitation, pharmaceutical purchases, facilities construction, lobbying, basic research or controlled trials are not allowed.

The attachments A, B and C may be found at the following sites:

http://www.healthierus.gov/steps/rfa/May2004RFA.htm

http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/04234.htm

• Local health departments or their bona fide agents or equivalents, as designated by the mayor or chief executive officer, of the jurisdiction, can apply as a large city or urban community – a contiguous geographic area with a population of 400,000 or more. It is critical that only one application come from the jurisdiction as more than one application from the same jurisdiction may disqualify all of the applications from the jurisdiction. Within the jurisdiction, the applicant may choose to target a selected area, provided the target area has a population of at least 150,000, but no more than 500,000. This target area must be contiguous. If multiple jurisdictions are included in the designated community, the letter of transmittal must include approvals from the CEO’s of all jurisdictions.
   
• Tribal governments, Regional Area Indian Health Boards, Urban Indian organizations, and Inter-Tribal Councils, as designated by the chief executive officer, can apply. The minimum population for the jurisdiction must be 10,000 American Indians/Alaskan Natives within the geographic area or set of areas--the areas do not need to be contiguous.
   
• State Health Departments (and U.S. Territories) or their bona fide agents or equivalents, as designated by the Governor, can apply. State applicants must target 2-4 small cities or rural communities and provide 75% of their funds to these communities. The selected communities must have a minimum population of 10,000 each, but together must not exceed 800,000. Each of the selected communities must be a defined, contiguous area. Tribal entities or a large city may be included as part of the State application, but then cannot submit a second, independent application. Preference in scoring will be given to State applications that demonstrate diversity in size and location of communities.

The narrative should be formatted as follows:

The page limits for the narrative section are:

• Large cities and urban communities: 50-page limit
• Tribal entities: 50-page limit
• State-coordinated small cities and rural communities: 100 page limit

*Page limits do not include the official transmittal letter, table of contents, executive summary, budget or appendices.

**Please note that anything over the page limit will not be read.

Large city and Urban Communities:

Tribal Entities:

State-coordinated small cities and rural communities:

The funding for the first two years is guaranteed. The funding for years 3 through 5 is based upon the performance during the first two years of the agreement.

Applications will not be considered during the review process if:

All of the applicants must address the following areas:

1) Fiduciary responsibilities: these responsibilities are related to how the funds awarded are handled and efforts to make the program sustainable over time.

2) Community Consortium: these responsibilities relate to forming partnerships and coalitions.

3) Leadership, Coordination, and Management: these responsibilitites relate to identifying leaders and staff for the program

4) Community Action Plan: these responsibilities relate to interventions to be conducted in the community, schools and other areas in your community.

5) Project Monitoring and Evaluation: these responsibilities relate to data collection and documenting your program.

The state-coordinated small cities and rural community applicants need to address the above for each of the 2 to 4 selected communities, plus the state needs to provide the following state-level information:

Technical Information Management-PA#04234
CDC Procurement and Grants Office
2920 Brandywine Road
Atlanta, GA 30341

Matching funds can come from both private and public sources.

Matching funds can be:

Matching Funds Cannot Be:

The 2004 Steps Community RFA key dates:

This requirement was inadvertently omitted from the application format sections for the Large City/Urban Community and Tribal Applicants. However, all applications must include a Dun and Bradstreet Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number to apply for a grant or cooperative agreement from the Federal government.

The DUNS number is a nine-digit identification number, which uniquely identifies business entities. Obtaining a DUNS number is easy and there is no charge. To obtain a DUNS number, access www.dunandbradstreet.com or call 1-866- 705-5711. For more information, see the CDC web site at: http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/pubcommt.htm

If your application form does not have a DUNS number field, please write your DUNS number at the top of the first page of your application, and/or include your DUNS number in your application cover letter.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

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