Category A New Project Plans - Instruction File.pdf

Category A Project Plans

Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support

National Partnership Branch

Final

FY22 CIO Project Plan Guidelines for Drafting CIO Project Plans

CDC-RFA-OT18-1802

Strengthening Public Health Systems and Services through National Partnerships to Improve and Protect the Nation’s Health

GENERAL INFORMATION

Project Title *

Building Capacity to Reduce Menthol and Flavored Commercial Tobacco Products

Do not use all capital letters.

9/10 words maximum

CIO *

NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION

Target Population Category to Receive Capacity-Building Assistance (CBA) *

Category A

Category A: Governmental Public Health Departments – This category is focused on meeting the priority organizational-level CBA needs of one of the following health department types: state, tribal, local, or territorial.

Organizational level includes, but is not limited to, business processes, system design, strategic planning, resource management, agency leadership, and governance.

Category B: Workforce Segments Across Governmental Public Health Departments – This category is focused on meeting the priority CBA needs of one workforce segment across two or more health department types (state, tribal, local, or territorial). Workforce segments can include, but are not limited to, epidemiologists, chronic disease specialists, public health lawyers, environmentalists, informaticians, and nutritionists.

Category C: Nongovernmental Public Health Components – This category is focused on meeting the priority CBA needs of one type of nongovernmental component of the public health system. Nongovernmental components represent, but are not limited to, community-based organizations, community health centers, primary care providers, governors, hospitals, economists, legislators, education organizations, social action organizations, and public safety agencies.

OT18-1802 Recipients and Target Populations

Target Population Description * https://cdcpartners.sharepoint.com/sites/CSTLTS/COS/COSP/Shared%20Documents/TM/FY22%20Project%20Plan%20Template%20Instructions.pdf https://cdcpartners.sharepoint.com/sites/CSTLTS/COS/COSP/VP/OT18-1802%20Recipients%20and%20Target%20Populations.aspx

State Tobacco Control Programs in State Health Departments

Note: Proposals should not build capacity for CDC or other federal agencies. (25 word limit)

7/25 words maximum

PROJECT FUNDING

OT18-1802 Period of Performance Length: August 1, 2018 – July 31, 2023 Budget Period Length: September 1, 2022 –July 31, 2023

Proposed Project Funding for FY22 Activities *

Whole numbers only

$ 2,000,000

Funding Appropriation (75-2024-0943 CARES Act) *

TBD per funding of CR

Funding Statutory Authority (e.g., P.L. 116-260) *

42 U.S.C. 247b(k)(2)

Expected Project Length *

Due to Year 5 being the final year of the cooperative agreement, the project may be funded for one year only.

Please propose a funding level that can be spent within the budget period. This decreases the chances of funding needing to be returned to the treasury.

The CIO will fund the project for one year

CBA PROGRAM APPROACH – NOFO LOGIC MODEL

Select the program strategies and the associated program outcomes the project should work toward for the length of the project

CBA Program Strategies (Check one or more): *

Public Health Systems Infrastructure: Activities to improve operational capacity, such as policies and plans, administration and management, and quality improvement

No

Leadership and Workforce Development: Activities to improve leadership and workforce competencies, recruitment, and retention

No

Data and Information Systems: Activities to improve collection, management, interpretation, and dissemination of data to guide decision-making

No

Communication and Information Technology: Activities to improve use of communication and information technology to affect health decisions and actions

No https://cdcpartners.sharepoint.com/sites/CSTLTS/COS/COSP/Shared%20Documents/CIO/Logic%20Model-18-1802.pdf

Partnerships: Activities to improve establishment and maintenance of results-driven partnerships Yes

CBA Program Outcomes (Check one or more)* Select one or more program outcomes the recipient will work toward for the length of the project. SharePoint will limit your selection options to the program outcomes associated with the strategies selected above.

Short-term: Improved capacity to establish and maintain partnerships within and across sectors to create a shared vision of health

Yes

Intermediate: Strengthened capability to respond to public health priorities collaboratively and strategically

No

Laws and Policies: Activities to improve the ability to interpret and inform laws, including statutes and regulations, and policies that affect health

Yes

CBA Program Outcomes (Check one or more)* Select one or more program outcomes the recipient will work toward for the length of the project. SharePoint will limit your selection options to the program outcomes associated with the strategies selected above.

Short-term: Increased capacity to evaluate laws and policies to affect health Yes

Intermediate: Strengthened capability to systematically apply and use laws and policies to improve health

No

Programs and Services: Activities to improve the identification of best practices and the implementation of evidence-based/informed programs and services

Yes

CBA Program Outcomes (Check one or more)* Select one or more program outcomes the recipient will work toward for the length of the project. SharePoint will limit your selection options to the program outcomes associated with the strategies selected above.

Short-term: Improved capacity to identify, prioritize, and customize relevant programs and services to address public health needs

Yes

Intermediate: Increased capability to implement evidence-based/informed public health programs, policies, and services to address public health needs

PROJECT DETAILS

State the purpose of the project and provide project details for the length of the budget period (11 months).

For the selected program strategies:

1. Describe proposed activities and provide sample process measures to track progress implementing the activities

2. Describe the expected outputs (resources, tools, products, etc.) and outcomes (change to occur), and provide sample outcome measures to track progress achieving the outcomes.

Project Purpose

This project seeks to build a community of practice of state tobacco control programs to build capacity to 1) advance commercial tobacco control policy, system, and environmental interventions to reduce menthol and flavored tobacco products use/initiation, 2) improve cessation and quitting for populations who use menthol tobacco, and 3) establish partnerships with in-state community partner collaborators. Menthol as an added flavor can have a cooling effect, reduces the harshness of cigarette smoke and irritation caused by nicotine, and may be more appealing. Adults who smoke menthol cigarettes make more quit attempts and have a harder time quitting. Menthol is marketed more heavily to certain population groups. More than half (54%) of youth ages 12-17 years who smoke use menthol cigarettes. The majority of Black people who smoke use menthol cigarettes. Other disproportionately affected groups include women, LGBTQ+ persons, people with low income/ education, and those with mental health conditions.

146/150 words maximum

Program Strategy: Partnerships

Activities *

· The CSTLTS recipient will convene the state and in-state collaborator grantees bi-monthly as a community of practice to encourage peer-to-peer learning from successes and challenges.

· The CSTLTS recipient will coordinate with other OSH funded technical assistance providers who provide technical assistance to state tobacco control programs to understand the capacity needs to advance menthol tobacco control policies in states and communities.

· Build capacity of state health department leadership to convene diverse groups of partners and stakeholders to advance commercial tobacco control policy, system, and environmental interventions to reduce menthol tobacco products use/initiation and improve cessation and quitting for populations who use menthol tobacco.

· Build capacity of state health department leadership to engage the public and decision makers about the dangers of menthol and flavored tobacco products and the most effective culturally appropriate evidence-based interventions and strategies to address their use.

Process Measures *

· Number of convenings of the community of practice.

· Number of reports/presentations to OSH funded technical assistance providers.

· Number of technical assistance referrals to OSH funded technical assistance providers.

· Monthly communication to OSH funded technical assistance providers.

· Number of state health departments engaged

· Number of partners and decision makers engaged by state health departments

· Number of ways public is engaged by state health department

Outputs *

· One convening of state and in-state collaborator grantees, in conjunction with OSH and OSH funded technical assistance providers, that is focused on sharing lessons learned and identifying solutions for common barriers encountered.

· Bi-monthly virtual community-of-practice meetings focused on peer-to-peer sharing.

· Final report from convening of grantees, OSH and OSH funded technical assistance providers

· At least one meeting scheduled between the state health official and the state tobacco control program

Budget Period Outcomes *

· Strengthened linkages between state tobacco control program and in-state collaborators and SHO

· Improved awareness of lessons, successes, and challenges to shaping the future of menthol and flavored tobacco control strategies

· Improved capacity to identify and implement strategies to address menthol and flavored tobacco product use.

Outcome Measures *

· Extent to which state and in-state collaborator grantees report value in community of practice convening.

· The extent to which the community of practice was useful in identifying lessons, successes, and challenges to shape the future of menthol and flavored tobacco control strategies.

· Extent to which the state health department leadership advanced strategies to address menthol and flavored tobacco product use.

Program Strategy: Laws and Policies

Activities *

The recipient will work with OSH SME’s to develop training and briefing materials, and other resources to increase the capacity of state tobacco control programs and state health department leadership to understand how effective laws and policies are used to reduce the use of menthol and other flavored tobacco products.

Process Measures *

Number of resource materials developed

Outputs *

· Fact sheets

· Briefing materials

· Infographics

· Educational online materials

Budget Period Outcomes *

Improved understanding of the role of laws and policies in the reduction of menthol and flavored tobacco products use

Outcome Measures *

The extent to which the new materials are found useful to the state programs

Program Strategy: Programs and Services

Activities *

· The recipient will work with OSH to develop and disseminate a request for proposal (RFP) that will be used to fund, select, and evaluate state tobacco control program and a matching in-state community partner collaborator in each state to build capacity to advance menthol and flavored tobacco control policies and improve cessation and quitting for people using menthol products. RFP applicants must include at least one matching in-state collaborator that reaches a population with disproportionate use of menthol tobacco products.

· The CSTLTS recipient will disseminate, evaluate, and fund approximately 6-12 state tobacco control awardees. The CSTLTS recipient will work with CDC to develop specific eligibility and assessment criteria to include but not limited to the following:

o Evidence of collaborative work between the state tobacco control and at least one in-state community partner collaborator to develop the application.

o Evidence of a budget that includes 50% of total funding to the in-state community partner collaborator.

o Other criteria will be developed collaboratively between the recipient and CDC.

· The state/community RFP will include the following activities. Applicants are expected to complete all required activities and select other activities as appropriate from the following list.

State and Community Activities (Select at least 1 State and Community Activity)

· Build the capacity design and implement evidence-based interventions and promising strategies with meaningful inclusion of key community and focused- population partners in all phases to reduce health disparities from menthol and flavored tobacco use.

· Build the capacity recruit and convene diverse groups of community partners and stakeholders to promote the use and implementation of evidence-based policy/systems/environment interventions and cessation interventions where the need is most urgent.

Counter Marketing/Public Education Activities: (Select as appropriate.)

· Build the capacity to identify misinformation about menthol tobacco products and develop effective messaging to counter misinformation.

Surveillance and Evaluation Activities: (The first two activities are required. Select other activities as appropriate.)

· Build capacity to publish current and future data through articles, fact sheets, reports, infographics and other means to demonstrate: the prevalence and impact of menthol and flavored tobacco use in the state/community; the coverage and impact of state menthol and flavored tobacco use policies; and/or the cessation and quitting menthol tobacco use in the respective jurisdicition. (Required)

· Develop a substantive evaluation plan to evaluate evidence-based interventions and promising strategies with meaningful inclusion of key community and focused- population partners in all phases to reduce health disparities from menthol tobacco use. (Required)

· Build capacity to identify new/expanded/improved ways to address gaps in data and surveillance systems to measure menthol trends in focused populations experiencing the highest inequities from menthol tobacco use.

· Build capacity to identify populations disproportionately impacted by menthol flavor products and the associated diseases and death using state and community-based data.

Process Measures *

· Number of grant awards made to state tobacco control programs with a matching collaborative program.

· Number and type of technical assistance encounters provided to state tobacco control programs & partners.

· Number of state and community program workplans developed.

Outputs *

· Identification of those entities meeting the criteria outlined above, or as modified through the technical review of the recipient workplan within 2 months of award receipt

· Procurement and provision of experienced professional evaluation expertise to provide technical assistance to state awardees

· At least one convening, in conjunction with OSH and OSH funded technical assistance providers focused on sharing lessons learned and identifying solutions for common barriers encountered.

· Final summary report identifying lessons learned, successful models, skills critical to the process and success of states to build their capacity especially at the community level. Report due within 8 months from award date.

Budget Period Outcomes *

Improved capacity to identify populations disproportionately impacted by menthol flavor products Improved capacity to implement evidence-based interventions and promising strategies to reduce health disparities from menthol and flavored tobacco use Improved ability to establish partnerships that advance health equity in menthol and flavored tobacco use

Outcome Measures *

· Extent to which state and community programs build capacity within the focused populations most impacted by menthol use.

· Extent to which new and promising practices were identified.

· Extent to which new partners were recruited and involved.

· Extent to which state and community tobacco control program workplans were implemented.

ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY AND PROGRAM EXPERIENCE

Note: Please do not specify recipient.

Recipient Organizational Capacity

The applicant should have a national presence for representing state health departments and ensure they have the capacity, resources, and support needed to identify, engage and assess the capacity of communities that have undertaken successful policy, systems, and environmental approaches to advance evidence-based tobacco control interventions. The applicant should have the technological capacity to develop, format and disseminate reports, training, webinars and outreach through direct engagement of state tobacco control programs. The applicant should also be able to demonstrate their ability to convene recipients and collaborators to share lessons learned and recommendations for future actions.

94/200 words maximum

Recipient Program Experience

The applicant should have proven successful ability to work with state health departments to identify tobacco-related disparities that contribute to inequities in morbidity and mortality, provide technical assistance and evaluation expertise. They should have a proven ability to provide grant awards effectively and efficiently to state health department programs.

48/200 words maximum

COLLABORATIVE WORK

Expectations for Collaboration, as applicable

This project will require extensive coordination with the CDC. The applicant will be expected to take an active role in convening critical partners, including state award recipients, to share outcomes. Collaboration will include strengthening connection between the state health department leadership and the tobacco control program, developing and strengthening partnerships with in-state partners, collaboration with the OSH funded technical assistance providers, and collaboration on evaluating outcomes.

64/200 words maximum

Expected Subcontractual Work and Recommended Criteria for Selecting Subcontractors, as applicable

The applicant will be expected to secure subcontractors as needed to fulfill the needs and goals and activities outlined in the project plan. Relevant experience required by subcontractor includes:

Comprehensive knowledge of comprehensive tobacco control interventions, understanding and knowledge of tobacco control related disparities and inequities, evaluation expertise, and technical assistance expertise.

The applicant will be expected to secure subcontractors as needed to fulfill the activities outlined in the project plan. Relevant experience required by subcontractor include:

Comprehensive knowledge of comprehensive tobacco control interventions, Understanding and knowledge of tobacco control related disparities and inequities, Expertise with evaluation Epidemiologic, analytic, and scientific translation assistance, and Technical assistance.

98/200 words maximum

BUDGET INSTRUCTIONS

General Instructions for Use of Funds, as applicable

The funds provided for this project should be used to directly address the proposed activities described in the project plan. The funding should primarily be sub-granted to state tobacco control programs with 50% going to the matched in-state community collaborator. Use of funds may include, but is not limited to, costs related to grant management, personnel time, producing materials and reports, and paying for travel. The recipient should work closely with CDC to determine funding appropriate funding ranges for awards to the state health departments.

84/200 words maximum

CIO CERTIFICATION*

By submitting this project plan, I certify that my CIO currently does not maintain a comparable NOFO related to a CBA. I understand my CIO is responsible for adhering to all applicable scientific policies and securing requisite clearances in the Scientific Tracking and Reporting System (STARS). I will discuss the project with my Associate Director for Science (ADS) and obtain the appropriate scientific clearances prior to initiating project activities that involve the collection, generation, or analysis of public health data.

Enter your user ID to acknowledge the CIO Certification. * crk3

Form Status *

Final

Submit form as "Draft" until you are ready to submit the final version. Then change this field to "Final" and click the "Submit" button. If clicking the “Submit” button prompts no action, scroll up to update fields marked with a red error message.

ADMINISTRATIVE

Funding Decision

Funded Unfunded

Project Plan Round Admin Update

Recipient Name

Final

FY22 CIO Project Plan Guidelines for Drafting CIO Project Plans

CDC-RFA-OT18-1802

Strengthening Public Health Systems and Services through National Partnerships to Improve and Protect the Nation’s Health

GENERAL INFORMATION

Project Title *

Building Health Department’s Older Adult Fall Prevention Capacity

Do not use all capital letters.

7/10 words maximum

CIO *

NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL

Target Population Category to Receive Capacity-Building Assistance (CBA) *

Category A

Category A: Governmental Public Health Departments – This category is focused on meeting the priority organizational-level CBA needs of one of the following health department types: state, tribal, local, or territorial.

Organizational level includes, but is not limited to, business processes, system design, strategic planning, resource management, agency leadership, and governance.

Category B: Workforce Segments Across Governmental Public Health Departments – This category is focused on meeting the priority CBA needs of one workforce segment across two or more health department types (state, tribal, local, or territorial). Workforce segments can include, but are not limited to, epidemiologists, chronic disease specialists, public health lawyers, environmentalists, informaticians, and nutritionists.

Category C: Nongovernmental Public Health Components – This category is focused on meeting the priority CBA needs of one type of nongovernmental component of the public health system. Nongovernmental components represent, but are not limited to, community-based organizations, community health centers, primary care providers, governors, hospitals, economists, legislators, education organizations, social action organizations, and public safety agencies.

OT18-1802 Recipients and Target Populations

Target Population Description * https://cdcpartners.sharepoint.com/sites/CSTLTS/COS/COSP/Shared%20Documents/TM/FY22%20Project%20Plan%20Template%20Instructions.pdf https://cdcpartners.sharepoint.com/sites/CSTLTS/COS/COSP/VP/OT18-1802%20Recipients%20and%20Target%20Populations.aspx

State health departments.

2/25 words maximum

PROJECT FUNDING

OT18-1802 Period of Performance Length: August 1, 2018 – July 31, 2023 Budget Period Length: September 1, 2022 –July 31, 2023

Proposed Project Funding for FY22 Activities *

Whole numbers only

$ 300,000

Funding Appropriation (75-2024-0943 CARES Act) *

75-22-0952

Funding Statutory Authority (e.g., P.L. 116-260) *

42 U.S.C Sections 247b

Expected Project Length *

Due to Year 5 being the final year of the cooperative agreement, the project may be funded for one year only.

Please propose a funding level that can be spent within the budget period. This decreases the chances of funding needing to be returned to the treasury.

The CIO will fund the project for one year

CBA PROGRAM APPROACH – NOFO LOGIC MODEL

Select the program strategies and the associated program outcomes the project should work toward for the length of the project

CBA Program Strategies (Check one or more): *

Public Health Systems Infrastructure: Activities to improve operational capacity, such as policies and plans, administration and management, and quality improvement

No

Leadership and Workforce Development: Activities to improve leadership and workforce competencies, recruitment, and retention

No

Data and Information Systems: Activities to improve collection, management, interpretation, and dissemination of data to guide decision-making

No

Communication and Information Technology: Activities to improve use of communication and information technology to affect health decisions and actions https://cdcpartners.sharepoint.com/sites/CSTLTS/COS/COSP/Shared%20Documents/CIO/Logic%20Model-18-1802.pdf

Partnerships: Activities to improve establishment and maintenance of results-driven partnerships No

Laws and Policies: Activities to improve the ability to interpret and inform laws, including statutes and regulations, and policies that affect health

No

Programs and Services: Activities to improve the identification of best practices and the implementation of evidence-based/informed programs and services

Yes

CBA Program Outcomes (Check one or more)* Select one or more program outcomes the recipient will work toward for the length of the project. SharePoint will limit your selection options to the program outcomes associated with the strategies selected above.

Short-term: Improved capacity to identify, prioritize, and customize relevant programs and services to address public health needs

Yes

Intermediate: Increased capability to implement evidence-based/informed public health programs, policies, and services to address public health needs

Yes

PROJECT DETAILS

State the purpose of the project and provide project details for the length of the budget period (11 months).

For the selected program strategies:

1. Describe proposed activities and provide sample process measures to track progress implementing the activities

2. Describe the expected outputs (resources, tools, products, etc.) and outcomes (change to occur), and provide sample outcome measures to track progress achieving the outcomes.

Project Purpose

To create a best practice guide that health departments can use to support clinical fall prevention. The guide will be informed by the existing STEADI Coordinated Care Plan, Best Practices for Developing an Inpatient Program to Prevent Older Adult Falls after Hospital Discharge, and Community-Clinical Linkages for the Prevention and Control of Chronic Diseases: A Practitioner’s Guide, but additionally include information on:

1. Available surveillance data for older adult falls, tips for how HDs can use data to identify older adults at risk for falls or to evaluate fall prevention programming.

2. Mapping tasks in the STEADI algorithm to the skill level/position needed to perform them

3. Conducting an environmental scan to identify opportunities for community-clinical linkages

4. Case studies on successful community-clinical older adult falls prevention opportunities.

5. Using CDC messaging to educate/encourage older adults to speak to their healthcare providers about falls and take steps to reduce their fall risk.

138/150 words maximum

Program Strategy: Programs and Services

Activities *

Proposed activities include:

1. Conduct environmental scan to identify available surveillance data for older adult falls along with tips for how state health departments and healthcare systems/providers can use these data to identify older adults at risk for falls or to evaluate fall prevention programming.

2. Conduct environmental scan to identify effective older adult fall prevention programs that include both a community/clinical component.

3. Conduct an environmental scan to identify effective models for creating community/clinical programs .

4. Document case studies of the best of the fall prevention community/clinical programs.

5. Mapping all of the tasks in the STEADI algorithm to the skill level/position needed to perform them (e.g., falls screening does not require medical training and can be done during any setting), medication management can be done by a licensed medical provider (e.g., MD, PA, RN, PharmD) during a medical appointment or by a local pharmacist.)

6. Develop manual.

*There is an expectation to disseminate the product once complete. CDC and the recipient will collaborate on the best dissemination plan given the short budget period.

Process Measures *

1. Completed environmental scan on datasets to support older adult fall surveillance

2. List and description of effective older adult fall prevention programs and strategies that include a community-clinical component

3. List of effective models and practices for health departments in creating community-clinical linkages

4. Case studies of fall prevention community/clinical programs strategies

5. Mapping of all STEADI tasks to the skill level needed to perform them.

6. Best practice guide that health departments can use to support clinical fall prevention

Outputs *

Best practice guide that health departments can use to support clinical fall prevention. Dissemination plan.

Budget Period Outcomes *

Improved availability of resources for state health departments on effective older adult fall prevention programs and strategies.

Improved capacity among state health deparments to identify, prioritize, and customize older adult fall prevention programs and services to address public health needs.

Outcome Measures *

# of new resources developed and made available to state health departments % of state health departments reporting improved capacity to identify, prioritize, and customize older adult fall prevention programs and services

Have established relationships with state health departments.

Have an understanding of the capacities of state health departments.

Has experience with improving public health efforts through technical assistance and capacity building.

25/200 words maximum

Recipient Program Experience

Have provided technical assistance to state health departments to implement prevention programs.

10/200 words maximum

COLLABORATIVE WORK

Expectations for Collaboration, as applicable

Collaboration with health departments as needed.

5/200 words maximum

Expected Subcontractual Work and Recommended Criteria for Selecting Subcontractors, as applicable

Subcontract with a person (possibly an academic) to oversee the outline and writing. Academic would preferable have experience in:

1. injury prevention

2. experience in translation, syntheseis, and program implementation and evaluation

29/200 words maximum

BUDGET INSTRUCTIONS

General Instructions for Use of Funds, as applicable

0/200 words maximum

CIO CERTIFICATION*

By submitting this project plan, I certify that my CIO currently does not maintain a comparable NOFO related to a CBA. I understand my CIO is responsible for adhering to all applicable scientific policies and securing requisite clearances in the Scientific Tracking and Reporting System (STARS). I will discuss the project with my Associate Director for Science (ADS) and obtain the appropriate scientific clearances prior to initiating project activities that involve the collection, generation, or analysis of public health data.

Enter your user ID to acknowledge the CIO Certification. * gjb8

Form Status *

Final

Submit form as "Draft" until you are ready to submit the final version. Then change this field to "Final" and click the "Submit" button. If clicking the “Submit” button prompts no action, scroll up to update fields marked with a red error message.

ADMINISTRATIVE

Funding Decision

Funded Unfunded

Project Plan Round Admin Update to Improve and Protect the Nation’s Health

GENERAL INFORMATION

Project Title *

Ensuring the Success of the Data Modernization Initiative

Do not use all capital letters.

7/10 words maximum

CIO *

OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCE AND SURVEILLANCE

Target Population Category to Receive Capacity-Building Assistance (CBA) *

Category A

Category A: Governmental Public Health Departments – This category is focused on meeting the priority organizational-level CBA needs of one of the following health department types: state, tribal, local, or territorial.

Organizational level includes, but is not limited to, business processes, system design, strategic planning, resource focused on meeting the priority CBA needs of one workforce segment across two or more health department types (state, tribal, local, or territorial). Workforce segments can include, but are not limited to, epidemiologists, chronic

Category C: Nongovernmental Public Health Components – This category is focused on meeting the priority CBA needs of one type of nongovernmental component of the public health system. Nongovernmental components represent, but are not limited to, community-based organizations, community health centers, primary care providers, governors, hospitals, economists, legislators, education organizations, social action organizations, and public safety agencies.

OT18-1802 Recipients and Target Populations

Target Population Description * https://cdcpartners.sharepoint.com/sites/CSTLTS/COS/COSP/Shared%20Documents/TM/FY22%20Project%20Plan%20Template%20Instructions.pdf https://cdcpartners.sharepoint.com/sites/CSTLTS/COS/COSP/VP/OT18-1802%20Recipients%20and%20Target%20Populations.aspx

State health departments

2/25 words maximum

PROJECT FUNDING

OT18-1802 Period of Performance Length: August 1, 2018 – July 31, 2023 Budget Period Length: September 1, 2022 –July 31, 2023

Proposed Project Funding for FY22 Activities *

Whole numbers only

$ 1,000,000

Funding Appropriation (75-2024-0943 CARES Act) *

TBD

Funding Statutory Authority (e.g., P.L. 116-260) *

TBD

Expected Project Length *

Due to Year 5 being the final year of the cooperative agreement, the project may be funded for one year only.

Please propose a funding level that can be spent within the budget period. This decreases the chances of funding needing to be returned to the treasury.

The CIO will fund the project for one year

CBA PROGRAM APPROACH – NOFO LOGIC MODEL

Select the program strategies and the associated program outcomes the project should work toward for the length of the project

CBA Program Strategies (Check one or more): *

Public Health Systems Infrastructure: Activities to improve operational capacity, such as policies and plans, administration and management, and quality improvement

No

Leadership and Workforce Development: Activities to improve leadership and workforce competencies, recruitment, and retention

No

Data and Information Systems: Activities to improve collection, management, interpretation, and dissemination of data to guide decision-making

No

Communication and Information Technology: Activities to improve use of communication and information technology to affect health decisions and actions https://cdcpartners.sharepoint.com/sites/CSTLTS/COS/COSP/Shared%20Documents/CIO/Logic%20Model-18-1802.pdf

Partnerships: Activities to improve establishment and maintenance of results-driven partnerships Yes

Select one or more program outcomes the recipient will work toward for the length of the project. SharePoint will limit your selection options to the program outcomes associated with the strategies selected above.

Short-term: Improved capacity to establish and maintain partnerships within and across sectors to create a shared vision of health

Yes

Intermediate: Strengthened capability to respond to public health priorities collaboratively and strategically

Yes

Laws and Policies: Activities to improve the ability to interpret and inform laws, including statutes and regulations, and policies that affect health

No

Programs and Services: Activities to improve the identification of best practices and the implementation of evidence-based/informed programs and services

No

PROJECT DETAILS

State the purpose of the project and provide project details for the length of the budget period (11 months).

For the selected program strategies:

1. Describe proposed activities and provide sample process measures to track progress implementing the activities

2. Describe the expected outputs (resources, tools, products, etc.) and outcomes (change to occur), and provide sample outcome measures to track progress achieving the outcomes.

Project Purpose

CDC’s Data Modernization Initiative, along with many other federally funded activities, have set the groundwork to transform public health data infrastructure in the United States. While significant investments have been made, gaps remain due to the ongoing federal, state, and local response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

DMI focuses on three core public health functions (epidemiology, laboratory reporting, and vital health statistics), it is centrally a leadership and management challenge of state and local health departments.

As we transform the public health data ecosystem, we will need to also modernize public health authorities needed to support these systems.

As with previous federal efforts to fund HIT and EHR adoption initiatives via Medicare and state Medicaid programs, options should be assessed to leverage these programs in ways that advance modernization, support health care provider reporting, and advance the quality and population health improvement goals of state Medicaid programs.

142/150 words maximum

Program Strategy: Partnerships

To effectively address natural leadership, management, and sustainability challenges that come with any effort the scale and scope of DMI, the awarded partner, working with other partners, aims to build the collective capacity of state health department leaders and managers to further the success of DMI.

Further, DMI is a rare opportunity to assist public health informatics leaders as they take on the role of the state health data enterprise convener and solution developer. Support jurisdictional modernization of public health legal authorities and data management practices. From a national sustainability perspective, assess and develop analysis and recommendations working with relevant national stakeholders to develop a sustainability assessment and strategy leveraging payer financial incentives that complement current and future direct Congressional support.

Create a DMI leadership and implementation roadmap consisting of a DMI guide for state health officials, and a management, strategy, and tactical guide for public health informatics leaders, as well as other health agency leaders, such as senior deputies. These guides will provide insight into the DMI value proposition, common management challenges, tactical considerations, implementation options, etc. Further, the roadmap and guide will include an assessment of the needed public health legal authorities and data management practices and tools needed to make DMI a success. The development of sample legislation, policies, standards, procedures, and management/governance templates will follow the assessment to support state implementation success.

Create a state public health capacity and leadership learning community that would bring together these previously mentioned agency leaders and managers to discuss and plan collectively for DMI success, as well as share lessons learned across jurisdictions. Include a cohort of 5 to 7 jurisdictions with jurisdictional groups not exceeding eight individuals, including the state health official, senior deputy, public health informatics leader, state epi, state lab director, state vital statistics registrar/leader, and one another designated by the health official. Leverage and expand the Informatics Directors Peer Network to grow state public health informatics capacity.

Assess, analyze, and develop recommendations for DMI financial sustainability focused on ways to leverage major health care payer sources, particularly Medicare and state Medicaid programs, in ways that advance modernization, support health care provider reporting, and advance the quality and health improvement goals of state Medicaid programs. Precedents, such as late 2000s and early/mid 2010s HIT and EHR adoption initiatives, have been set and can be used as a framework or starting point to analyze potential reimbursement dynamics, methods, and recommendations. These recommendations are expected to complement and align with current and future direct Congressional support for DMI.

Process Measures *

Number of state participating in the assessment Number of participants in the leadership learning community

Outputs *

1. DMI Leadership and Implementation Roadmap for state health officials

2. DMI Management, Strategy, and Tactical Guide for public health informatics leaders, senior deputies, and other agency leaders

3. DMI State Public Health Leadership and Capacity Learning Community for state public health leadership teams

4. DMI Public Sector Health Care Payer Engagement and Financial Sustainability Assessment and

Recommendations Report

Strengthened capability to support DMI efforts in state health departments

Outcome Measures *

Percent of state health department participants reporting increased partnerships Percent of state health department participating in discussions to support DMI success

A Public Health partner with national-level reach and influence who can make recommendations on the part of state health departments and work through the intricacies of building strong consensus and understanding.

30/200 words maximum

Recipient Program Experience

Selected national partner will have pre-existing relationships with the target population. Selected national partner should have pre-existing program expertise in coordination and developing strategic-level plans.

24/200 words maximum

COLLABORATIVE WORK

Expectations for Collaboration, as applicable

Collaborate with state health departments and other national-level public health partners.

8/200 words maximum

Expected Subcontractual Work and Recommended Criteria for Selecting Subcontractors, as applicable

N/A

0/200 words maximum

BUDGET INSTRUCTIONS

General Instructions for Use of Funds, as applicable

0/200 words maximum

CIO CERTIFICATION*

By submitting this project plan, I certify that my CIO currently does not maintain a comparable NOFO related to a CBA. I understand my CIO is responsible for adhering to all applicable scientific policies and securing requisite clearances in the Scientific Tracking and Reporting System (STARS). I will discuss the project with my Associate Director for Science (ADS) and obtain the appropriate scientific clearances prior to initiating project activities that involve the collection, generation, or analysis of public health data.

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Form Status *

Final

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ADMINISTRATIVE

Funding Decision Project Plan Round Admin Update

Funded Unfunded No to Improve and Protect the Nation’s Health

GENERAL INFORMATION

Project Title *

Injection Drug Use Surveillance Demonstration Project (IDU-SP)

Do not use all capital letters.

6/10 words maximum

CIO *

NATIONAL CENTER FOR HIV/AIDS, VIRAL HEPATITIS, STD, AND TB PREVENTION

Target Population Category to Receive Capacity-Building Assistance (CBA) *

Category A

Category A: Governmental Public Health Departments – This category is focused on meeting the priority organizational-level CBA needs of one of the following health department types: state, tribal, local, or territorial.

Organizational level includes, but is not limited to, business processes, system design, strategic planning, resource focused on meeting the priority CBA needs of one workforce segment across two or more health department types (state, tribal, local, or territorial). Workforce segments can include, but are not limited to, epidemiologists, chronic

Category C: Nongovernmental Public Health Components – This category is focused on meeting the priority CBA needs of one type of nongovernmental component of the public health system. Nongovernmental components represent, but are not limited to, community-based organizations, community health centers, primary care providers, governors, hospitals, economists, legislators, education organizations, social action organizations, and public safety agencies.

OT18-1802 Recipients and Target Populations

Target Population Description * https://cdcpartners.sharepoint.com/sites/CSTLTS/COS/COSP/Shared%20Documents/TM/FY22%20Project%20Plan%20Template%20Instructions.pdf https://cdcpartners.sharepoint.com/sites/CSTLTS/COS/COSP/VP/OT18-1802%20Recipients%20and%20Target%20Populations.aspx

Local health departments

2/25 words maximum

PROJECT FUNDING

OT18-1802 Period of Performance Length: August 1, 2018 – July 31, 2023 Budget Period Length: September 1, 2022 –July 31, 2023

Proposed Project Funding for FY22 Activities *

Whole numbers only

$ 1,600,000

Funding Appropriation (75-2024-0943 CARES Act) *

75-22-0952

Funding Statutory Authority (e.g., P.L. 116-260) *

5643-11-11-01

Expected Project Length *

Due to Year 5 being the final year of the cooperative agreement, the project may be funded for one year only.

Please propose a funding level that can be spent within the budget period. This decreases the chances of funding needing to be returned to the treasury.

The CIO will fund the project for one year

CBA PROGRAM APPROACH – NOFO LOGIC MODEL

Select the program strategies and the associated program outcomes the project should work toward for the length of the project

CBA Program Strategies (Check one or more): *

Public Health Systems Infrastructure: Activities to improve operational capacity, such as policies and plans, administration and management, and quality improvement

No

Leadership and Workforce Development: Activities to improve leadership and workforce competencies, recruitment, and retention

No

Data and Information Systems: Activities to improve collection, management, interpretation, and dissemination of data to guide decision-making

Yes https://cdcpartners.sharepoint.com/sites/CSTLTS/COS/COSP/Shared%20Documents/CIO/Logic%20Model-18-1802.pdf

Select one or more program outcomes the recipient will work toward for the length of the project. SharePoint will limit your selection options to the program outcomes associated with the strategies selected above.

Short-term: Improved capacity of data and information systems to conduct public health monitoring and surveillance

Yes

Intermediate: Increased capability to use data to inform decision-making and support evidence-based practices and policies

Yes

Communication and Information Technology: Activities to improve use of communication and information technology to affect health decisions and actions

No

Partnerships: Activities to improve establishment and maintenance of results-driven partnerships No

Laws and Policies: Activities to improve the ability to interpret and inform laws, including statutes and regulations, and policies that affect health

No

Programs and Services: Activities to improve the identification of best practices and the implementation of evidence-based/informed programs and services

No

PROJECT DETAILS

State the purpose of the project and provide project details for the length of the budget period (11 months).

For the selected program strategies:

1. Describe proposed activities and provide sample process measures to track progress implementing the activities

2. Describe the expected outputs (resources, tools, products, etc.) and outcomes (change to occur), and provide sample outcome measures to track progress achieving the outcomes.

Project Purpose

Comprehensive syringe services programs (SSPs) are a proven effective component of community-based programs’ preventing the spread of infectious disease from injection drug use. The primary purpose of the Injection Drug Use Surveillance Demonstration Project (IDU-SP) is to pilot a surveillance system to monitor drug use risk and prevention behaviors and the infectious disease consequences of high-risk drug use in six SSPs in urban and non-urban areas of the United States that have been impacted by the opioid crisis. The main aims of the project are to assess the following among persons who use drugs (i.e., via injecting and non-injecting routes of administration) who are recruited in syringe services programs (SSPs) and through peer-driven recruitment: 1) drug use and sex risk behaviors, injection risk networks, receipt of prevention services, and barriers to prevention and care; and 2) the prevalence of HIV and hepatitis C virus infections.

144/150 words maximum

Program Strategy: Data and Information Systems

A.1 - In collaboration with CDC and other existing partners, complete data collection initiated through other mechanisms and projects including “Evaluating Opioid Response”

A.2 - Conduct data management activities to ensure a high-quality, standardized final dataset, including merging multiple datasets, data cleaning and quality assessment, and incorporating calculated variables to ensure appropriate denominators are used in analysis

A.3 - Provide a final, combined dataset through secure processes to CDC, who will review and approve the final dataset

A.4 - Draft the final surveillance report, including developing and populating data tables, collaborating across multiple stakeholders, and technical writing.

A.5 - Develop a plan with each SSP to use IDU-SP data locally to identify and prioritize actionable next steps for preventing infectious disease consequences from high-risk drug use behaviors

A.6 - Work with each SSP to translate data into action, by using findings to inform which areas of infectious disease prevention (due to high risk drug use behaviors), should be prioritized when creating an evidenced-based Action Plan at each SSP

A.7 - Disseminate findings from project activities through presentations and/or other formats to community, public health, and scientific partners at local and national levels

Process Measures *

PM. 1 - Percent progress toward completion of PWID survey PM. 2 - # of community, public health, and scientific partners to receive the final surveillance report PM. 3 # of SSPs supported in translating data into action

Outputs *

O. 1 - Final PWID survey, completed surveys, dataset and reports

BPO. 1 - Increased capacity of SSPs to conduct data collection, manage data, and use data for program and policy improvement

Outcome Measures *

OM. 1 - Strengthened capacity of SSPs to describe and meet the needs of their client population

OM. 2 - Strengthened capacity of SSPs to understand local drug use trends

OM. 3 - Establishment of a national surveillance system to identify new and emerging issues impacting PWID and other…