cdc-rfa-eh15-1505.pdf

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Center for Environmental Health

Building Capacity of Professional Planners to Address Public Health Goals

CDC-RFA-EH15-1505

Application Due Date: 05/15/2015

Building Capacity of Professional Planners to Address Public Health Goals

CDC-RFA-EH15-1505

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Part I. Overview Information

Federal Agency NameA.

Funding Opportunity TitleB.

Announcement TypeC.

Agency Funding Opportunity NumberD.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) NumberE.

Dates F.

Executive Summary G.

Part II. Full Text

Funding Opportunity Description A.

Award Information B.

Eligibility Information C.

Required Registrations D.

Review and Selection Process E.

Award Administration Information F.

Agency Contacts G.

Other Information H.

Glossary I.

Part I. Overview Information Applicants must go to the synopsis page of this announcement at www.grants.gov and click on the "Send Me Change Notifications Emails" link to ensure they receive notifications of any changes to CDC-RFA-EH15-1505. Applicants also must provide an e-mail address to www.grants.gov to receive notifications of changes.

A. Federal Agency Name:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) B. Funding Opportunity Title:

Building Capacity of Professional Planners to Address Public Health Goals C. Announcement Type: New - Type 1 This announcement is only for non-research domestic activities supported by CDC. If research is proposed, the application will not be considered Research for this purpose is defined at http://www.cdc.gov/od/science /integrity/docs/cdc-policy-distinguishing-public-health-research-nonresearch.pdf.

D. Agency Funding Opportunity Number:

CDC-RFA-EH15-1505

E. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number:

93.070 F. Dates:

1. Due Date for Letter of Intent (LOI): N/A

2. Due Date for Applications: 05/15/2015, 11:59 p.m. U.S. Eastern

Standard Time, at www.grants.gov.

3. Date for Informational Conference Call: N/A

G. Executive Summary:

1. Summary Paragraph:

The Healthy Community Design Initiative (HCDI) within CDC’s National Center for Environmental Health is dedicated to understanding and improving the relationship between community design and public health.

HCDI focuses its efforts on two major components of the built environment: transportation systems and land-use. The design of these sectors affect, through environmental and behavioral intermediaries, injuries, physical activity, and health outcomes related to pollution exposure. The decisions that are made regarding community design impact health, but often health considerations are not incorporated into community design policies and programs. HCDI seeks to promote an evidence-based approach toward community design decision-making through three major activities: first, improving surveillance related to community design so communities have reliable local data they can use; second, encouraging Health Impact Assessments (HIAs) and related efforts targeting policies, programs, plans, and projects that will affect community design; and finally, supporting education and communication. This FOA fits into HCDI’s activities by building professional planner’s capacity to address the community design issues underlying today’s public health concerns.

The recipient’s strategies and activities will create guidance for planning practice and increase linkages between planning and health, enhance the capacity of local planning and public health officials, expand understanding of how community infrastructure facilitates or inhibits an individual’s opportunity to make healthy choices, and create guidance for planning practice.

a. Eligible Applicants: Single https://foa.grantsolutions.gov/announcementmodule/www.grants.gov https://foa.grantsolutions.gov/announcementmodule/www.grants.gov http://www.cdc.gov/od/science/integrity/docs/cdc-policy-distinguishing-public-health-research-nonresearch.pdf http://www.cdc.gov/od/science/integrity/docs/cdc-policy-distinguishing-public-health-research-nonresearch.pdf http://www.grants.gov

a. Eligible Applicants: Single

b. FOA Type: Cooperative Agreement

c. Approximate Number of Awards: 1

d. Total Project Period Funding: $750,000

e. Average One Year Award Amount: $150,000

f. Number of Years of Award: 5

g. Estimated Award Date: 09/01/2015

h. Cost Sharing and / or Matching Requirements: N Cost sharing or matching funds are not required for this program. Although no statutory matching requirement for this FOA exists, leveraging other resources and related ongoing efforts to promote sustainability is strongly encouraged.

Part II. Full Text A. Funding Opportunity Description

1. Background

a. Overview

In the 1800’s infectious diseases caused repeated epidemics in rapidly growing industrial cities.

These diseases were largely controlled by ambitious public infrastructure programs such as the construction of public drinking water and sanitary sewer systems and the adoption of development regulations that required homes to have adequate light and air. Today we are experiencing new epidemics including diabetes, cancer, and cardiovascular disease. Risk factors such as obesity and inactivity have increased dramatically since the 1980s. Chronic diseases account for more than two-thirds of deaths in the United States and prior to death, have a significant negative impact on quality of life and productivity for sufferers. Planning and the built environment also impact risk of motor vehicle fatalities, another leading cause of death in the United States. Minority populations, lower socioeconomic status, and those with other social disadvantages have a disproportionately higher rate of chronic diseases, adding yet another challenge to their lives. Part of the solution may again be how our communities are built and the public infrastructure in place to support them.

Planning professionals are in a unique position to identify, create, and implement interventions.

The way communities are planned and designed may provide incentives or barriers to positive health outcomes. The need to integrate an awareness of community environmental health issues and risks into local and regional planning, policies, programs, practices, and projects is critical. Inclusion of public health concerns as part of community visions, development regulation, and transportation planning is essential.

There is now compelling evidence that planning policies and regulations impact a community’s health in a variety of ways. CDC’s Community Guide recommends increasing access to places that support physical activity as a strategy to reduce inactivity rates. In addition, it recommends street and community scale interventions – the types of interventions that planners help implement – to promote physical activity. Transportation officials increasingly look at traffic calming measures that decrease travel speeds and streets designed to accommodate pedestrians and cyclists as ways to reduce injuries. Planners can be key to the implementation of such environmental changes as slower design speeds, reduction in the distance pedestrians must travel to cross lanes of traffic, and street connectivity.

While the awareness that environment impacts health in a fundamental way is wide spread, how this informs planning needs to be established. The implications of public health research for planning practice and how to translate them into usable applications can be explored and disseminated to the planning and design professions. There is a need to improve surveillance, develop guidance, provide technical assistance, and disseminate tools and techniques that support the development of health promoting communities.

The purpose of this FOA is to increase the capacity of public health departments to include health considerations in transportation and land use planning decisions, and to expand the scope of health impacts considered when making decisions that impact community design. The awardee’s strategies and activities will create guidance for planning practice and increase linkages between planning and health, enhance the capacity of local planning and public health officials, expand understanding of how community infrastructure facilitates or inhibits an individual’s opportunity to make healthy choices, and create guidance for planning practice.

The FOA will fund several important activities including; 1) development of web based courses; 2) host training sessions at state and national professional meetings; 3) support local and regional planners’ use of HIA; and 4) identifying planning best practices that promote public health goals.

b. Statutory Authorities

This program is authorized under Sections 301 and 311 of the Public Health Service Act [42 U.S.C. Sections 241 and 243], as amended.

c. Healthy People 2020

This program addresses the “Healthy People 2020” focus areas of eliminating health disparities, increasing physical activity, improving environmental health, reducing injuries, and building public health capacity (www.healthypeople.gov/hp2020).

d. Other National Public Health Priorities and Strategies

National Prevention Strategy (http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/initiatives/prevention/strategy/index.html), The report was authorized to develop strategies to help transform the U.S. health care system from a focus on sickness and disease to one that is focused on prevention and wellness. The National Prevention Strategy has four key directions, two of which relate directly to healthy community design: Building Healthy and Safe Community Environments and Empowering People to Make Healthy Choices. Planners can help achieve at least four of the seven priorities.

Healthy Eating Active Living Injury and Violence-free Living Mental and Emotional Well-Being

Page 10 of the National Prevention Strategy highlights an example of how planners can positively guide community development: Nashville Area Metropolitan Planning Organization’s success in incorporating health considerations into the city’s 25-year regional transportation plan. http://www .healthcare.gov/center/councils/nphpphc/strategy/report.pdf

This FOA is designed to help implement these strategies.

http://www.healthypeople.gov/hp2020 http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/initiatives/prevention/strategy/index.html http://www.healthcare.gov/center/councils/nphpphc/strategy/report.pdf http://www.healthcare.gov/center/councils/nphpphc/strategy/report.pdf

Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans Midcourse Report: Strategies to Increase Physical Activity Among Youth

To quote from the Guidelines, “The features of the built environment most relevant to physical activity in youth include parks and recreation facilities, transportation systems, and urban planning aspects, such as sidewalks and local zoning decisions. … Evidence also suggests that changes in the following may increase activity in children: Increasing access to, density of, and proximity to parks and recreation facilities.” P 16 http://www.health.gov/paguidelines/midcourse/pag-mid-course-report-final.pdf ;The report, overview and key messages are available at http://www.health.gov/paguidelines/midcourse The guidance and tools created under this FOA will be designed to positively impact these recommendations.

e. Relevant Work

This FOA is designed to promote an evidence-based approach to community design decision-making through education and structural support for professional planners. For example see:

Environmental and Policy Approaches to Increase Physical Activity: Community-Scale Urban Design Land-Use Policies The CDC-funded Task Force on Community Preventive Services recommends design and land- use policies and practices that support physical activity in urban areas. The recommendation is based on a systematic review of all available studies. http://www.thecommunityguide.org/pa/environmental-policy/communityp olicies.html

Facilitating Development of a Community Trail and Promoting Its Use to Increase Physical Activity among Youth and Adults This CDC-funded action guide, developed by Partnership for Prevention, provides information on the resources and key steps that help facilitate the development of a community trail and promote its use among youth and adults. It translates a specific recommendation from The Guide to Community Preventive Services into “how to” guidance. http://www.prevent.org/downloadStart.aspx?id=27

Active Design Guidelines: Promoting Physical Activity and Health in Design This City of New York publication focuses on the community planner’s role in tackling obesity and related diseases. The publication provides strategies for designers to increase physical activity in their architectural projects. The strategies are rated according to the strength of the supporting research evidence. http://cente rforactivedesign.org/guidelines/

2. CDC Project Description

a. Approach

CDC-RFA-EH15-1505 Logic Model: Building Capacity of Professional Planners to Address Public Health Goals

Strategies and Activities

Short-Term Outcomes Intermediate Outcomes

Long-Term Outcomes http://www.health.gov/paguidelines/midcourse/pag-mid-course-report-final.pdf%20 http://www.health.gov/paguidelines/midcourse/pag-mid-course-report-final.pdf%20 http://www.thecommunityguide.org/pa/environmental-policy/communitypolicies.html http://www.thecommunityguide.org/pa/environmental-policy/communitypolicies.html http://www.prevent.org/downloadStart.aspx?id=27 http://centerforactivedesign.org/guidelines/ http://centerforactivedesign.org/guidelines/

Educate professional planners about health implications of community design

Develop web based courses linking public health goals to planning practice* Host training sessions at state and national professional meetings that include continuing education credits for planners * Support local and regional planners’ use of

HIA*

Create structural support and models integrating public health goals into planning practice

Identify planning best practices that promote public health goals* Create and disseminate tools linking health issues to planning practice Establish built environment metrics linked to public health goals *

* Project Period Outcomes

Note: All short term outcomes are to be completed during the

Increased knowledge

Tools and resources are accessible and promoted* Planners and public health officials receive training* HIAs of built environment policies, processes, and projects are completed.*

Enhanced partnerships

Planners and public health officials collaborate with each other and design professionals on targeted initiatives*

Planning practice support

Best practice planning policies addressing public health goals are created, presented, and published * Report on targeted built environment metrics*

Planners recognize the health implications of community design

Health becomes an explicit part of the planning process and influences development regulation, capital budget, transportation, and land use decisions

Improvements to the built environment support healthy living More people walk and bike for local transportation and pedestrian/bike injuries are reduced through environmental changes More people have access to healthy food and attractive public space More people meet recommended physical activity guidelines Decrease in the prevalence of morbidity and premature mortality due to built environment factors project period.

i. Purpose

The purpose of the program is to increase the capacity of professional planners to include health considerations in planning decisions and development reviews so that health impacts are an explicit part of decisions that impact community design.

ii. Outcomes

Professional planners will have evidence based models, tools, and resources to make health a key element in decisions about community development.

Because of this cooperative agreement:

Tools and resources are accessible and promoted; public health research will be translated into practical planning applications.

Planners and public health officials will receive training about best practices so they can work together to effect positive changes in community development.

HIAs of built environment policies, processes, and projects are completed.

Planners and public health officials collaborate with each other and design professionals on targeted initiatives.

Best practice planning policies addressing public health goals are created.

Material about best practices is presented and published so that planning professionals can incorporate them as part of standard planning practice.

Reports on targeted metrics structured to link the built environment to public health become an explicit part of the planning process and influence development regulation, capital budget, transportation, and land use decisions.

iii. Strategies and Activities

Educate professional planners about health implications of community design

Develop web based courses linking public health goals to planning practice Host training sessions at state and national professional meetings that include continuing education credits for planners Support local and regional planners’ use of HIA

Create structural support and models integrating public health goals into planning practice

Identify planning best practices that promote public health goals Create and disseminate tools linking health issues to planning practice Establish and track built environment metrics linked to public health goals

1.Collaborations

a. With CDC-funded programs:

Recipient is required to collaborate with CDC's Healthy Community Design Initiative www.cdc.gov/healt hyplaces and is encouraged to collaborate with organizations external to CDC. Include a signed letter of support verifying each collaboration.

b. With organizations external to CDC:

http://www.cdc.gov/healthyplaces

As appropriate for example:

Public health organizations such as: National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) www.naccho.org, American Public Health Association (APHA) www.apha.org, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) www.astho.org

Professional organizations representing design professions such as: American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) www.asla.org, American Institute of Architects (AIA) www.aia.org, Transportation Research Board (TRB) www.trb.org, and others.

2. Target Populations

Not applicable for this announcement

a. Inclusion

Not applicable for this announcement

iv. Funding Strategy (for multi-component FOAs only)

Not applicable for this announcement.

b. Evaluation and Performance Measurement

i. CDC Evaluation and Performance Measurement Strategy

Evaluations are key components to ensuring resources are being used efficiently and effectively towards the goals of the FOA. An evaluation framework based on outcome and process data will be utilized and reported on during monthly calls with the project officer and in writing through the Annual Progress Report. Evaluation findings and performance measures will be used for continuous program/quality improvement during the FOA program cycle. The CDC project officer will provide guidance and technical support to the recipient through the mechanism outlined in the subsequent CDC Monitoring and Accountability Approach section.

Process Evaluation:

- Strategy: Educate professional planners about health implications of community design

Tracking participation and user evaluations of web based courses Tracking participation and user evaluations of sessions hosted at state and professional meetings including continuing education credits Tracking HIA support and their current status as of Dec 31 of each year.

- Strategy: Create structural support and models integrating public health goals into planning practice

Tracking planning best practices developed and their rate of adoption Track dissemination of tools linking health issues to planning practice Provide fact sheets about built environment metrics linked to public health goals

Outcome Evaluation:

- Increased Knowledge

Provide a report describing tools and resources developed, how they have been promoted, and how they have been used Track the number, distribution, and types of people who have been trained and how they have applied their training http://www.naccho.org/ http://www.apha.org/ http://www.astho.org/ http://www.asla.org/ http://www.aia.org/ http://www.trb.org/

Track HIAs addressing built environment policies, processes, and projects

- Enhanced Partnerships

Track formal (e.g. interagency agreement) collaborations that are established and accomplishments of informal partnerships Provide a description of project initiatives that planners and public health officials have collaborated on and their outcomes.

- Planning Practice Support Track policies adopted by local planning departments that incorporate public health goals in the planning and development reviews.

Track planning best practice rate of adoption Provide a description of articles and presentations on topics related to planning and public health completed or sponsored by the organization.

- Long Term Impact Track both the number of pedestrian and bicyclist injuries and the number of pedestrian and bicyclist trips (or a proxy) in the targeted areas, and the ratio of the two.

Track mode share in targeted areas

ii. Applicant Evaluation and Performance Measurement Plan

Evaluation and performance measurement will be utilized to demonstrate the value of the FOA (e.g., impact on improving public health outcomes, effectiveness of FOA, cost-effectiveness or cost benefit). Applicant must provide an overall jurisdiction-/community- specific evaluation and performance measurement plan that is consistent with the CDC strategy. At a minimum, the plan must:

Describe how key program partners will be engaged in the evaluation and performance measurement planning processes Describe the type of evaluations to be conducted (i.e. process and/or outcome) Describe key evaluation questions to be answered Describe other information, as determined by the CDC program (e.g., performance measures to be developed by the applicant) that should be included Describe potentially available data sources and feasibility of collecting appropriate evaluation and performance data Describe how evaluation findings will be used for continuous program/quality improvement Where program strategies are being employed that lack strong evidence base of effectiveness describe how evaluation and performance measurement will contribute to development of a more robust evidence base

c. Organizational Capacity of Awardees to Execute the Approach

Applicant must include a detailed description of their experience, program management components, and a plan for long-term sustainability of the project specifically focusing on workforce development. Applicant must describe how they will assess staff competencies and develop a plan to address gaps through organizational and individual training and development. Applicant should identify two staff members who will engage in this effort. Include staff resumes and any MOU’s/MOA’s/LOI’s regarding capacity building.

Staff must have the capacity to:

Develop and lead coalitions and partnerships with national professional organizations Develop tools, resources, and best practices linking health to community and regional planning Host web-based courses and resources accessible to professional planners Develop and disseminate communication materials

Develop and disseminate communication materials Provide nationally accepted professional planning certification

d. Work Plan

The work plan should describe how applicant will implement the proposed strategies to meet the outcomes of the FOA. CDC will allow flexibility for the awardee in implementing strategies to achieve outcomes.

CDC typically provides feedback and technical assistance to the awardee to finalize the work plan post-award.

The work plan must, at a minimum, include:

Activities and timelines to support achievement of FOA outcomes. These activities must be in alignment with the FOA logic model or its equivalent and should have appropriate performance measures or milestones for accomplishing tasks Staff and administrative roles and functions to support implementation of the award.

Administration and assessment processes to ensure successful implementation and quality assurance.

Other activities as defined by CDC.

e. CDC Monitoring and Accountability Approach Monitoring activities include routine and ongoing communication between CDC and awardees, site visits, and awardee reporting (including work plans, performance, and financial reporting). Consistent with applicable grants regulations and policies, CDC expects the following to be included in post-award monitoring for grants and cooperative agreements:

Tracking awardee progress in achieving the desired outcomes.

Ensuring the adequacy of awardee systems that underlie and generate data reports.

Creating an environment that fosters integrity in program performance and results.

Monitoring may also include the following activities:

Ensuring that work plans are feasible based on the budget and consistent with the intent of the award.

Ensuring that awardees are performing at a sufficient level to achieve outcomes within stated timeframes.

Working with awardees on adjusting the work plan based on achievement of outcomes, evaluation results and changing budgets.

Monitoring performance measures (both programmatic and financial) to assure satisfactory performance levels.

Other activities deemed necessary to monitor the award, if applicable.

These activities may include monitoring and reporting activities that assist grants management staff (e.g., grants management officers and specialists, and project officers) in the identification, notification, and management of high-risk grantees.

f. CDC Program Support to Awardees (THIS SECTION APPLIES ONLY TO COOPERATIVE

AGREEMENTS)

In a cooperative agreement, CDC staff is substantially involved in the program activities, above and beyond routine grant monitoring including:

Provide feedback on materials Participate in monthly conference call Review progress reports, evaluation tools, and work plans Participate in development of communications strategies

Participate in development of communications strategies Coordinate with other federal agencies and CDC programs Assist in identifying and developing materials and content to be used in projects and activities.

Facilitate collaboration of this project with other public and private sector agencies at the national, regional, state and local levels.

CDC is not requiring the awardee to obtain approval on a specific study design, data collection instruments, sampling approach, or data collection method.

CDC will not require the awardee to collect standardized information from 10 or more people.

CDC is not requiring data collection on behalf of the CDC.

CDC will provide suggestions in identifying and developing materials and content used in projects and activities, but the awardee has sole decision to accept or reject those suggestions.

B. Award Information

1. Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement CDC's substantial involvement in this program appears in the

CDC Program Support to Awardees Section.

2. Award Mechanism:

3. Fiscal Year: 2015 Estimated Total Funding: $750,000

4. Approximate Total Fiscal Year Funding: $150,000

5. Approximate Project Period Funding: $750,000

6. Total Project Period Length: 5 year(s)

7. Expected Number of Awards: 1

8. Approximate Average Award: $150,000 Per Budget Period

9. Award Ceiling: $150,000 Per Budget Period

10. Award Floor: None

11. Estimated Award Date: 09/01/2015 Throughout the project period, CDC will continue the award based on the availability of funds, the evidence of satisfactory progress by the awardee (as documented in required reports), and the determination that continued funding is in the best interest of the federal government. The total number of years for which federal support has been approved (project period) will be shown in the “Notice of Award.” This information does not constitute a commitment by the federal government to fund the entire period. The total project period comprises the initial competitive segment and any subsequent non-competitive continuation award(s).

12. Budget Period Length: 12 month(s)

13. Direct Assistance Direct Assistance (DA) is not available through this FOA.

C. Eligibility Information

1. Eligible Applicants Eligibility Category: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

2. Additional Information on Eligibility

SEJ (sole eligibility justification) submitted for American Planning Association (APA) - www.planning.org

- an independent, not-for-profit educational organization

The award ceiling for this FOA is $150,000. CDC will consider any application requesting an award higher than this amount as non- responsive and it will receive no further review. If a pre-application is required, then specify here and include it in the special eligibility requirements section. (http:// www.hhs.gov/ asfr/ ogapa/ aboutog/ hhsgps107.pdf)

3. Justification for Less than Maximum Competition

The CDC, National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH), Division of Emergency and Environmental Health Services (DEEHS), Healthy Community Design Initiative is committed to strengthening the relationship between planning and public health. Planners are the front line professionals who manage community development. They work to create long range visions, establish implementation strategies, recommend and interpret regulations, and conduct development reviews. The environments in which we live are shaped by their decisions. In recent years our understanding of the impact of planning practice on public health has grown dramatically. Translating information into evidence based development models and then disseminating those new models to professional planners is essential to creating communities where healthy choices are easy.

The American Planning Association (APA) is the national organization that the planning community has turned to for guidance for over 35 years. It is an independent, not-for-profit educational organization that provides leadership in the development of vital communities by advocating excellence in community planning, promoting education and citizen empowerment, and providing the tools and support necessary to meet today's challenges. APA is the only organization qualified to immediately provide planning practitioners throughout the U.S. nationally recognized guidance and professional certification. APA's recommendations can be tied to professional planning certification through its continuing education and certification process.

APA is the only organization responsible for the national certification of professional planners. No other organization has a similar capability to link educational topics for planners with certification requirements.

It is the only organization in position to reach the target audience (their membership) and accomplish CDC's goal to make health an explicit part of planning practice. The APA will be able to use its member networks for both investigation and dissemination in ways that expand the quality and impact of this project. APA will build on the publications, research monographs, on-line resources, and training that APA already uses to reach professional planners. APA has a unique position that allows it to coordinate innovative thinking and address practical realities. Both are needed for the planning profession to become a pro-active public health partner creating healthy environments.

APA alone has the expertise and reach to be HCDI's partner in institutionalizing health concerns as part of planning practice.

List the characteristics of the applicant's organization that make them uniquely qualified to perform the programmatic activities. APA is a uniquely positioned organization with the combination of technical expertise, a national network, certification program, and a strong history of providing planners with best practices and education. It is also the only organization with a nationally based administrative infrastructure to provide continuing education and certification to professional planners; attempts to replicate this partnership with any other partner would prove wasteful. APA has been the “go-to” source of planning practice information and recommendations for over 35 years.

List any prior activities the organization has performed in cooperation with CDC. APA is currently working with HCDI under contract number 200-2013-M-57467 which was awarded sole source.

List the relationship of the new project to any prior or ongoing CDC-funded activities. APA has http://www.hhs.gov/asfr/ogapa/aboutog/hhsgps107.pdf completed work as directed by CDC. Projects have included: a study of how comprehensive plans address public health and a tool kit for planners to use in public meetings. Work under a cooperative agreement would expand our relationship from CDC providing direction on specific projects to that of partners addressing broad issues related to public health and the built environment.

APA has been building its public health capacity and can now function as a partner collaborating with the CDC to address today's public health issues. Environmental changes which are under the purview of professional planners can act as preventive interventions for many public health concerns.

4. Cost Sharing or Matching Cost Sharing / Matching Requirement:

No

Cost sharing or matching funds are not required for this program. Although no statutory matching requirement for this FOA exists, leveraging other resources and related ongoing efforts to promote sustainability is strongly encouraged.

5. Maintenance of Effort

Maintenance of effort is not required for this program.

D. Required Registrations

Additional materials that may be helpful to applicants: http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/docs/Financial ReferenceGuide.pdf.

1. Required Registrations An organization must be registered at the three following locations before it can submit an application for funding at www.grants.gov.

a. Data Universal Numbering System: All applicant organizations must obtain a Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number. A DUNS number is a unique nine-digit identification number provided by Dun & Bradstreet (D&B). It will be used as the Universal Identifier when applying for federal awards or cooperative agreements.

The applicant organization may request a DUNS number by telephone at 1-866-705-5711 (toll free) or Internet at http:// fedgov.dnb.com/webform/displayHomePage.do. The DUNS number will be provided at no charge.If funds are awarded to an applicant organization that includes sub-awardees, those sub-awardees must provide their DUNS numbers before accepting any funds.

b. System for Award Management (SAM): The SAM is the primary registrant database for the federal government and the repository into which an entity must submit information required to conduct business as an awardee. All applicant organizations must register with SAM, and will be assigned a SAM number. All information relevant to the SAM number must be current at all times during which the applicant has an application under consideration for funding by CDC. If an award is made, the SAM information must be maintained until a final financial report is submitted or the final payment is received, whichever is later. The SAM registration process usually requires not more than five business days, and registration must be renewed annually. Additional information about registration procedures may be found at www.SAM.gov.

c. Grants.gov: The first step in submitting an application online is registering your organization through www.grants.gov, the official HHS E-grant website. Registration information is located at the "Get Registered" option at www.grants.gov.

All applicant organizations must register with www.grants.gov. The one-time registration process http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/docs/FinancialReferenceGuide.pdf http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/docs/FinancialReferenceGuide.pdf http://www.grants.gov http://fedgov.dnb.com/webform/displayHomePage.do https://www.SAM.gov http://www.Grants.gov http://www.grants.gov usually takes not more than five days to complete. Applicants must start the registration process as early as possible.

2. Request Application Package Applicants may access the application package at www.grants.gov.

3. Application Package Applicants must download the SF-424, Application for Federal Assistance, package associated with this funding opportunity at www.grants.gov. If Internet access is not available, or if the online forms cannot be accessed, applicants may call the CDC PGO staff at 770-488-2700 or e-mail PGO PGOTIM@cdc.gov for assistance. Persons with hearing loss may access CDC telecommunications at TTY 1-888-232-6348.

4. Submission Dates and Times If the application is not submitted by the deadline published in the FOA, it will not be processed. PGO personnel will notify the applicant that their application did not meet the deadline. The applicant must receive pre-approval to submit a paper application (see Other Submission Requirements section for additional details). If the applicant is authorized to submit a paper application, it must be received by the deadline provided by PGO.

a. Letter of Intent Deadline (must be emailed or postmarked by) N/A

b. Application Deadline Due Date for Applications: 05/15/2015, 11:59 p.m. U.S. Eastern Standard Time, at www.grants.gov. If Grants.gov is inoperable and cannot receive applications, and circumstances preclude advance notification of an extension, then applications must be submitted by the first business day on which grants.gov operations resume.

5. CDC Assurances and Certifications All applicants are required to sign and submit “Assurances and Certifications” documents indicated at http://www.cdc.gov/grants/interestedinapplying/applicationprocess.html.

Complete the applicable assurances and certifications on an annual basis, name the file “Assurances and Certifications” and upload it as a PDF file at www.grants.gov Complete the applicable assurances and certifications and submit them directly to CDC on an annual basis at http://wwwn.cdc. gov/grantassurances/(S(mj444mxct51lnrv1hljjjmaa))/ Homepage.aspx

Assurances and certifications submitted directly to CDC will be kept on file for one year and will apply to all applications submitted to CDC by the applicant within one year of the submission date.

6. Content and Form of Application Submission Applicants are required to include all of the following documents with their application package at www.grants.gov.

7. Letter of Intent

NA

8. Table of Contents (No page limit and not included in Project Narrative limit): The applicant must provide, as a separate attachment, the “Table of Contents” for the entire submission package.

Provide a detailed table of contents for the entire submission package that includes all of the documents in the application and headings in the "Project Narrative" section. Name the file "Table of Contents" and upload it as a PDF file under "Other Attachment Forms" at www.grants.gov.

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9. Project Abstract Summary (Maximum 1 page)

A project abstract is included on the mandatory documents list and must be submitted at www.grants.gov.

The project abstract must be a self-contained, brief summary of the proposed project including the purpose and outcomes. This summary must not include any proprietary or confidential information. Applicants must enter the summary in the "Project Abstract Summary" text box at www.grants.gov.

10. Project Narrative (Maximum of 20 pages, single spaced, Calibri 12 point, 1-inch margins, number all pages. Content beyond 20 pages will not be considered. The 20 page limit includes the work plan. For a multi-component FOA, maximum page limit is 25.)

The Project Narrative must include all of the bolded headings shown in this section. The Project Narrative must be succinct, self-explanatory, and in the order outlined in this section. It must address outcomes and activities to be conducted over the entire project period as identified in the CDC Project Description section. Applicants must submit a Project Narrative with the application forms. Applicants must name this file “Project Narrative” and upload it at www.grants.gov.

a. Background Applicants must provide a description of relevant background information that includes the context of the problem (See CDC Background).

b. Approach

i. Purpose Applicants must describe in 2-3 sentences specifically how their application will address the problem as described in the CDC Background section.

ii. Outcomes Applicants must clearly identify the outcomes they expect to achieve by the end of the project period.

Outcomes are the results that the program intends to achieve. All outcomes must indicate the intended direction of change (e.g., increase, decrease, maintain). (See the logic model in the Approach section of the CDC Project Description.)

iii. Strategies and Activities Applicants must provide a clear and concise description of the strategies and activities they will use to achieve the project period outcomes. Applicants must select existing evidence-based strategies that meet their needs, or describe in the Applicant Evaluation and Performance Measurement Plan, how these strategies will be evaluated over the course of the project period. (See CDC Project Description: Strategies and Activities section.)

1. Collaborations Applicants must describe how they will collaborate with programs and organizations either internal or external to CDC.

Recipient is required to collaborate with CDC's Healthy Community Design Initiative www.cdc.gov/healt hyplaces and is encouraged to collaborate with organizations external to CDC. Include a signed letter of support verifying each proposed external collaboration.

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2. Target Populations Applicants must describe the specific target population(s) in their jurisdiction and explain how such a target will achieve the goals of the award and/or alleviate health disparities. Refer back to the CDC Project Description section – Approach: Target Population.

c. Applicant Evaluation and Performance Measurement Plan Applicants must provide an overall evaluation and performance measurement plan that is consistent with the CDC Evaluation and Performance Measurement Strategy section of the CDC Project Description of this FOA. Data collected must be used for ongoing monitoring of the award to evaluate its effectiveness, and for continuous program improvement.

The plan must:

Affirm the ability to collect the performance measures and respond to the evaluation questions specified in the CDC strategy. (For guidance regarding the Paperwork Reduction Act, please visit http://www.hhs.gov/ocio/policy/collection/infocollectfaq.html) Describe how key program partners will participate in the evaluation and performance measurement planning processes.

Describe how evaluation findings will be used for continuous program quality improvement.

Where the applicant chooses to, or is expected to, take on specific evaluation studies:

Describe the type of evaluation(s) (i.e., process, outcome, or both) to be conducted.

Describe key evaluation questions to be addressed by these evaluations.

Describe other information relevant to the evaluation (e.g., measures, data sources)

Awardees will be required to submit a more detailed evaluation and performance measurement plan within the first 6 months of the project, as outlined in the reporting section of the FOA.

d. Organizational Capacity of Applicants to Implement the Approach Applicant must address the organizational capacity requirements as described in the CDC Project Description.

Description of roles and responsibilities of individuals and organizations involved in the project.

Names and resume’ of staff to work on project.

Organizational chart identifying relationships between organizations involved in the project.

11. Work Plan (Included in the Project Narrative’s 20 page limit)

Applicants must prepare a work plan consistent with the CDC Project Description Work Plan section. The work plan integrates and delineates more specifically how the awardee plans to carry out achieving the project period outcomes, strategies and activities, evaluation and performance measurement.

Applicants must name this file "Work Plan" and upload it as a PDF file at www.grants.gov.

Applicant must address the organizational capacity requirements as described in the CDC Project Description.

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12. Budget Narrative Applicants must submit an itemized budget narrative, which may be scored as part of the Organizational Capacity of Awardees to Execute the Approach. When developing the budget narrative, applicants must consider whether the proposed budget is reasonable and consistent with the purpose, outcomes, and program strategy outlined in the project narrative. The budget must include:

Salaries and wages Fringe benefits Consultant costs Equipment Supplies Travel Other categories Contractual costs Total Direct costs Total Indirect costs

Indirect costs will not be reimbursed under grants to foreign organizations, international organizations, and foreign components of grants to domestic organizations (does not affect indirect cost reimbursement to the domestic entity for domestic activities). The CDC will not reimburse indirect costs unless the recipient has an indirect cost rate covering the applicable activities and period.

For guidance on completing a detailed budget, see Budget Preparation Guidelines at:http://www.cdc.gov/grants/interestedinapplying/applicationresources.html .

If applicable and consistent with the cited statutory authority for this announcement, applicant entities may use funds for activities as they relate to the intent of this FOA to meet national standards or seek health department accreditation through the Public Health Accreditation Board (see: http://www.phaboard.org).

Applicant entities to whom this provision applies include state, local, territorial governments (including the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianna Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau), or their bona fide agents, political subdivisions of states (in consultation with states), federally recognized or state-recognized American Indian or Alaska Native tribal governments, and American Indian or Alaska Native tribally designated organizations. Activities include those that enable a public health organization to deliver public health services such as activities that ensure a capable and qualified workforce, up-to-date information systems, and the capability to assess and respond to public health needs. Use of these funds must focus on achieving a minimum of one national standard that supports the intent of the FOA. Proposed activities must be included in the budget narrative and must indicate which standards will be addressed.

Applicants must name this file “Budget Narrative” and upload it as a PDF file at www.grants.gov. If requesting indirect costs in the budget, a copy of the indirect cost-rate agreement is required. If the indirect costs are requested, include a copy of the current negotiated federal indirect cost rate agreement or a cost allocation plan approval letter for those Grantees under such a plan. Applicants must name this file “Indirect Cost Rate” and upload it at www.grants.gov.

Applicants must provide an overall budget for the project period and an individual budget for each year as a separate attachment at www.grants.gov.

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13. Tobacco and Nutrition Policies Awardees are encouraged to implement tobacco and nutrition policies.

Unless otherwise explicitly permitted under the terms of a specific CDC award, no funds associated with this FOA may be used to implement the optional policies, and no applicants will be evaluated or scored on whether they choose to implement these optional policies.

CDC supports implementing evidence-based programs and policies to reduce tobacco use and secondhand smoke exposure, and to promote healthy nutrition. CDC encourages all awardees to implement the following optional recommended evidence-based tobacco and nutrition policies within their own organizations. The tobacco policies build upon the current federal commitment to reduce exposure to secondhand smoke, specifically The Pro-Children Act, 20 U.S.C. 7181-7184, that prohibits smoking in certain facilities that receive federal funds in which education, library, day care, health care,or early childhood development services are provided to children.

Tobacco Policies:

Tobacco-free indoors: Use of any tobacco products (including smokeless tobacco) or electronic cigarettes is not allowed in any indoor facilities under the control of the awardee.

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Tobacco-free indoors and in adjacent outdoor areas: Use of any tobacco products or electronic cigarettes is not allowed in any indoor facilities, within 50 feet of doorways and air intake ducts, and in courtyards under the control of the awardee.

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Tobacco-free campus: Use of any tobacco products or electronic cigarettes is not allowed in any indoor facilities or anywhere on grounds or in outdoor space under the control of the awardee.

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Nutrition Policies:

Healthy food-service guidelines must, at a minimum, align with HHS and General Services Administration Health and Sustainability Guidelines for…