Modernizing Environmental Public Health Tracking to Advance Environmental Health Surveillance

1. iii. Strategies and Activities: a. Component A Capacity Building. Surveillance: The 9th activity - I removed the word "collection". "Develop and implement plans for surveillance data COLLECTION, quality checks, and dissemination with a focus on data interoperability". b. Component A Capacity Building. Outreach/Communication: The last activity is new. "Develop and implement an annual communication plan that includes a risk communication plan; specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, time-bound (SMART) objectives; and targets key tracking audiences including data stewards, jurisdiction staff, policymakers, technical advisory group, relevant community groups or non-governmental organizations. The initial communication plan should include a high-level description of the applicants methods to communicate program announcements, new findings, and to disseminate communication products. The applicant should identify any relevant or existing partnerships and identify target key audiences and/or partners for year 1 communications efforts." 2. B. Award Information, 9. Award Ceiling: a. Deleted "$850,000 is the ceiling for Year 1 of this NOFO." 3. 1. Eligible Applicants, a. I selected all of the eligible applicants, except numbers 22, 23, and 99. 4. H. Other Information: a. Included this text. "Applicants can include the below documents as separate attachments. The attachments do not count towards the 20-page project narrative." - Communications Plan - Data Management Plan (DMP) - Evaluation Plan - Work Plan" 5. Add FAQ's to grants.gov. - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Environmental Health, Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice announces the availability of fiscal year (FY) 2022 funds for a cooperative agreement to strengthen and modernize environmental health data and surveillance in the United States. The purpose of the funding is to continue building public health capacity and expertise in environmental health surveillance and to modernize data systems to empower public health practitioners, healthcare providers, community members, policy members, and others to make information-driven decisions that affect their health. Since 2002, the Environmental Public Health Tracking Program has provided the United States with accurate and timely standardized information from a nationwide network of environmental health data to help drive actions to improve the health of communities. The information is shared via a network of people and the Environmental Public Health Tracking Network, a web-based system of integrated health and environmental data with components at the national, state, and local levels.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Environmental Health, Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice announces the availability of fiscal year (FY) 2022 funds for a cooperative agreement to strengthen and modernize environmental health data and surveillance in the United States. The purpose of the funding is to continue building public health capacity and expertise in environmental health surveillance and to modernize data systems to empower public health practitioners, healthcare providers, community members, policy members, and others to make information-driven decisions that affect their health. Since 2002, the Environmental Public Health Tracking Program has provided the United States with accurate and timely standardized information from a nationwide network of environmental health data to help drive actions to improve the health of communities. The information is shared via a network of people and the Environmental Public Health Tracking Network, a web-based system of integrated health and environmental data with components at the national, state, and local levels.